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This lady went to a tattoo artist and told him she wanted a turkey tattooed on the upper most inner side of Her left thigh.
He had seen weirder, so he didn`t think too much about it.
Then she wanted a Santa tattooed on the upper most inner side of Her right thigh.
After he finished the last tattoo, he just couldn`t help asking her, “Why the turkey and Santa?”
She replied, “I`m tired of my husband complaining that there is nothing to eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas!”

Not Only Is This A SWEET Tattoo….Check The Spelling!…HA HA HA!!!!

Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.  ~Jack London

You may lose your most valuable property through misfortune in various ways.  You may lose your house, your wife and other treasures.  But of your moko, you cannot be deprived except by death.  It will be your ornament and companion until your last day.  ~Netana Whakaari of Waimana

The world is divided into two kinds of people:  those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos.  ~Author Unknown

[P]rimitive tribes were certainly convinced that the spirit, having escaped from the body at death, retained a replica of its earthly tenement.  They therefore used tattoo marks as a means of identification in the next world and a passport to future happiness.  ~Ronald Scutt

Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it…. Tattooing therefore, is a way of keeping the spiritual and material needs of my body in balance.  ~Michelle Delio

Tattooers are Human

by Tanane Whitfield

We get tired, sick, have kids to take care, our kids get sick, we get busy, we run behind, we also forget. If you get upset that you couldn’t get in and get your tattoo as soon as you wanted because we are all booked up, not my fault. Me personally, I’d wanna get tattooed by someone I’d have to wait for just because of the simple fact that there’s a reason that artist is hella booked up. If you are the type to get all butt hurt about shit like this then YOU should have made an appointment like the rest of the patient clients. Just because you didn’t get what you wanted, you’ll prolly go bad mouthing the artist because he didn’t bend over for you. Oh well, Karma’s a bitch. You leave, get shitty work instead that you didn’t have to wait for. Not be happy with the end result and come back askin us to polish your turd of a tattoo. Happy Huntin….

Well, we have been discussing this topic at the shop for a while now but Especially in the last 6 months. So, here goes, and this is not directed at all our clients, cause as I have said in the past we have some of the BEST and coolest clients ever. But this goes out to the ones trying to take advantage of us, You know who you are!

We have been bombarded with customers lately who all seem to be trying the same thing. They start by telling us how talented we are, and telling us we do such nice work, which is Great to hear! Then the bargain hunter appears, and the stories vary a bit here and there but they All lead to the same place. They tell us they want tattooed RIGHT AWAY and they don’t feel like they should have to pay whatever the price is! And in some cases will argue with you endlessly trying to beat us up on the price. So, first off, If I came to your job/business etc. and wanted to hire you or what not, but started by telling you that I know you make say, $25 an hour but I feel that you are only worth $10-12 an hour, would you be insulted right off the bat, right? Of course you would! So, why can’t you understand that when you start off our first meeting by insulting us, even if it was a tattoo we were really excited about doing, that disappears when you insult us.

And the best part is when I am told that times are tough and to be nice to you and not charge you what you should pay, but then when setting up an appointment I am told you can’t make it this time cause you are going on vacation, and tell me about your new motorcycle or big screen tv etc. Which not to say you shouldn’t have any of these things but if you can afford them, then you can afford to Pay for your tattoo….Basically by doing this , you are telling us that we don’t deserve to be paid in full but we should give you the BEST tattoo possible. You can’t get Gucci quality at Wal-Mart prices!

So, I know times are tough….they are tough for us also! We do our absolute best to give everyone an Outstanding tattoo as well as a positive experience, but we have bills n families to feed as well, so please keep in mind when trying to save yourself money, that you may just end up irritating your artist instead!!

Once again, this is not directed at alot of our clients…You know who you are!

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Gen X Tattoos Staff

Well, we knew nothing about this until today, but we are very pleased to say that we were voted the best of the best in Cleveland for 2009. A big Thank You goes out to ALL of our Incredible clients, friends and Amazingly talented staff that made this possible!!!!