Rant!: Yes you have to fill out the paperwork!!!

mschristie123

MagicInk said:

So, when you get a tattoo in my shop, there's paperwork. I know it sucks. Everyone knows paperwork sucks. You still have to fill it out. Basically it goes like this:

-2 pages of questions, name/age/DOB/contact info, allergies and medical issues, sign here swearing you're of age or also have your guardian sign and we need their info and they have separate I swear I'm the parent/guardian and won't sue info.

-We make a photo copy of your ID/your guardian's ID.

-You watch us open your new needles and you sign saying you saw us do this

-Get your tattoo/piecing done

-We go over care instructions with you and then give you a handout with the care instructions and then you sign another piece of paper saying we explained after care and gave you instructions.

-Everything is stapled together and stuck in a filing cabinet. Once a week someone (me) goes through and scans everything into our computers so we'll have a backup. 

All of this is to cover our asses. If we do work on someone under age, we can get our license pulled. If you get an infection because of unsanitary environment or lack of aftercare instructions, we can get our license pulled and you can sue us. So we are covering our asses. All of this is pretty standard at every shop though the part where you see us open the needles and sign, that isn't done at every shop. It's something extra we add in.

Ok, so we just had someone in here wanting a tramp stamp. No, that's how she said it. She came in and said "I want a tramp stamp of cherries" alright we can do that, fill out this paperwork. She sat down and looked at it then came and said to me "What the fuck is this? You're trying to steal my identity. I don't have to give you my date of birth" I told that she did because you had to be 18 to get a tattoo, and she tells me "Fuck you, I'm 18! Don't I look 18?" yeah she did look over the age 18 but she looked at 18 doesn't really fly in the legal system. Then she threw the clip board at me and said "I'm gonna go to a real shop that doesn't want me to fill out paperwork!!" alright well good look with hepatitis and an infection! Not to mention a shitty tattoo.


*SITB*

Wait wait wait wait-- what??!! Seriously?? That is not okay. You are clearly too immature to have a tattoo done if you can't behave with decency and respect in a public setting. Gross.

OnceUponAVine

kytchynwitche said:

I never watch them open the needle. FI does it for me because I would faint if I saw the needle...

But both studios I've used have had paperwork to fill in, and I'm glad for it. I know the local parlour also uses the paperwork as a way of judging if the person is sober enough to get inked or not, because there are lots of festivals here and they're right off where most of the festivities are held so they get a lot of "I'm totally wasted and this fairy flash is the best thing ever omg must have it now!" 

Come to think of it, I didn't have to sign anything the second time I went to the studio I use now. Maybe because they were just adding script to the bird they did for me a couple months earlier?

This made me giggle   I have a friend who will freak when she sees needles but absolutely loves tattoos so I go with her whenever she gets them

VulgarGirl

I never watch them open the needle. FI does it for me because I would faint if I saw the needle...

But both studios I've used have had paperwork to fill in, and I'm glad for it. I know the local parlour also uses the paperwork as a way of judging if the person is sober enough to get inked or not, because there are lots of festivals here and they're right off where most of the festivities are held so they get a lot of "I'm totally wasted and this fairy flash is the best thing ever omg must have it now!" 

Come to think of it, I didn't have to sign anything the second time I went to the studio I use now. Maybe because they were just adding script to the bird they did for me a couple months earlier?

I can't handle getting shots. Tattoo needles don't bug me. Pircing needles don't bug me. But shots? I get panicky and feel like I'm going to pass out. 

 It might have been. Sometimes we make people re-fill out paperwork sometimes not. If we can find the paperwork easily and it hasn't been too long, it's only the needle paperwork and aftercare instructions we make you sign about. But if it's been awhile or we can't find your paperwork, we start from scratch.

buddysmom80

I now want to get another tattoo. I blame @magicink

VulgarGirl

buddysmom80 said:

I now want to get another tattoo. I blame @magicink

Fucking box!!!

I take full blame. And also dooo ittt!!!!!

cupcait927

MagicInk said:

I never watch them open the needle. FI does it for me because I would faint if I saw the needle...

But both studios I've used have had paperwork to fill in, and I'm glad for it. I know the local parlour also uses the paperwork as a way of judging if the person is sober enough to get inked or not, because there are lots of festivals here and they're right off where most of the festivities are held so they get a lot of "I'm totally wasted and this fairy flash is the best thing ever omg must have it now!" 

Come to think of it, I didn't have to sign anything the second time I went to the studio I use now. Maybe because they were just adding script to the bird they did for me a couple months earlier?

I can't handle getting shots. Tattoo needles don't bug me. Pircing needles don't bug me. But shots? I get panicky and feel like I'm going to pass out. 

 It might have been. Sometimes we make people re-fill out paperwork sometimes not. If we can find the paperwork easily and it hasn't been too long, it's only the needle paperwork and aftercare instructions we make you sign about. But if it's been awhile or we can't find your paperwork, we start from scratch.

You can tattoo me, pierce me, draw my blood and prick my finger but the second you come at me with a needle to give me a shot, I WILL freak out. I refuse to get flu shots unless it's the nasal spray and the dentist has to give me nitrous oxide before giving me novacaine for cavity fills. I avoided the dentist for 6 years because my fear of needles. When I finally went back last fall, my blood pressure was so high that the dentist was legitimately concerned. But totally fine to watch you tattoo my arm or let you stick a needle through the nape of my neck.

buddysmom80

MagicInk said:

buddysmom80 said:

I now want to get another tattoo. I blame @magicink

Fucking box!!!

I take full blame. And also dooo ittt!!!!!

I plan on it! I want to get a foot/ankle tattoo so I'm waiting for it to warm up so that I can wear flip flops/ballet flats so that it heals properly. The only thing that's going to suck about that is not being able to swim for two weeks (is it two weeks? It's been 10 years since my last tattoo).

Also I'm cracking up at a your OP about the tramp stamp cherries because I just bumped into a co-worker who I used to be good friends with (she turned into a MAJOR bridezilla) and she has that same tattoo: cherries on the tramp stamp area.

VulgarGirl

buddysmom80 said:

MagicInk said:

buddysmom80 said:

I now want to get another tattoo. I blame @magicink

Fucking box!!!

I take full blame. And also dooo ittt!!!!!

I plan on it! I want to get a foot/ankle tattoo so I'm waiting for it to warm up so that I can wear flip flops/ballet flats so that it heals properly. The only thing that's going to suck about that is not being able to swim for two weeks (is it two weeks? It's been 10 years since my last tattoo).

Also I'm cracking up at a your OP about the tramp stamp cherries because I just bumped into a co-worker who I used to be good friends with (she turned into a MAJOR bridezilla) and she has that same tattoo: cherries on the tramp stamp area.

Yeah 2 weeks. I avoid getting tattoos in the summer almost just because of that reason. I hate not being able to hop in the pool.

I can't totally hate on tramp stamps because FI has one and I'm the one who did it. It's a rose, very pretty and sweet, but it's a tramp stamp. I tease her about it and she just rolls her eyes.

buddysmom80

MagicInk said:

buddysmom80 said:

MagicInk said:

buddysmom80 said:

I now want to get another tattoo. I blame @magicink

Fucking box!!!

I take full blame. And also dooo ittt!!!!!

I plan on it! I want to get a foot/ankle tattoo so I'm waiting for it to warm up so that I can wear flip flops/ballet flats so that it heals properly. The only thing that's going to suck about that is not being able to swim for two weeks (is it two weeks? It's been 10 years since my last tattoo).

Also I'm cracking up at a your OP about the tramp stamp cherries because I just bumped into a co-worker who I used to be good friends with (she turned into a MAJOR bridezilla) and she has that same tattoo: cherries on the tramp stamp area.

Yeah 2 weeks. I avoid getting tattoos in the summer almost just because of that reason. I hate not being able to hop in the pool.

I can't totally hate on tramp stamps because FI has one and I'm the one who did it. It's a rose, very pretty and sweet, but it's a tramp stamp. I tease her about it and she just rolls her eyes.

I have two tramp stamps so I get it. Every time I see my dad he goes: "hey, you got a couple of those tramp stamps, right?" Yes dad, they're not going anywhere.

jenna8984

Yup I was 18 and didn't exactly think out my tramp stamp....so it's my first name with a flower on each side of it. I get lots of comments about it relating to doggy style (which I had no clue, I was a virgin when I got it). SMH.

VulgarGirl

Ok this is a very bad dirty story, I'm pre-warning you people that skipping this is fine.

My best friend (a gay dude) was telling me he wanted a tattoo on his back, this was back when were like barley 18, so I tell him "Oh yeah, where?" and he says "Maybe my lower back, I want this phrase..." (can't remember the phrase now), but I respond with "Oh yeah? Wanna give all those guys something to read while they're back there?" and he just stared at me.

He still tells me he wants a tramp stamp someday.

buddysmom80

@magicink same thing happened with me too. I have "nolite te bastardes carborundorum" tattooed on the tramp stamp region and I showed my friend's CW. He goes: "what does that mean?" I tell him "don't let the bastards grind you down" his response "oh so some dude is going to read that while he's grinding you from behind? Also he might be offended if you're calling him a bastard."

This was at a veterinary hospital too. They were do professional up front, behind the scenes though, holy shit.

lovesclimbing

MagicInk said:

jenna8984 said:

Couldd not agree more!! I have 6 tattoos including a half sleeve so I value sterility and paperwork!!

I have to say though, when I made my online appointment for bridesmaid dress shopping at David's they needed an email for confirmation. Within a few hours I had like 3 spam photographers email me. (good think I'm changing my email when I get married to my new name). The day we showed up for the appointment she handed me a clipboard asking for phone, address, date/ location of wedding, blah blah. I literally wrote "Jenna" at the top and handed it back to her. She was like um, you didn't fill it out. I said um, yea I hate your store and don't need more frigen spam mail. She's like oh, we don't do that. I said "REALLY?! Because I've gotten 12 emails since I made this appointment." She took it and shut up.

Obviously not the same as getting a tattoo and proving your age but whenever it's NOT imperative I skip paperwork or give my childhood landline phone number which has been disconnected for 9 years.

I hate when you give an email then they spam the crap out of you!!! Stop it, just stop it! 

I'll always ask why they need the info they're asking for and what they're going to do with it. I could see at a bridal appointment needing my phone number (to follow up), my name (so they know what to call me), and my wedding date maybe (so they'll stop bugging me after that date). That's it.

Whenever online stuff asks for stuff, I usually give them my junk email, which is this random gmail address with a fake name that I never check. I also will put 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as my address.  For phone numbers, I'll usually look up a public place in another state and put that number down.

BTW: The Knot thinks I live in the White House and work at Dominos.

hellohkb

@lovesclimbing That's a good idea! I'm totally stealing that.

KytchynWitche

MagicInk said:

I never watch them open the needle. FI does it for me because I would faint if I saw the needle...

But both studios I've used have had paperwork to fill in, and I'm glad for it. I know the local parlour also uses the paperwork as a way of judging if the person is sober enough to get inked or not, because there are lots of festivals here and they're right off where most of the festivities are held so they get a lot of "I'm totally wasted and this fairy flash is the best thing ever omg must have it now!" 

Come to think of it, I didn't have to sign anything the second time I went to the studio I use now. Maybe because they were just adding script to the bird they did for me a couple months earlier?

I can't handle getting shots. Tattoo needles don't bug me. Pircing needles don't bug me. But shots? I get panicky and feel like I'm going to pass out. 

 It might have been. Sometimes we make people re-fill out paperwork sometimes not. If we can find the paperwork easily and it hasn't been too long, it's only the needle paperwork and aftercare instructions we make you sign about. But if it's been awhile or we can't find your paperwork, we start from scratch.

I got stabbed in the arm a couple years ago. I was not freaked out about the gaping wound, or the massive pool of blood, or the fact that my attacker had been aiming for my chest and could actually have done serious damage. I was freaked out about getting the tetanus shot, getting local anaesthetic shots, and getting stitches. When I got my belly pierced (before I realized that my body does not like piercings) I closed my eyes so tightly that the piercer thought she must have done something wrong and kept apologizing for hurting me, when I actually didn't feel a thing. I'm better now about having blood drawn, but I'm still a wuss about everything else. When I go in for surgery, I always ask for gas first. I have a lot of trouble with it, because most anaesthetists won't give gas to adults because adults fight it.

I'm also itching for a new tattoo, but I have no money at the moment and FI made me promise no more ink until after the wedding. :‘(