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So working in a tattoo shop seems to be the place to stick your foot in your mouth, more than anywhere Ive ever been.

When I was apprenticing in ’99, a co-worker of mine who was also an apprentice was making a line drawing for some old english writing that said, “Made in the USA.”  I walk up and jokingly said, “Oh no fair! You get to do that?!”  He replied, “Why you wanna do it?”  without realizing the kid was about 6 feet away, I said, “Fuck no!  I hate that crap!”  He then whispered, “Dude, he’s right there.”  I kinda snuck around him feeling bad, and realized I should be more careful around the shop so this wont happen again(which is impossible)

I decided to go to lunch, and as I passed them in the middle of the tattoo session, I decide to redeem myself by walking over and saying, “Looks good!  Thats pretty cool man!”  Then returning from lunch, I swear to this day I saw the kid walk out the door.  So once again, I start going off, “What a dumb thing to get!” “Did he lose a bet!?” “Hes gonna be so bummed” etc etc.  Then I get nudged again by my co-worker, “DUDE, Hes right there!”  I look up, and homeboy is staring right at me.  I kinda walk into a back corner of the shop unexposed to the front, and wait until the kids friends pick him up.  I was working a second job from 6pm-2am at the time, and ended up an hour late to my other job cause I didnt want to walk of shame past them all.

10 years later, I still cant seem to keep my foot out of my mouth.