If I had to guess, this is the conversation that took place right before this photo was taken.

Walt: OK, ready when you are.
Photographer: I’m sorry, I thought you were supposed to have a goatee. You know this is the Just for Men goatee shoot, right?
Walt: I do have a goatee. [Flashes smile]
Photographer: That’s not a goatee.
Walt: What?
Photographer: No, that’s waaaaaay to wide to be considered a goatee.
Walt: Too wide?
Photographer: Yeah, it’s like someone took a normal goatee and stretched it towards your ears. It’s like a goatee that gained weight. It’s like a goatee slash beard – a “geard” if you will. But definitely not a goatee.
Walt: [bewildered silence]
Photographer: I’m sorry I had to be the one to break it to you.
Walt: Why didn’t anyone tell me? All these years…
Photographer: They didn’t love you enough.
Walt: [stroking geard, staring at floor]
Photographer: Tell you what – I’ll take your picture and put it in the Mustache, Beard & Sideburns stack. But I can’t, with a clear conscience, put it in the goatee stack. I won’t do it. I respect my craft too much.
Walt: Your craft? But you’re taking pictures for a Just for Men box.
Photographer:  Yeah, and you’re in a picture on a Just for Men box.
Walt: Touché.
Photographer: Just hold up your basketball and show everyone that gaudy wedding ring. Maybe no one will even notice.
Walt: It’s a ch–

Click.
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