Hey everyone,
I've decided I need to just take a moment and vent! I cannot believe the audacity of some people recently. Let me play this out for you and you tell me what you would do in my shoes.
A girl messages my boss at the shop where I work and says I've done a tattoo on her wrist that is a bit crooked. She tells him a girl did it and she 'thinks' her name started with an L. (Let me just interject here that I don't call myself Lillith at work. Everyone calls me by my first name and my real name is what is on my business cards and all my pages for my work). So, he says "Lillith" and she says "Yeah that's it." Okay maybe I did her tattoo, no big deal, right? No. She then says that she doesn't like it because it's crooked and she told me that day that she didn't like it and now she wants it fixed.....
Let just give you a quick rundown on how I work so you understand why I'm perplexed.
First thing I do it put the stencil on the person. Second thing I do is say "Go and look at it in the mirror and MAKE SURE this is where you want your tattoo. Then only after they say "Yes this is good" do I tattoo it on them. EVERY TIME never failing. It's an important thing.
Now, she said she didn't like it and said that she said something about it at the time of the tattoo being done. I've literally never had anyone say to me "I don't like it" to my face after I've done their tattoo. NEVER. I've never even had someone complain directly to me. Most people, if the don't like something after the fact will complain to everyone but the person who did it. I have no idea why and I don't understand it all at.
Let's just go ahead and skip that whole rant and go on with this story, shall we? So, I look at the tattoo and I can't remember ever having even done the tattoo in the first place, which is odd because the one thing I am good at remembering is artwork or tattoos, especially that I've done. I pretty much forget where I put my head some mornings but I have never forgot a tattoo I've done. Odd I know. I'm weird. Anyway, I decide to go through my photos of tattoos I've done over the years and I can't find a photo of it either. I'm also pretty good about getting photos of tattoos as well. Although I do not always post photos of every tattoo I do, especially small letting things, I do tend to take a photo. I can't find a picture of this tattoo.
Ok, I still could have done it. It's possible even though I'm about 90 percent sure I didn't, especially since I think I'd remember vividly someone telling me they didn't like their tattoo to my face right after I've done it. (Literally has NEVER happened.) But, you know everyone makes mistakes, I could have forgotten, it could have been me.....BUT I would NEVER tattoo something on someone without first asking if the placement was ok for them. EVER. You can quite literally ask every person I've ever tattooed if I've asked them that question along with the question "IS this spelled correctly, are you sure? Double check it"
Which means, even though I will gladly admit to the possibility that I cannot remember doing the tattoo and that I just happened to not get a photo of it either and then maybe I gave her my SG name instead of my actual name: I know for a solid fact that I asked her if she was good with the placement before I tattooed it on her.
Now, get this. I'm willing to fix it or do whatever it is she wants done to the damn thing at no charge because I would NEVER want someone running around with something I've done that they don't like. EVER. I'm willing to fix it right at this moment even though I'm not even sure I put it on there. However, I'm pretty damn aggravated about the entire situation because the tattoo has to be at least a year maybe two old if I did it. I have photos of everything from the last year and I did not do many tattoos that were just a few letters on a wrist with nothing else. I'm usually busy and I don't take very many walk-in clients anymore although it does happen on the occasion, so it's also a possibility. So, if barring everything else I did do the tattoo: Why wait a year or more to say anything to anyone about it????
All of that aside: I'm going to smile and fix up the tattoo because it is just good business to do so.
Thoughts?
