Tattoos and Piercing Fun

[Greenday]

I posted these on the off-topic forum, but for those who don't care about our personal lives and don't read that forum, I'm posting it here. Besides, my post count sucks. These two gems are from when I got my tattoo yesterday.

Silly Person #1-While I was patiently waiting like a good customer, some woman walked in with a co-worker of hers. The co-worker sits down and patiently waits while the one woman impatiently paced around. The woman is whining the whole time about having to wait so long (she was there for like five minutes). Then, she tried to snatch the clipboard out of my hands, without even asking, thinking it was a sign-in sheet. It was actually my release forms about not holding them responsible, etc. When I told her what it was, she freaked out about having to sign release forms. Then she bitched out the tattoo artist because she didn't like his artwork. She began telling me about how great the places are in NY. So I asked her why she was getting it done here, if NY is soooo much better. She gave me a dirty look and then left. Stupid Benny. GET OUT OF MY STATE!

Silly Person #2-This time, this happened while I was sitting there, getting my tattoo. As we were doing it, some Middle Eastern woman, dressed in her robes, with her daughter, asked about having her daughter's belly-button pierced. First, she wanted to know if there were any women who could do it. None that day. Then she asked the guy if he could just tell her how to do it so she could do it. Wtf? The guy doing my tattoo was just like, "Uh...no." The woman began explaining how no one but their husbands are allowed to look at female's bodies in their religion, so she asked if he could do it without looking at her stomach. Does she want her daughter to be stabbed or something? He said he had to look at her stomach enough to see what he was doing and the woman didn't seem to happy with that response. When I left, I saw the woman and her daughter waiting so I guess they decided to do it anyway or the girl convinced her mom.

See, I go in there, patiently wait, be nice to the guy, and I walk out with a decent sized tattoo and it only cost me $80 instead of over $100 like I figured.

[Ms. Pounce]

She began telling me about how great the places are in NY. So I asked her why she was getting it done here, if NY is soooo much .

On behalf of NY, let me apologize.

*crawls under a rock to hide*

I don't share a state with her... really.

[CanadaGirl]

What's the point of a Muslim girl getting her navel pierced if no one but herself will see it? Waste of money to me.

[Fawn]

Such Ignorance. I was lucky not to see those problems when I got my tattoo's done. But I did see a few people that came there spontaneously and picked out crappy Kanji tattoo's..

[Spiffy McMoron]

This one is not really a sucky customer story per se, but it is a funny tattoo/peircing story, so I think it fits...

Anyways, I'm at the shop that I like getting some work done. This guy comes in with his buddy, and he wants his nipple pierced. OK, cool, this guy had already gotten some tattoos there, so it shouldn't be a big deal.

D (the piercer), Guy, and Buddy walk into the piercing room. I'm lying down in the tattoo room, and wasn't really paying much attention. I thought I'd heard a bit of a commotion a few minutes later, but I didn't think anything of it.

About 15-20 minutes later, Guy and Buddy leave. D comes into the tattoo room, and T (the tattoo artist) asks what the noise was.

"Yeah, he passed out while he was getting his nipple pierced."

We had to stop for five minutes because we were laughing so hard...

[Greenday]

What's the point of a Muslim girl getting her navel pierced if no one but herself will see it? Waste of money to me.

I wonder that too. People suggested getting one of those UV tattoos so people won't see it. Kinda kills the purpose of it.

[Ms. Pounce]

I wonder that too. People suggested getting one of those UV tattoos so people won't see it. Kinda kills the purpose of it.

UV Tattoos???

*hits google*

[Reyneth]

"Yeah, he passed out while he was getting his nipple pierced."

We had to stop for five minutes because we were laughing so hard...

Well, I don't have a tatoo, so not sure how that feels but I do have several (3 each) in my ears and the last ones stung quite a bit. But compared to my belly button? They were nothing. Naval is pierced on the lower part (I have a freakish one, she couldn't do it "normally") and just while my piercer was clamping it, it was excruciating. The bottoms of my FEET were sweating. Seriously! I couldn't imagine how much worse getting something more .....ummm..... sensitive would be!

[blas]

My navel piercing was a breeze. My ears hurt the worst....but then again, I was 3 when I got them done. And I won't ever pierce my ears again. One in each ear is all I can handle

The tongue was painless as well.....until it got infected and swollen. I had to get it taken out.

Funny irony.....about two or three months after I had my tongue pierced, that tattoo parlor was shut down and the owner disappeared.

[Sliceanddice]

Im surprised it wasn't her nose. Muslim women in pakistan get their nose pierced as a sign of their devoition to god. Its pretty awesome actually. It might be somethign like that.

[AnqeiicDemise]

I guess its slightly offtopic as it has nothing to do with an Sucky Customer but more about a Stupid Coworker.

As mentioned in another post, I briefly worked at a vet hospital as a receptionist. Company policy required that no one have facial piercings, not because they look unprofessional, but for health/safety issues.

This is outlined in our handbook, and as new employees we have to read it and sign it. Needless to say, if we break the rules and something happens, like an accident or termination, the company is not to blame. Remember this, its very important.

So this really stupid co worker, M, who happens to be a technitian no less, comes to work one day with her lip pierced. She's got a spiffy silver hoop on and everyone comments on how it looks great, but she really shouldn't wear it. Its unprofessional, blah blah blah.

M: so, its not like the clients are going to see me.

In the end, the medical director just shook her head and said M would have to learn the hard way.

About an hour later, a client comes in with her cat, Blaire. Let me tell you guys that Blaire was named after Blaire from The Exorcist -- this cat is one MEAN cat that needs to be sedated just to come into the clinic by perscription, and then given another shot to sedate her even more once she's on the table with a vet. Long story short, Blaire is in that day for getting her nails clipped.

The cat's taken to the back, and about ten minutes later all I hear is a blood curdeling scream proceeded by furious hissing, shrieking and the sound of several things falling in the treatment room.

Ends up M was the technitian placed in charge to clip Blaire's nails and as she was holding her so that another tech could sedate the cat, she lost grip of it. Blaire clawed at M, her nail got caught on the piercing and tore it right off, then proceeded to knock over the instrument trays that lay on the counter.

Needless to say she got fired.

I swear, sometimes I Wonder what people think when they start body modification. Does it not click with them that maybe their lifestyle/carreer/hobby may not work well with x-piercing?

[siead_lietrathua]

darm this thread. now i want to get a uv tattoo for raving.

*shoves thread back on rails *

i think when it comes to body modding, it varies from store to store. like the shoppers i work at doesnt mind visible tattoos as long as it it's a full sleeve or something, but other stores in the chain wouldnt even look at you for having any ink. same for peircings.

[Fera Festiva]

What's the point of a Muslim girl getting her navel pierced if no one but herself will see it? Waste of money to me.

Obviously I can't speak for that particular girl, but I know that many Muslim women only wear the veil in public or where men will see them. At home or in private they only come into contact with other women, and they don't wear the veil then. It's not that uncommon for them to have piercings, wear makeup etc. (Anyway, none of the people I know with pierced navels show them all the time.)

My parents have been to Morocco and Malaysia amongst other places - in Malaysia in particular they often saw big groups of Muslim women, wearing full head-to-toe burkas, shopping for fancy lingerie and getting pedicures and stuff. (They even saw a woman in full burka doing that thing where you parachute behind a speedboat...)

Moral of the story: women are women. Whether or not guys can see us, we'll still spend ridiculous amounts of money if we think it'll make us look good.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

UV Tattoos???

*hits google*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV_tattoo

It's a tattoo done with inks that are invisible to normal spectrum lighting but Fluoresce under a black light.

[Becks]

Moral of the story: women are women. Whether or not guys can see us, we'll still spend ridiculous amounts of money if we think it'll make us look good.

Not me. I'm so disgustingly low maintenance. I tell my guy friends that they can support me for less than $20 a day.