Dave’s Law of ID Photos: You will be abruptly asked to have a photo taken for an ID only on days when you are in serious need of a haircut, your beard (if applicable) is in need of a trim, you have failed to shave (if applicable), you have a monstrous blemish on your face, you decided to go without makeup today (if applicable, the weather has destroyed your coiffure, you’ve got bad hat hair, and/or you just ran back to the office for some reason, and so look sweaty and exhausted (select at least two)
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Awww…
Did ‘ums have to have a photo taken today? ;P
At the flats you needed to have a photo redone every time something about you changed.
So, for me. In the fall when I grew a beard – new photo.
In the spring when I trimmed it to a Goatee – new photo.
In the late spring when I shaved it off – new photo.
repeat.
Also as my pony tail grew longer….new photo when the guards deemed it necessary.
At the new place I have had not had to have my photo redone since my first day of work .
Some interesting stuff behind the whole photo ID thing that I’ll discuss in another forum some time.
But, yes, got a notification that it was happening, go do it *now*. Rrg. Though it was mostly a “boy, my hair is ready for a cut” kind of thing for me.
We don’t have a company policy on IDs of this sort — it’s been a local option, usually driven by client requirements. Some offices have them (and have had them for years), other offices have them only for certain project employees, still others have none at all.
A recent ID photo that was taken of me included a large bright green spot on my head. It looks like I’m wearing a translucent green yarmulka at a jaunty angle on the front of my head. The photographer explained that the fluorescent lighting in the room was reflecting off my balding pate, and that there was nothing that could be done about it. She wouldn’t take the picture again, and there was no way, she said, to change the lighting so that it didn’t happen again.
On the one hand, I’m disappointed because this photo is a representation of me, and it makes me look ridiculous. It also shows that the photographer doesn’t care about doing a good job or is incompetent (or both). On the other hand, I almost never use that photo ID, so very few people see it, and I feel like I’m being petty and vain in caring how I look in that photo. I tend to think we waste lots of energy worrying about whether or not we look good in ID photos.
But you’re going to post the photo, right? Right?