The forbidden Ace Hardware sign - a photo on Flickriver

            We wrap up our tour of Sioux Falls with a drive down Minnesota Ave, plus a couple extras.

While I was taking the photo of this classic sign just off of 41st and Minnesota, one of the employees came out and told me that I couldn't photograph their sign without permission from corporate headquarters. I told him I wasn't a pro and just liked their sign. He said it doesn't matter, I still needed permission from corporate headquarters. If I had had more time, I would loved to have said, "Fine, let's go in and ring them up."

Most likely, he didn't fully comprehend (or care to bother to comprehend) the actual corporate policy, which I'm sure pertains to commercial photography, but whatever. Either way, if their employees have so little to do that they can leave their posts to come out into the parking lot to chide everyone who whips out a Coolpix point-n-shoot, then the company has bigger problems than my photographing their precious sign.

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Taken on: April 14, 2007

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Fuck you, Ace Hardware flunky

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Camera: NIKON E8700, f/7.2, 1/255 sec, 10mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	NIKON E8700
Aperture:	f/7.2
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/255)
Focal Length:	10mm
ISO:	50
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Saturation:	Low
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh
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