1. fullyarticulatedgoldskeleton reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    To me it’s the contrast that stands out, like you said, Mel: how the staff person is trying to seem radiantly happy,...
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    I love how much you look like a character I created on my twelfth birthday. Were you twelve at the time of this picture?...
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    I think it’s partly how… it’s a picture of the staff member showing a picture of ~their kid~. It’s not a picture of the...
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  19. bibblebabbles said: I definitely get what you are saying. There’s a certain disregard for the feeling of the client, the picture isn’t even about them. They’re like a prop. That’s really unsettling :/
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  22. thaxted said: I also wish staff weren’t expected to do this? I was a camp counsellor once and if we didn’t act in a certain very “engaged” way (and pose in photos like that), then employers & parents would have disapproved. I can’t do that job now for that reason.
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    I’m not sure if I have a handle on this (I have a feeling I see something but it doesn’t… translate to words - this is...
  26. just-another-nerd37 said: i’m not the best at picking up body language stuff but i feel like i know what you’re talking about definitely. i know the ‘look’ that you’re talking about and the /feel/ of it even more. i’ve seen it and been part of it (patient side) often.
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