When we were in Camden, we ventured in to a somewhat out-of-place store called Cyberdog. Mainly they sold clothing, though it was nothing that you’d catch me wearing; except perhaps if I needed a high-visibility outfit for cycling, or for picking up in Soho.
Truth be told, it was actually more like a nightclub than a store, with extremely loud dance music pumping out from massive speakers, and a light show to rival Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. The basement level had a gigantic, colourful spectrum analyzer on the back wall, which I must admit was pretty cool, and definitely warranted a photo. I un-subtly pulled out my iPhone and framed up the shot.
As it turns out, photos were not allowed in the store. I’m still at a loss to explain precisely why this is, as I think their market is so niche that the threat of being copied by anyone is pretty remote. Anyway – a camp young lad with a yellow mohawk and a rather unnecessary muscle shirt (just visible on the left of the shot) caught my photo taking antics, and promptly marched over to tell me off.
It took him at least three attempts for me to hear what he actually said over the music, and even though I knew precisely the gist of what he was saying, I made him repeat himself over and over for the fun of it. Finally, exasperated, he “threw” us out, exclaiming, “You can’t take photos in here! Get out of my store!”. It was a win-win situation, really – there was no chance we were going to be buying anything, and I left with the photo intact.
And so, for whatever reason makes it so treacherously illegal, feast your eyes on the glory that is the photo from Cyberdog. Take that, hippies!
Happy driving!
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Um ah – I can’t believe you took a photo in the store… well actually I can’t believe someone would care so much you took a photo of their fluro, drug-fix inspired, we don’t drink alcohol only water, interior.
Freaks!
freaks!
Ha ha. I remember going to that store in my first week of London. A friend had to pick something up to go clubbing with. Did you see the shirts that had battery powered lights? Probably not before you got kicked out. Pretty funny story though.
Considering we were the only people in the store, I am starting to think that they actually don’t like customers, sales, or especially profits!
Went here yesterday. Lets just say it is an interesting place! Didn’t exactly see anything from my shopping list in there though!