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Here’s a story about a dude who makes those memorial shirts at The Gallery. No, really: Here’s a story about a dude who makes those memorial shirts at The Gallery.
“A lot of the kids who come in to get shirts are under 21,” said Sam Do, 21, another attendant at Personalized Tees in the Gallery. “We put together collages of different moments and that seems to spark memories of better days. A lot of times they start to cry.”
It takes less than 15 minutes for images to go from picture frame to garment. Typically the cost is $15. Do takes a picture, places it on a scanner and the image pops on to his computer screen in seconds. From there he gets customers to write the tribute they want. He chooses the fonts and style and approves it before printing out an iron-on transfer.
The transfer is centered on the shirt or other garment and put into a hot press, all crammed into his kiosk. Moments later he pulls a shirt hot off the press, finished and ready to go.
Do said they almost always are able to satisfy customers. Almost.
“One guy wanted me to print a shirt dissing (disrespecting) a dead guy and I wouldn’t do it, Do said. “I refused to do it. It was something negative to someone who died.”
It’s good to know there are some people left with morals in the world. So what if they’re t-shirt cart workers?
Shirts pay tribute to crime victims [Camden Courier-Post]
[Photo via Courier-Post/Al Schell]
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