Apprentices

[skibuminwyo]

When someone in the tattoo shop asks if the apprentice can pierce you, ask how many piercings he/she/it has done. Plastic skin doesn't count. Words cannot describe the pain I experienced today, as I left the fate of my ears in the hands of the apprentice. After I was seated in the room, a gloriously dim place, with some sort of psychobilly music playing, I was informed that the girl has never pierced anybody in her life. I was to be the first. My good friend Meg, who is the licensed piercer was there to walk her through, but it was interesting. The apprentice had no idea how to hold forceps, nor how bad forceps hurt high on the ear. They were cranked down as far as they could possibly go, squeezing my cartilage into their shape. There was then hesitation, as the apprentice didn't quite understand the intricacies of clamp, pierce, release. I had to have the clamp removed once, since it was slowly molding my cartilage. We finally received the needle, however the apprentice could not muster the intestinal fortitude to run the needle all the way through, so the master piercer had to step in. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am, a third hole in the left ear.
I feel bad for the apprentice, as she was nervous as hell, I volunteered myself before she knew what hit her. I commended her many times, as I know how scary it is to do a first piercing, on another human being. Gave her some tips, and I think I made her feel better.
Long story short, do not donate your body to apprentices learning to pierce, unless you have a high pain tolerance.


End rant.

[timvwcom]

My short story... I don't donate my body to tats or piercings in the first place.

[rideit]

I certainly fucking hope that THEY paid YOU.

Any less, and you are a SUKKAH.

Bruthah.

[skibuminwyo]

Well, she was a hot little punk/goth/wannabe chickee babe, so I had to, you know. Keeps me in good standing at the shop, which means they let me hang out there all day with them.

[Sparky]

DIY with a safety pin. Punk as fuck.

[ill-advised strategy]

weird. I always assumed you were a guy from wyoming.

these internets...

[snow_slider]

Damn. Yetiman beats me to the "I thought you are a guy..." comment.

[WWCD]

weird. I always assumed you were a guy from wyoming.

these internets...

Take not of Rideit's quote in his sig. It will explain all.

[EZB]

Wham, bam, thank you ma'am, a third hole in the left ear.

Only one ear pierced.
Both.
Multiple per ear.

They all mean something, right?

I think six holes per ear means, "Still saving up for the seventh."