Picture this!

Okay.
Someone fucked up.
Not sure who.
Or where.

But last week, it was handed down from on high (corporate) that we are no longer allowed to take pictures of the children in our care. For me, kid pics are an integral part of my program. I have three displays of photos, and the parents and children BOTH love seeing them. The kids are very excited when I post new ones, and when their parents come to pick them up, they excitedly show the photos to their moms and dads.

Now I am smart enough that not only do I avoid using the real names of the children in my care when I blog, I don't put their faces up here either.

Remember last year when we tie dyed?
I have taken care to obscure faces if I wanted to post them.
Protect their identities when I write.

But you don't get a corporate decree like this one unless someone really messes up.

So I can now show their projects in photos, but I can't use MY camera to take the pictures. It must be a camera provided by the company. And the company must have the memory card. Putting pictures of children from my site in my own computer is an offense that would cause me to lose my job.

Funny. The photos I've already taken are okay to continue to display at work. But I deleted the others from my computer and won't take any more.

Most sites, it won't make a difference. But it's been a big part of my program that I will be sorry to see gone.

::sigh::

And I even bought a camera specifically for work. A good camera. Cute. Reliable. Friendly. A lot like me, actually. :)

And now? I don't need that cute camera at work anymore.

I can't figure out why they don't just make specific rules for photos and make us adhere to them.

But no.
No photos.
::sigh::