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That's REPULSIVE. Tattoo shop in a nudie store? I'm outraged. Can you get me the address of that place so I can go tell them how upset I am? And do they have peep booths?

solution: don't work for shop owners like this. then there will be nothing to bitch about. let me re-phrase; there will always be something to bitch about, but if you aren't working for them then there isn't much of a concern. I have much bigger fish to fry then spending any time fretting about a boss I don't and won't work for.

ive always thought the best way to do a tattoo show was to do it "Taxi Cab Confessions" style set up some hidden cameras in a busy ass street shop and let the hilarity ensue. i dont give a fuck why a person gets tattooed. and if all i had to do were memorial tattoos all day long where the client cries throught out the tattoo while explaining to me how they miss their dog, id fucking kill myself. and im not really a hugger unless you got really big boobs. so they aint necessary after i do spiritual paw print tattoo. i DO watch the shows. wish theyd do miami ink again. i'd look over garvers shoulder all day long while hes drawing/tattooing.

I agree that it gets peep out to get tattooed but it gives people a fucking retarded idea of what success is in this industry: About a week ago, two of the types of guys who LOVE those shows come in and bro down for their bro tats. They keep telling me that maybe "one day I'll be on one of those shows." so as always, I act polite. I tell them that for me personally I wouldn't be interested in the extra work that a show would give etc. Etc. They seemed to lose all faith in me after that as though I just said I went interested in being a good tattooer. Therefore, my only complaints about those shows are (a) the Eikon sponsorships and (b) the attitude it gives clientele that those tattooers are the end all be all of the industry and choose not to look more into the art than staring at the boob tube. Just my opinion.

haha...they should just do a version of "the office" but in a tattoo shop!