Getting a tattoo is a decision that you usually check before approving. A lot. You really want to make sure it’s the way you want it, because ink is permanent. You can’t wash it out. Once the needle starts, that design is going on your skin.

Apparently, tattoos don’t work like that for the customer in today’s story. She returned to the tattoo shop requesting the tattoo artist to redo it because it needed to be fixed urgently. 

Well, before going on her skin, the tattoo was a sketch on a stencil. She had checked the stencil twice and she had agreed on her tattoo design with the tattoo artist before actually getting it on her skin. So, there were plenty of opportunities to check that the design was the way she wanted. And she did; she checked it twice. But still, she dared to come back to the shop two days later and complain about HER mistake. 

Tattoo artists use a stencil for exactly this reason. The client can see the design, check the placement, check the lettering, and then the artist gets to work. If the customer approved the stencil twice and two days later changed her mind, then it’s not the tattoo artist’s mistake. It was hers. 

What’s even more ridiculous is that the customer later explained she wanted a very specific thing that needed to be communicated before the tattoo was done, not after. The first stencil said «Sincere Lee», then she changed it to «Lee Sincere» on the second stencil and approved it, but AFTER getting it on her skin, she explained she wanted the words mirrored. Two days later.