People Describe The Most Scandalous Pictures They've Seen Someone Print Out At a Photo Center
There are siome things you can't unsee, like pictures people bring to have printed or developed. No shame, no game I guess.
CampbellArmada asked people that work in photograph centers: What's the worst picture you've ever seen someone print out in public?
Submissions have been edited for clarity, context, and profanity.
10. You were warned.
Had to help this woman set up her iPhone on our photo kiosk one day. I could not be more clear with her when I said. "If you plug in your iPhone, every photo in your camera roll will show up on this screen. They won't be saved but EVERY SINGLE PHOTO will show up." She assured me that that is okay. So I set it up for her, and what do you know? A bunch of pictures of her in her underwear in her dirty bathroom.
I told her if she needed any more help to let me know but she just ended up leaving, and she stole the Apple wire for the kiosk.
9. Why have pics of anything else?
I stood behind a guy at Walmart the other day.
When he plugged his phone into the kiosk I saw so many peen pics I wish I could un-see. But then I became fascinated, because he was just casually selecting the, I don't know, 5% of pics that weren't dick pics from between them. Either not realizing or not caring that I could see everything he was doing.
*Update: since it seems at least a few of you seem to care - it was like a rainbow of dicks up there on the screen so I doubt they were all his, unless he's some form of transformer.
8. Boys and their toys.
My older sister got a camera when she was little for her birthday. I proceeded to use a whole roll of film to detail my balls because I thought I was hilarious AF.
To whatever dude out there who stared at 25 pictures of balls, my bad bro.
Lol, when I was a kid I was playing truth or dare at a friend's house and she dared me to wear something from her mother's closet. I agreed, but then as part of the joke, my friend brought out her mom's sexy lingerie. Not one to back down from a dare, I changed into it.
I'm not sure if we planned it in advance, but she decided it would be funny to do a photoshoot, so I did my best attempt at adult poses while she finished off a roll of film in her parents' camera. We didn't really think anything of it.
.....Until her parents had the photos developed.
I don't think he actually got in trouble for it, but her dad definitely had some questions to answer when he picked up his photos from the lab.
7. A weed garden, you say?
I used to work in a photo studio that developed film and had a little do it yourself kiosk where you could print pictures you didn't want me to look at. For the most part, I don't think people realized that if you drop your film off to be developed, the person doing it is going to look through each and every photo to correct things like red eye, contrast, brightness, and skip printing any images that are black or obviously a mistake. So, I had three instances of customers coming in with things I wish they hadn't.
First, a police arson inspector came in needing to print the photos he took of one of his cases. He wanted to watch as I processed everything but since it was on actual film he couldn't do it at the kiosk. There were images of dead, burned bodies on there. It was very disgusting. He kept apologizing for making me look at them but kept repeating he didn't have any other way to print the images.
Second, lots and lots of images of marijuana plants and other drugs. The marijuana looked like the guy who brought the film in was trying to sell the plants, there were a bunch in the images, standing against things to try and show size comparison.
Finally, a repeat customer who at least once a week came in to get dirty pictures of his wife/girlfriend printed. After the first few surprise developments my boss had to post a sign saying that all sexual images had to be done on the kiosk and not by the employees. That didn't seem to matter to this guy because as soon as he got the images loaded onto the kiosk he would call me over, or whoever was working that day, and ask for help editing them. He wanted to know what I thought of the poses, the costumes, the lighting, every single aspect had to be gone over and critiqued by me for taste and style. I was super uncomfortable but it had been drilled into me in training that I couldn't refuse if a customer asked for help on the kiosk so I just went along with it and tried not to look at the images. Eventually I left that job and a few years later it closed down but I heard from my former coworker that the guy came in every week till the very end to get his smutty photos printed out.
6. Probably good that you called the cops.
Former Walmart employee highlights:
Had a woman tell me not to look at her photos because last time someone saw them they threw them out. (We weren't supposed to print nudity.) I said I can't avoid seeing the top couple photos and don't care anyway. She later explained they were BDSM photos for "her man in jail" layered between photos of their son.
Had an old guy come in regularly to print photos of specifically nude large black women for "art."
On a serious note we had someone stalking children and taking photos of a playground from afar once, we called the cops.
5. This gig economy is going too far.
At my family shop, a guy came in asking to frame three pictures of this topless girl (photographed from the waist up) wearing fairy wings. He wanted to hang the pictures in his recently remodeled bathroom. Whatever. To each their own.
Then he started talking about how the girl in the picture was his 19-year-old daughter.
The whole thing was suddenly questionable until the daughter walked in and got all excited about how great the pictures turned out and how she loved the framing option.
She was an aspiring model and this was one of the ways in which she wanted to promote herself.
You read that correctly. A 19-year-old aspiring model wanted to promote her talent by having her parents hang topless pictures of herself in their bathroom and her parents thought this was a great idea.
4. Great plan.
I worked at a Walmart electronics around 2006, a buddy of mine worked in the Photo Lab at the front of the store. During my 2 years working there the cops had to be called 3 times to the photo lab and he was the one to find the images each time.
Should have gotten his wife to do it. You can't charge a husband and wife for the same crime.
I have the worst f**king attorneys.
3. Lock him up.
I worked for Walgreens photo lab for a couple of years. By far the worst was a series of pictures that this old man came in to get developed. All of them were a close up of his junk, with a giant key chain (think janitors keys) tied to a rope hanging off his junk. All of the pictures were of him swinging it around like he was trying to make his manhood a clock.
2. Waffles?
Oh sh*t, it's my time.
I used to work at a Target photo lab and the nicest sweetest woman asked me how to print out a few digital photos. I showed her, and left her to do it. She hit print and let me know she'd pick them up in a few mins.
The printer in the lab started printing them out. My buddy comes back to talk to me and we're looking at the photos as they come out. (We often did this so if there was an error on our end we could re-print) then my buddy suddenly stops talking. Out comes a photo of a woman's nether-regions, but like, something wrong with it. Some sort of infection.
The woman came back as they were finishing up, clearly seeing that we were able to see what had been printed. I gave her the photos and she left. She bought cereal too.
I don't know why you'd print that - maybe for a doctor or something. I don't know. This was in 2011, I hope it's better.
I've had an ingrown hair on my ass cheek once and wanted a really good look up close.
Thankfully, it was in the age of digital pics. I couldn't get a great pic so I ended up taking a vid. I'm so glad no one else had to see that.
And I surely wouldn't want to develop a pic of my crotch but if I needed a better look ill sure as heck get a pic on my phone rather than breaking my neck to see my nethers haha
Now I just need to hope my kids don't look at my cloud when I die.
1. Did Nazi that coming.
Had a nice old guy come by back in the late 1990's, asked if we'd want to see some old photos of him in uniform during the war.
Turns out he wore a lot more field grey than khaki.
We may not like it, but getting older is pretty inevitable.
With age may come wisdom, but it also comes with lots of responsibilities.
And some days, we're just over it.
Redditor brick_layer asked:
"What tasks are you tired of doing as an adult?"
Decisions, Decisions
"Deciding what to make for dinner."
- PortiaEss
"I would eat people kibble if it tasted good. Bachelor Chow (just add beer) needs to be a real thing."
- chaos8803
Hi, Ho, Hi, Ho
"Going to work and acting like a functional person."
- ovelanimimerkki
"Yep, I hate trying to work when I'm not emotionally stable or just exhausted. And you literally can't tell anyone or they tell you to go get a coffee which just makes the week go downhill over time."
- gg_ff_42069
Manners
"Being polite to other adults who don't deserve it."
- 25_-a
"Also known as the 'I am too old for this sh*t' phase of life."
- Zintao
Cleaning
"Cleaning the fridge. 🤢 when I find something way in the back that’s been forgotten."
- joydobson
"I finally cleaned out ours today because it was trash day, and the husband isn’t home to argue with me about how that sauce from 2015 is 'still good!!' 🤨 Now I have an empty fridge with just the bare essentials. Worth it."
- Grizelda_Gunderson
Circle of Life
"Working. Paying bills. Getting up early. Doing stuff."
- guyfromcroswell
"Agreed. Such a mundane cycle indeed."
- Emotional_Ratio_3251
Is Naked So Bad?
"Laundry grrrrr."
- FewPizza7880
"I tend to put the laundry in, hear it beep, forget about it for 6 hours then remember it needs to dry."
- marvel_is_wow
Traffic
"Anticipating the morons on the roads that change lanes without signaling."
"Or merging into 70mph traffic while doing 45..."
- haveyouseenthebridge
"Or being stuck behind those people as we're merging, I get pissed. Like speed up to the flow of traffic, being behind them merging puts me in danger too."
- Nigel_IncubatorJones
Maintenance
"Buying a house is an endless list of shit that needs fixing or improving."
- muffbiscuits
"This is one of the many reasons I bought a condo. The majority of the maintenance is somebody else’s problem. I haven’t cut grass, raked leaves or shoveled snow in almost a decade."
‐ yogaballcactus
Teeth
"Brushing my teeth. It's annoying."
- scottevil110"
"I feel this deep. It’s flossing for me."
- brick_layer
"Wait until you're in your 60s and all of a sudden the perfect teeth that never even had a cavity now all of a sudden have tiny cracks and need porcelain crowns and you have constant pain and Delta Dental only covers cleanings and x-rays and a single crown is like $1500 and they're telling you that you need four and you think, well, we don't really need two cars, I could sell my old Subaru."
- Nobody_Wins_13
Alarming
"Waking up to an alarm clock."
"I've been waking up to an alarm clock almost every day since 1985, and I'm fucking tired of it."
"I want to wake up when I'm done sleeping."
"I don't want to wake up and find that I've slept through/turned off my alarm(s) yet again, and have to choose between packing a lunch and taking a shower."
- thisbuttonsucks
What part of adulthood are you tired of?
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I would love to know how people don't fear death.
I mean, it's the end. Life will be over. That kind of sucks.
Yet there are people who find tranquility in it.
Can you teach the rest of us?
Redditor deensuk wanted to hear from everyone who has a calmness about the heading to the afterlife. They asked:
"People who are not scared of death, why?"
I have a constant fear of death. I wanna perfect the ending of "Death Becomes Her" so I can live forever.
Before
"I'm not scared of death because of working in health care I was around it so much. I AM scared of what leads to death, however."
Full-Mulberry5020
Why now?
"Why should I be scared now of something that's only going to happen at the end of my life?"
User Deleted
"I did this cult thing called the landmark forum and I actually did like their “meaning of life”: the meaning of life is that there is no meaning. Life is empty and meaningless. There is no answer."
"Life is what you make of it and every persons answer is equally valid because there is no meaning to life. Life exists as, basically, an accident, we are all here by complete accident, there’s no great mystery, it’s all biology and you are 100% free to make life about whatever it is you want."
Conservative_HalfWit
Death and I are good friends...
"I was very sick as a child. Spent ages 7-20 in and out of hospital due to kidney issues. Lost a kidney at 28. Almost died during the surgery to removed the dead kidney due to blood loss. Had 5 surgeries back to back during the next 2 years. Twice they had difficulties bringing me out of anesthesia."
"Found my favorite aunt dead in her bed when I was 22. Watched my best friend die from a brain tumor at 30. Death has been a constant force in my life. Sometimes just on the edges waiting, sometimes unexpected staring me in the face. I'm not afraid because it's always been there. I now work in healthcare. Death and I are good friends."
Tiny_Teach_5466
No Worries
"Because it's coming for us all, sooner or later. So there's no point in worrying about it. I am much more concerned about day to day minutiae. The Lars von Trier film Melancholia starring Kirstin Dunst portrayed this perfectly. If there was an asteroid hurtling towards the earth, I'd probably be more preoccupied with worrying about whether I left the back light on or not."
Giallo_submarine
It's Over
"Because no one has ever made it out alive, and I was dead for an eternity before I was alive, and didn't suffer the slightest inconvenience because of it."
MarshallApplewhiteDo
I never thought about the before much. I hope the before is quick.
The Effects
"I hope that when my times comes it will be merciful. My uncle had a stroke, he is paralyzed. My grandmother is 91, but is losing all her memories of her life. Death does not scare me, what could be left of me before I die is what terrifies me."
M1ssy_M3
No Terror
"It’s like when the writer Nabokov said that he saw a picture one time, a picture of before he was born. It was a picture of his mother, his brother and sister that were older than him, but he had not been born yet. He said that when he saw that picture there was no terror in him, even though he was looking at a picture where he didn’t exist."
im_on-the_can
state of nonexistence...
"I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of dying. Death is just the state of nonexistence I experienced before I was born. I don't remember it because I didn't exist yet. Death will be the same way. I just don't want the transition to be marked by pain and sorrow at things left unfinished. I want it to be quick, painless, and with me surrounded by love."
Wazula42
I'm Gone...
"Because once I die, I won't know it. I won't miss people or regret things or feel pain or sadness about anything. I might fear being sick and slowly dying, just having to live with the knowledge that it's all going to end and this is the last time I'll ever see the people I love or taste good food or hear good music. That sounds almost unbearable. But death isn't even a thing, it's just having done something (died)."
"It's like virginity, it's a made-up state of being that just says whether or not you've experienced a specific occurrence. Once I die, I'm gone. My corpse will be the empty wrapper I used to be in, just garbage to be disposed of in whatever way makes my survivors feel better. I'll be switched off. If I don't worry about what the light feels after the bulb burns out, why would I be afraid of being dead?"
SallyHeap
At Peace
"I’m scared now because I have young kids. Once my kids are old enough to be on their own I imagine the fear will subside and I’ll have a more relaxed approach."
User Deleted
Some very interesting perspectives. May it all calm peacefully and with great mercy for us all.
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Dating and the search for love and companionship... What a nightmare.
This journey plays out nothing like in the movies.
Every Prince or Princess (or everything in BTW) seems to have a touch of the psycho.
The things people say during what should be simple dinner conversation can leave a dining partner aghast.
Like... do you hear you?
Redditor detroit_michigldan wanted to discuss all the best ways to crash and burn when trying to make a romantic connection. They asked:
"You're on a date and it's going really great. What can another person say to ruin it completely?"
I once had a guy ask me if I was willing to follow him into the woods, depending on the price of the meal.
Yeah. No steak is worth that.
Plans After...
"Thanks for the ride but I have a date with someone else, I figured you wouldn't drive me if you knew I was going on a date with someone else and I really needed a ride."
"Online dating, talked to her for a while, finally got the courage to ask her out and then she said that as we got there."
iareyours
Mirror Image
“'You look just like my wife!'”
catalinachild
"I did have a guy tell me I reminded him of his son. I don’t believe English has a word to adequately describe my feelings at that time."
UnicornMagicRainbow
"That would definitely do it."
chaotica78
Third Wheel
"'Hope you don't mind if my mother joins us.'"
ofsquire
"Actually had a girl do this on a first date because she had anxiety issues. Honestly wasn’t bad except that 90% of the time she was silent and her mom talked over her."
"I didn’t mind that much and wouldn’t have minded trying again when she was more comfortable except that she was let go at the company we worked at and she deleted her social media profiles and she never responded on her number. Ah well."
Seightx
Liar
"'Hey bro aren't you gay? I made out with you last night.'"
"Random dude I've never seen before in front of my (f) date."
JHXC16
Was he lying though?
Filter Issues
"'You looked better on Tinder.'"
waqasnaseem07
"Isn’t it basic knowledge that everybody looks slightly worse than the worst picture you can find?"
no_user_ID_found
The Past
"'My ex used to do that too.'"
xxIvyOF
"Yep. I’ve definitely had two otherwise-decent-guy date-situations sour because the ex-comparisons just would not stop flowing. No woman wants to be seen as interchangeable—I’m not here to perfectly fill that ex-sized hole in your life. Focusing on the present moment and a future we could build together is a courtesy we need to grant each other in earliest dates of dating."
LarkScarlett
Powerless
"'I'm an alpha, you cant handle my top energy.'"
Midnightgay28
"I actually left a dude in the middle of dinner, in part, for saying this. I ordered an Uber under the table while pretending to listen to him. Went to the bathroom, and never came back. That was when I was young. Now I’d just say, 'How about we enjoy this meal in silence, before we head our separate ways.'”
UnicornMagicRainbow
Mommy...
"'Mother says I should be back by 9.'"
"Saying 'mother says' just feels weird."
bunnyrut
"That gives me Norman Bates vibes."
Werewolf_lover20
"'Mother says alligators are aggressive because they have an overabundance of teeth, but lack a toothbrush.'"
sodaextraiceplease
Obvs...
"'If you were going to be murdered, what method would you prefer. Purely hypothetical. Obvs.'"
Specific_Tap7296
If it looks anything like a Dateline NBC episode... RUN!
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Despite the advancement of technology rendering people left to their own devices–literally–to entertain them, there are some leisurely activities that will never go out of style.
Or so you would think.
Do people still knit to pass the time? Are people actively collecting stamps?
It depends on who's asking.
Curious to hear about hobby trends, Redditor gizehgizeh asked:
"What are once popular hobbies that are slowly dying these days?"

Before we've become conditioned to living on our phones, these activities used to keep people occupied.
Before Texting, There Was This
"Letter writing."
– littlekingMT
Literal And Tangible Joy
"Well the internet killed pen pals for sure. I do remember I had a Japanese girl for a penpal maybe back in 2007 or so. I honestly don't remember how it started, pretty sure some website, but that was a fun experience. But now I can just straight up talk to foreign people real time, lol. But yea getting a physical letter that someone took the time to write and mail still is hard to beat feelings wise."
– skyburnsred
Model Trains
"When I was growing up, every town had a model train store in it. Now I have one in region and everything else has to be bought online."
– Hairy_Effective1172
Pretty Rocks
"Don’t see anyone playing marbles anymore, I had an awesome collection in school."
– sheeple85
"I had some marbles as a kid in the 90s. My grandma got them for me and I had no idea what I was supposed to do with them. I always imagined them as a thing kids in the 40s played with."
– Ryoukugan
People Were Moving Canvases
"Paintball has been dying a slow death since 2006. Sad, really."
– hobo_recycler
Before the general population began hating clutter, collecting was once a "thing."
Precious Coins
"Coin collecting... I'm a silver/gold nut and I'm always hunting for precious metal coins. whenever I go into a shop they get all excited because 'no one under 70 collects coins anymore.'"
– ThatFishySmell99
Post It
"Stamp collecting."
– spooky_scully_mulder
"Collecting in general, really. Of course there are still prominent collectors but it's slipped more into enthusiast and niche territory than being a popular hobby that you might expect anyone to have."
– iuytrefdgh436yujhe2
What A Gem
"Rockhounding was immensely popular back in the 1950's and 1960's. Personally, I think it's a fascinating and fulfilling hobby, but when I go to a meeting at a rock and gem club, I'm usually the youngest one in the room by several decades."
– filthy_lucre
People once enjoyed making things.
Admiring The View
"Stained glass. I learned how to make it from my old man, and my junior high art class teacher also taught it. Very few artisans are still around."
– brobeanzhitler
Metal Vocation
"Black smithing."
– kenworth117
"I bought a forge to try. It’s insanely hard work, and crazy expensive. I still haven’t finished a piece."
– DSentvalue
Scrapbooking
"Yeah. I'm watching the arts and crafts stores around me completely uninstalling their racks for specialty paper. Now the only thing they have is mega packs of repeating colors/images. To boot all the inclusions like papercraft/die-cut things, washi tape, scissors, stickers, etc have gotten so expensive I would rather go buy $5 bags at value village to get an assortment of things versus buying anything new. I really, really miss yard sales for the same reasons."
– Phantasmai
I envy people who have jobs that are basically their hobbies.
Not everyone gets paid doing what they actually enjoy and have a profound level of passion for.
If they do, kudos to them.
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