Cruise Preparations: Underwater Camera Shopping

We decided to buy an underwater camera to take on our snorkeling adventures. I used one when Kayles and I went snorkeling in Australia. It was a one-time use disposable camera and it was okay. But you had to be pretty much on top of the fishes or the pictures didn't come out.

Soooo, Timmy and I went to the mall last weekend and we stopped at Ritz Camera. We had a bad experience the last time we used Ritz to develop some photos. They cut them off in odd places, and didn't print all the photos on the film. But since we were there we decided to go in and see what they had.

Timmy asked the guy behind the counter what they had as far as underwater cameras. He showed us a digital camera that was $400. He had to look the price up in their catalog. We said, "what about a regular film camera?" He said they didn't have any. They used to have some, but they just collected dust so they shipped them back. Okay. Timmy got his picture taken for his passport and while we were waiting for the picture taker to get his stuff together, I started wandering around the store. And guess what I found?

I said, "Timmy! Look at these!"
T: "What is it?"
Me: "The underwater cameras that guy said they didn't have."

A girl was standing next to me messing with the digital scanner. She looked over at me when I made this remark and rolled her eyes.

Timmy came over and we started to look at the cameras that had miraculously appeared. We said to Stupid Clerk Guy "Hey! What about these?!" He was all like, "Uhhhhhhh." Suddenly, the Scanner Girl comes over and says "There are two kinds, one is disposable and the other is re-usable." Whoa! She worked there! She then went behind the counter and pulled out yet another model. "This one is on sale." Sure enough, it had a sticker on it that said $15.99. Timmy said to Stupid Clerk Guy, "I thought you didn't have any of these." Scanner Girl mumbled under her breath, "You just have to know who to ask."

I love you, Scanner Girl! You helped us get a decent, re-usable underwater camera for less than $20. Bless your heart.