An employee of chain store CVS took to the internet to ask customers using the store's photo service to stop printing their nude pics.
Despite cell phones making it easier than ever to take and send intimate photos without anyone else seeing, some people still seemingly prefer old-fashioned physical copies.
CVS offers image printing services where people can use their cell phones to print off photos on paper. According to the employee, named Mariah, workers are able to see all pictures printed off at their stores, meaning it's not just your significant other getting a peak.
"I don't know how many times I have to say this, don't print your nudes at CVS. I do in fact see every single one," wrote Mariah, wearing her CVS uniform, in a TikTok video with over 300,000 views.
Mariah, who shares only her first name, said in a comment that not every method of printing at CVS allows workers see the images, as in-person printing means only the customer does.
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"If you print them in store, I don't see but if you do an online order, I am the one manually printing and packaging. If you do it [print nude photos], do it yourself," she wrote.
CVS workers have discussed this very issue across various platforms over the years, with multiple popular Reddit posts about it. Some asked when they should reject an order, while others simply asked about the worst photos that have been seen.
"I had a few people print their nudes and ask for me specifically to package them because they were more comfortable with a female employee seeing the pictures than a male since they were all female," commented one alleged employee.
"One time this dude wanted me to help him print his nudes to send to his girlfriend in prison. Never knew if there was actually a policy about it," said another.
Other employees have discussed whether or not they should actually even process such orders, with one asking: "Why don't you guys just refuse service when they print nude pictures? That's what we do at our location."
Another photo printing employee, although not confirmed to be at a CVS, claimed they follow the rule of printing anything that doesn't involve "children or animals." "I was taught to print everything with exception to anything involving children or animals," they wrote. "I have been processing pictures since 1996 before digital cameras and cell phones. I got stories."
Mariah's video however has given an insight into the thinking of those choosing to print off their personal pictures.
"I did this at Walgreens and when I came to pick them up this Karen lady told me she threw them out and to never come back in," alleged one user.
For most, Mariah's plea to stop fell on deaf ears. "Ima still do it, i'm sorry," confirmed a TikTok user and apparent CVS customer.
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