I think I was a bit mean...
As I sat there in my local tattoo parlour waiting for my next session to begin, a group of girls walked in, booked in and waited eagerly with me. I over heard them chattering away about how "cool" it is that the one of them is getting this done!
Then I heard her... Sitting there nervous bouncing her legs up and down, twiddling her fingers, biting her nails. "I'm scared!' she said. "It's going to hurt". Her friends reassured her it won't be too bad. That they'll be there to support her and get her through it. Everything will be fine. I just sat there, reading my book and waiting.
Then the inevitable happened. Her friends referred to me, saying he has many tattoos. Then they asked me the question that should not be asked in a tattoo parlour.... "sorry, can we ask you something? Did your tattoos hurt?"
Cue "Lyndon the Dick" to step in.
"No, not at all I said. It feels like you're being tickled with feathers. OF COURSE IT FUCKING HURTS! It's a needle, penetrating your skin over and over again. In some instances it has felt like I was being burned with a red hot poker! Hell I have even fainted sometimes (it's true...my thresh hold for pain is shit)." Probably not what a tattoo virgin wanted to hear going into this but hey, you asked me the dumbest question ever. "But you really shouldn't be asking me... Or anyone else for that matter" I continued, "Each individual is different. We all have different thresh holds of pain. At the end of the day, its a needle, penetrating your skin. You will hurt... Just depends how much now."
Sorry to say, she walked out, in tears, her friends giving me the evil eye, the receptionist in tears with laughter and the tattoo artist not caring as she still paid over the fees for wasting his time. I went through hell for 3 hours continuing my chest piece but hey, it was worth the pain.
Point of this you might be asking? Well, thought I would share an experience I found amusing and second... Don't ask stupid questions like that, or you will make things worse for yourself.
Shit blog piece but hey, it's all I could think of XD
Cheers
L
As I sat there in my local tattoo parlour waiting for my next session to begin, a group of girls walked in, booked in and waited eagerly with me. I over heard them chattering away about how "cool" it is that the one of them is getting this done!
Then I heard her... Sitting there nervous bouncing her legs up and down, twiddling her fingers, biting her nails. "I'm scared!' she said. "It's going to hurt". Her friends reassured her it won't be too bad. That they'll be there to support her and get her through it. Everything will be fine. I just sat there, reading my book and waiting.
Then the inevitable happened. Her friends referred to me, saying he has many tattoos. Then they asked me the question that should not be asked in a tattoo parlour.... "sorry, can we ask you something? Did your tattoos hurt?"
Cue "Lyndon the Dick" to step in.
"No, not at all I said. It feels like you're being tickled with feathers. OF COURSE IT FUCKING HURTS! It's a needle, penetrating your skin over and over again. In some instances it has felt like I was being burned with a red hot poker! Hell I have even fainted sometimes (it's true...my thresh hold for pain is shit)." Probably not what a tattoo virgin wanted to hear going into this but hey, you asked me the dumbest question ever. "But you really shouldn't be asking me... Or anyone else for that matter" I continued, "Each individual is different. We all have different thresh holds of pain. At the end of the day, its a needle, penetrating your skin. You will hurt... Just depends how much now."
Sorry to say, she walked out, in tears, her friends giving me the evil eye, the receptionist in tears with laughter and the tattoo artist not caring as she still paid over the fees for wasting his time. I went through hell for 3 hours continuing my chest piece but hey, it was worth the pain.
Point of this you might be asking? Well, thought I would share an experience I found amusing and second... Don't ask stupid questions like that, or you will make things worse for yourself.
Shit blog piece but hey, it's all I could think of XD
Cheers
L
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I get people who ask the same thing to me all the time about my facial piercings. Some times I look at them with total wonderment and just say : "A very large, hollow needle gets pushed through my skin. Yes, it hurts but so did giving birth."
Pain is usually a temporary thing. It's the beauty that it leaves behind that makes it worth it.