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I wore a suit to work today. I'm not sure exactly why... just felt like it. I never wear suits. It should spark curiosity and draw snide comments from the peanut gallery. Fuck 'em. I really need some time away from here... someplace far, far away. Monday is rough because it brings that reality back and makes it slap you in the face. EL drove me to work, so that started my day off on the right foot. It's hard to stay smiling in here though. I just had a discussion with a guy here that recently caught the shutterbug... well, he's been reinfected anyway... he's been shooting off and on for 40 some-odd years. I was explaining how every sumbitch I have ever spoken to at Houston Camera Exchange has come off like a pompous elitist bastardo. I will go out of my way to pay more at one of their competitors than give those sorry fucktards my business. Period. I have tried on numerous occasions to go in and be a good customer, but despite any knowledge they nay have to share, their completely unprofessional and unbelievably inadequate customer service has sent me to the door in outrage. Every time I've priced a lens there, they've come out 10% or 15% higher then any of their competition in town... possibly justifiable if they backed it up with superior customer commitment, but no... they are simply losers that have forevermore lost my businesses. They deserve what they get IMHO. On the flipside, The Camera Co-Op on Shepherd (across the street from Davenport for those that navigate by alcohol) has always been competitively priced (for retail) and a joy to work with... kudos to those dudes. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmn... sluuuuuuurp... coooofffffffeeeeeeeeeee. Yep. It's a Monday morning must have.