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Monday.com and Ray's Failed Wedding Photography Business

from 165 - Please Come Kill Us · #165

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A long, drifting Monday.com ad read structured as an interview with Ray about his failed Raycon Photography business — sweating through bar mitzvahs, cheap rates, smelly shoes complaints, and accidentally knocking over an elderly woman while taking a photo.

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  • Ray started a photography business called Raycon Photography and shot Sweet 16s and bar mitzvahs.
  • Tim explains Ray's main problem: he wouldn't send clients their pictures after getting paid.
  • Ray says he also sweated heavily during the parties, which turned people off.
  • A complaint emerged at one Bar Mitzvah about Ray's shoes smelling, though Ray insists he had bathed.
  • Ray sometimes hired friends to hold lights for him at events.
  • Ray met prospective clients at pizza places on Long Island to pitch his wedding photography services.
  • Ray charged around $300 per wedding, working 12 to 14 hour days at roughly $30 an hour.
  • Old people at the weddings appeared visibly enraged, though the kids seemed confused and parents were indifferent.
  • Ray knocked over an old woman who was trying to photograph the cake from behind him.
  • When Ray collected payment after knocking over the woman, the client simply handed him money with no tip.
  • Ray received tips about 25% of the time from his wedding photography clients.
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