Originally posted by Christian I had to explain what spot metering was to a kid in Jessops recently... not surprising though...
Funnily enough he said he knew all about the camera I was talking about before we started talking...
And on monday a girl working in HMV (music store) asked me what an EP was...
Why don't people take an interest in what they do for a living? ... I think working in a photography shop/music shop would be great! Surely learning /playing with the stuff in store would relieve some of the boredom they are suffering from?
I agree with you 100%. It's funny I don't know everything about photography and I can honestly say not everything about my camera but I still find time to ask questions and read the questions and answers others are posting. But when I walk into a camera shop and see these kids, either still in high school, or just out of school, and they are selling cameras and equipment, and know nothing about their jobs except how to find the door coming to work and going home I wonder how the owners can justify paying for a warm body (and that's a stretch).
Right now in my life I would very much like to retire from what I do for a living and find a cushy little job selling cameras and equipment.