Tesco photo not printing my photos

I must admit, not all of Tesco's policies are bad...

Lazy ass people...

I could agree more with this but in relation to their developing policy, well, it's not like they are hanging your nude photos up for public display!
 
maybe I could get a job in Tesco - you seem to like to hire people with spelling problems lol


GRECIAN said:
I work for Tesco as a customer service manager and have to defend our policy.
As a national company who offer a photo service we have to have defiend rules for everyone.
As a photographer you are quiet likely to have photos of a topless model and would expect us to develop your photos for you.
However our staff have no idea that your photos are any different from someone taking topless pics of someone who might not in the light of day want our staff or others to see her topless.
I sugest this type of photo should be taken to a specialist photographic printer not a supermarket.
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keirik said:
why do you? there's as much logic as there is in your policy to refuse to serve people in motorcylce helmets, but happy to serve people in hijab's




in which case I expect you to refuse to print any pictures with anyone in because they may object




I agree, why bother with small minded petty managers and companies
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I am sorry we are not a racist company and someone wearing a Hijab are most welcome into our stores.
Having had a knife pulled on me from a Guy wearing a full face helmet in store I know fully why they are banned, being a Biker myself i cant think for a single reason why anyone would want to wear a full face helmet with visor down into a shopping enviroment:shrug:

As i said before we offer a service for general family photography, nudes glamour or what ever rocks your boat is best sent to the online type of service who cater for all sorts.
 
GRECIAN said:
I am sorry we are not a racist company
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Actually the policy over helmets and hijabs may not be racist but it is discriminatory, as you have differing policy depending on religion.

Can I cover my face at your store yes or no, this should be a one word answer, not saying well that depend on your religious beliefs, your just as bad as any racist.


As for printing there are better place than Adsa or Tesco for high street printing, I've been happy with Jessops.
 
I kind of agree with tesco's

1. the staff on the photo section often are usually taken on to work on the shop floor, and not specifically to print and handle images, work on the lottery counter or in the opticians. many of them multi-task
2. the prints are often on display to the staff and the public as they are printed and packaged
3. Page3 is on page 3, not page one
4. the images on Flickr shown were not obsene, but looking at the whole set, were not wholey innocent either (look at the rest of the photostream)
5. as a manager, employing people from the ages of 15 up to 80, from varying cultures, creeds and religions, i would not be comfy in subjecting my staff to the images shown. you need to rememberer that shifts of people cover a store, and if certain groups of people cant do certain sorts of jobs, creating rotas becomes a nightmare
6. you have labled your images on here as NSFW. In the lab, the people are actually "at work" further on in the set you have a vagina on show. while I am not prudish, one needs to draw a line somewhere, and it is up to the store to draw one, to protect the staff, and customers... imagine a 5 year old pointing at the photo-booth saying what's that mummy

Tesco's have to balance the rights and needs of the staff, against your rights as a customer, whilst remembering everything they do can be on show
 
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Ad Homiem is a phrase that a few on here should take on board. Spelling or lack of isn't the issue here. The issue is

"where should a public facing store, draw its lines in terms of taste and decency, and then when should it enforce a policy or not"

This is actually a really difficult area for any business employing staff to manage. Unless in the contracts staff are actually employed to work with "graphic, nude and rude images" then the business owners and managers are in a really difficult position. What would you say to a shy, respectful and religious shocked employee who just saw some girls meat and veg in a photo?

Without an insight into what the image are before they are processed, the staff are subject to seeing "anything"

Whilst a nice girl with her boobies out rocks most of your boats, how about if you lot had to sit and look at fully naked men in glamorous poses all day. or pictures of naked obese people, or naked old people. or pushing the boat out a bit further, naked disabled people, why not couples or gay couples, or old fat gay couples

It strikes me that the people who argue that "their sort of image is OK" are often pretty one dimensional in the sorts of images they like to see. Whilst the images i mentioned above are relatively easy to draw lines around.. how about a naked 1 year old, daddy in the bath with the naked 1 year old, mummy and daddy in the bath with the naked 1 year old. If a baby on a rug is OK, what about a 2, 3, 4 5, 6 year old?

The issue here is about communication. As a person ordering the prints, the least you can do is ask, and explain what you want done. Or label the film "contains adult content" etc.. Give the staff or store the option to refuse your work, before you subject them to it
 
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GRECIAN said:
However our staff have no idea that your photos are any different from someone taking topless pics of someone who might not in the light of day want our staff or others to see her topless.
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What is that supposed to mean? I've read it several times and I can't get it to make any sense whatsoever.

And, for the OP, If someone had handed pictures back to me with a misspelled reason not to print them I'd ask to see the company rules that specifically states where 'obsean photo's' are not 'developed'.

1. I bet there is no such rule - although there might be one for 'obscene photos' but then you could argue the definition of obscene and 2. you were asking for prints (and how can they prejudge what is going to be developed)?
 
Voyager said:
What is that supposed to mean? I've read it several times and I can't get it to make any sense whatsoever.

And, for the OP, If someone had handed pictures back to me with a misspelled reason not to print them I'd ask to see the company rules that specifically states where 'obsean photo's' are not 'developed'.

1. I bet there is no such rule - although there might be one for 'obscene photos' but then you could argue the definition of obscene and 2. you were asking for prints (and how can they prejudge what is going to be developed)?
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What is being said is that Tesco's want to

1. protect the staff
2. protect the public
3. protect a subject who didnt know they were shot topless

Imagine if 3 girls and lads from the tesco store go on holiday, and one of the lads shoots the 3 girls topless, and stupidly gets them printed in the local store. While the issue stems from the muppet getting the film developed, the issue could quickly land on the managers desk as something that escalates to other members of staff
 
Richard King said:
6. you have labled your images on here as NSFW. In the lab, the people are actually "at work" ...................

Tesco's have to balance the rights and needs of the staff, against your rights as a customer, whilst remembering everything they do can be on show
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I agree with all Richard's points, but I think No6 has it in a nutshell.
 
OK, this has gone slightly off topic from what I started. I can understand Tescos policy, and any other company that employs people who do not specifically deal with photography , but do multiple tasks.

I totally accept that they were not printed, I have not kicked up a fuss about it. I was just trying to find out where other members on here would get their photos printed, or if they printed them themselves at home.

I have been given some options to try out, and I appreciate the information given.
 
I don't see the issue with Tesco choosing not to print something. Sorry. Its their business and they can choose, or not, to accept your printing as they wish, in exactly the way they can refuse you access to one of their stores if they so wish.

It shouldn't be a big suprise they refused to print these(as I suspect Boots, Asda or any other high street store would) what is surprising is that people seem to be surpirsed by this
 
I agree with the pro-Tesco comments.

Appears that the wolf pack mentality is developing here

I have had several daughters who have done their rights of passage through Tesco in their younger years come home very upset at the attitude & rudeness shown to them by several "customers".

Go & get your pics elsewhere if you are dissatisfied & get off peoples backs. Terry Leahy is there until March I believe- take it up with him, not take cheap shots at employees
 
http://samsphotolab.com is the lab of my choice & I'm sure you would not have any problem getting your linked images printed.

The best lab I have found.... and I have tried plenty :)

Chris.
 
The fact that they are at work, and I labeled the images as NSFW, is a valid point. But then this would apply to all professional printing companies, which is why I asked for any printing companies that would print them. I have nothing against Tesco, I shall be back in there next time I go food shopping, but obviously will not use their printing service for any of these type of images.
 
Just to alter the direction slightly.............


...... nice model :thumbs: :love:
 
Richard King said:
What is being said is that Tesco's want to

1. protect the staff
2. protect the public
3. protect a subject who didnt know they were shot topless
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Who gives Tesco the authority to 'protect' people ? They are not publishing the images - if they think really something illegal is taking place then they need to inform the police.

After all they are happy to sell cheap junk food that is bad for public health and almost everything is packaged and transported in a way that can be seen to be bad for the environment. They are happy to promote alcohol and sell tobacco the consumption of which is known to kill people. I guess as that is hugely profitable they are not so bothered about actually protecting people.....
Richard King said:
Imagine if 3 girls and lads from the tesco store go on holiday, and one of the lads shoots the 3 girls topless, and stupidly gets them printed in the local store. While the issue stems from the muppet getting the film developed, the issue could quickly land on the managers desk as something that escalates to other members of staff
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What has happened? I'm not clear what 'issue' would be 'escalated' or how anything would 'land on the managers desk'?
 
GRECIAN said:
I am sorry we are not a racist company and someone wearing a Hijab are most welcome into our stores.
Having had a knife pulled on me from a Guy wearing a full face helmet in store I know fully why they are banned, being a Biker myself i cant think for a single reason why anyone would want to wear a full face helmet with visor down into a shopping enviroment:shrug:

As i said before we offer a service for general family photography, nudes glamour or what ever rocks your boat is best sent to the online type of service who cater for all sorts.
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And who can print decent images... I had the same pic done at Sams and Tesco, and the Tesco one was shocking... My home printer does a better job.
 
Voyager said:
Who gives Tesco the authority to 'protect' people ? They are not publishing the images - if they think really something illegal is taking place then they need to inform the police.

After all they are happy to sell cheap junk food that is bad for public health and almost everything is packaged and transported in a way that can be seen to be bad for the environment. They are happy to promote alcohol and sell tobacco the consumption of which is known to kill people. I guess as that is hugely profitable they are not so bothered about actually protecting people.....
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I'm sorry your arguement is weak. Tesco's do have a duty of care to their staff if no one else. That does mean 'protecting' them. If this is a good way of doing it is another matter but at the end of the day they are a private company and have every right to refuse your business, as in this case. Same as you have every right not to buy the cheap junk food and take your money elsewhere
 
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boyfalldown said:
Tesco's do have a duty of care to their staff if no one else. That does mean 'protecting' them.
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Of course I understand that is a requirement of an employer and something that they have to do. But I still do not know what are they 'protecting' them from.

I presume several people are going to look at the image they are not going to print in order to make the decision not to print it. So no-one has been 'protected' - indeed more may have been involved by the process than would have been had the image just been printed and stuck in an envelope. :suspect:
boyfalldown said:
If this is a good way of doing it is another matter but at the end of the day they are a private company and have every right to refuse your business, as in this case. Same as you have every right not to buy the cheap junk food and take your money elsewhere
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I have no problem with any of that and I only highlighted it in order to suggest that 'protection' is not a major part of the company ethos and nor would I expect it to be - they want to make money!

I still have no idea where Tesco have decreed what 'obsean photo's' are or what the actual Tesco policy is as to printing images.
 
The note only says "obsean (lol!) photos are not developed at this store" so maybe they might at a different branch? :|

Morrisons had no issue with my bondage pics...
 
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cowasaki said:
Sometimes the people at these stores are just plain stupid though. Not too long ago I went into Asda with Melissa who was 18 at the time and she picked up a DVD that was "PG". When she got to the check out she was asked for ID! She said she was 18 and it was PG. The woman said it meant parental guidance so she has to be 18 I was standing at the next till and said I'm her parent and your wrong but its ok. They still refused to sell it her. I asked if she looked 12 they said yes. I then pointed out that PG is lower than 12 in the ratings but still no. I then had to buy it but I told her that she was totally ignorant, she didn't like it but so what!
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The worst for things like this is the Co-Op anything there they try and ID you for even things like Iron Bru as they class that as energy drink even though it doesnt contain any high amounts of caffeine ect:shrug:
 
odd jim said:
Morrisons had no issue with my bondage pics...
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When they were Safeway I had an issue with the recently promoted shelf-stacker getting her prints all over my negs...
 
photon said:
When they were Safeway I had an issue with the recently promoted shelf-stacker getting her prints all over my negs...
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That happened to me at Tesco time before last. I have been seriously happy with the last two lots of scans from Tescos though (see show us your film shots thread).

These are just a couple of examples:

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There is one tiny white dot above the left hand on the second image. Thats about it!
 
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boyfalldown said:
....... but at the end of the day they are a private company and have every right to refuse your business, as in this case.
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There's a big difference between Tesco refusing business as a matter of corporate policy , and some employee way down in the pay grade deciding and enforcing "corporate" policy for himself.
 
roastchips said:
The worst for things like this is the Co-Op anything there they try and ID you for even things like Iron Bru as they class that as energy drink even though it doesnt contain any high amounts of caffeine ect:shrug:
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Irn Bru 32 does but normal bru?

Scotland would grind to a halt if they did that. I've seen the stuff in bairns bottles - that was scary mind.

Tescos have to look after thier staff and protect them from porn and such like. Some of the people who work there are under 18 and cannot legally deal with that kind of thing.


@cowasaki - I do love those shots. Is the second girl an offspring too? If so I haven't see her as much in your shots as the other one. Cracking smile.
 
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Richard King said:
I kind of agree with tesco's

1. the staff on the photo section often are usually taken on to work on the shop floor, and not specifically to print and handle images, work on the lottery counter or in the opticians. many of them multi-task
2. the prints are often on display to the staff and the public as they are printed and packaged
3. Page3 is on page 3, not page one
4. the images on Flickr shown were not obsene, but looking at the whole set, were not wholey innocent either (look at the rest of the photostream)
5. as a manager, employing people from the ages of 15 up to 80, from varying cultures, creeds and religions, i would not be comfy in subjecting my staff to the images shown. you need to rememberer that shifts of people cover a store, and if certain groups of people cant do certain sorts of jobs, creating rotas becomes a nightmare
6. you have labled your images on here as NSFW. In the lab, the people are actually "at work" further on in the set you have a vagina on show. while I am not prudish, one needs to draw a line somewhere, and it is up to the store to draw one, to protect the staff, and customers... imagine a 5 year old pointing at the photo-booth saying what's that mummy

Tesco's have to balance the rights and needs of the staff, against your rights as a customer, whilst remembering everything they do can be on show
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:plusone:
 
perhaps tesco should just have selfservice photo processing, then people who do different types of photography can get their images processed if they so desire. Tesco should avoid doing car insurance though...
 
They are not that great on the meat counter either, I watched the lady at the one I went to today handle raw meat then walk to the cooked meat section and handle the chicken I asked for, I declined to take it on food hygene grounds. Whats wrong with these people.
 
JFHC, does it really matter? Get the prints done elsewhere....................:bang:
 
fracster said:
JFHC, does it really matter? Get the prints done elsewhere....................:bang:
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Isn't that what the OP said he was going to do :thinking: just asked where ..... :D
 
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