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Who is at fault for misspelled tattoos? The artist or customer?
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| Artist | 59% | 120 votes | Total: 202 votes | |
| Customer | 41% | 82 votes |
Artist
by Mystique Chiles
Created on: October 31, 2010
As a proud tattoo owner I am very knowledgeable about this subject, I believe that it is the customer’s responsibility to submit pictures of tattoos with accurate spelling. However, the artist is the professional and has an obligation to satisfy the customer. If you have had a tattoo in recent years you know that the price to have them done is not cheat. Therefore, when you hand an artist your cash you have a right to expect them to perform their job well and accurately. This means that an artist should not tattoo a customer unless they are absolutely sure about the spelling.
To examine this argument further let’s compare a tattoo artist to a hairstylist. If you go to a beauty salon and ask for a specific style then once you’re done, you realize that the style is completely different then what you asked for, you would want your money back. The same can be said for a tattoo, if you are not completely satisfied about the end result of the tattoo, the artist should give you your money back or fix the mistake. We as paying customers should hold tattoo artists to the same standards that we would any other professional. If a tattoo artist is in doubt about the spelling of word they should have a dictionary handy to check the spelling. After all, when you sign up to get a tattoo you are signing up to get something permanently drawn on to your body. It is a serious matter, which should be held to the same standard as having surgery or dental work.
Perhaps, those who do not believe they should be held to the same standards are those who do not believe that tattoo recipients are worthy of respect. Let’s face it, tattoos have become more acceptable in recent years nonetheless, there is still a stigma surrounding receiving a tattoo. Some people still see people with tattoos and assume that they are ex cons or gang members. To the contrary, most tattoo recipients are hard working, taxpaying citizens who have the same rights as anyone else. Thus, they have a right to spend cash to have a tattoo done and expect great results.
Although these statements are true, we as paying customers should research our tattoo artist to ensure that they have the proper credentials. We should also receive our tattoos from professionals and not our friends. You cannot make this argument if you are receiving your tattoos under the table.
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Customer
by Elle Kim
Created on: March 23, 2011
To get a tattoo is to get an artistic method of expressing oneself and getting a message across, though it is often a more passionate and powerful way to do so. Getting one should require careful consideration - after all, one shouldn't have anything permanently injected into their skin for no reason! When someone walks into a tattoo parlor to get a tattoo done, they should make sure to have a solid idea in their head, and be prepared in a mature manner.
If there is a mistake in the tattoo, how could anybody blame the artist? Unless they purposely messed up, it is unfair and unreasonable to blame them for having made a mistake. There could be a variety of reasons why, but if the customer had taken care to double check everything, it is doubtful that the artist would have made the mistake that he or she did.
Of course, there are exceptions where the tattoo artists just won't get it - but is that truly a terrible fault? Not understanding the concept of something should not be judged by others to be a poor fault - would those same people yell at a person that simply doesn't understand an idea? Probably not.
However, it's usually not that the artist doesn't understand what they are doing. Making a mistake was obviously not their intention, and any mistake would probably be an error based on carelessness, which could be avoided if the customer had asked the artist to take extra care in their work. Simply reminding them that they should be careful, and requesting that they do their best to tattoo someone correctly could definitely impact the result positively, and does not take any effort at all, for somebody to get a permanent expression on their skin, which is obviously significant.
The work that a tattoo artist does is not easy. Why blame them for making mistakes when the clients obviously couldn't get it done themselves anyway? It is the equivalent of blaming a cashier in a supermarket that accidentally scanned something wrong, albeit on a much lower and less serious scale.
Though receiving a tattoo is often a terrifying experience, imagine how nerve-wrecking it must be to be the one giving it, knowing that they are leaving an everlasting mark on somebody's skin! Because it is undoubtedly just as frightening, put yourself in one of their shoes before judging them to be the one’s at fault for having done something on accident.
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