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Had an awesome day at the shop today (which was almost ruined at the end).
To start it off, I officially have the best girlfriend in the world. Jen drove down from Boston to hang out at the shop for a little bit which was cool, but when she showed up with a BBQ tofu burrito from Burrito Max with some sweet potato french fries, she made me quite a happy boy.
Nine fucking piercings. Now that's a keeper. If only I could get this much business on a regular basis. Hell, if I could get 1/2 that each day I was there, I'd be doing alright.
.begin rant.
So yea, this momentous occasion was almost ruined by some crack whore whom which I pierced last week. Apparently the ball fell out of her navel ring. Easy fix. She had called during the week, I told her I'd put a new ball in without a problem, or if the jewelry had fallen out before she got to me, I'd repierce her for free. Mind you, she most likely was playing with this a lot. From the second I pierced her, her hands were all over it. (Real smart!)
She comes in tonight around 8:00 or so. She says she wants her money back. I kindly explain to her that I wouldn't refund her money, but I'd either put the jewelry back in for her, or re-pierce it. She tells me to fuck off. This is where Adam get's pissed. So now we're both heated at this lady. She asks to speak to the Manager/Owner. I say go right ahead. Point her in the direction of Ryan (part owner) but she doesn't want to talk to him. Eventually she calms down a little bit. I tell her I'll put the jewlery in, and if it won't go back in, I'll re-pierce it (which I explained about 8 times previous). She finally agrees. I tell her if we can't get the jewelry back in that we should wait about 2 weeks before trying to re-pierce it because the wound is still fresh and will cause for a bad heal. She doesn't want to hear it.
She lifts her shirt, and this fucker is infected. She's obviously not taking good care of it, and she starts putting her hands all over it. I explain to her to keep her fingers away from the hole, and the reason why it's probably not looking so well is because she keeps touching/playing with it. (The fact that she's over weight isn't helping either. This can lead to poor healing in navels under some circumstances.) So I go to put the jewelry in (which she insists has been out for only a couple hours). Her bottom whole has closed up a little bit. I tell her I can taper it open, its going to be uncomfortable, but I can get it through. She agrees. I put the very tip of the taper in her navel, and she says fuck this its too painful blah blah blah I want to talk to the manager, where does it say I can't get my money back etc etc etc
I tell her if she doesn't want to go through with it now, to come back in about 2 weeks and we'll re-pierce it. She then proceeds to stomp out of my room, slam my door and managed to knock my trash over. Goddamn whore.
Normally, I don't care much about rowdy customers, I can brush them off. I just don't like it when they make a scene when the shop is full of people. At least the girls waiting to get pierced were very understanding, and we proceeded to make light of the situation afterwards.
I'm just curious to see what sort of nightmare she's going to be if/when she comes back in 2 weeks. Oh well. Part of the job I guess.
But I'm trying to stay positive. I had an awesome night, and almost everyone tipped. Always a bonus.
More work tomorrow. I don't know when my next day off is. I haven't had a full day off in about a week and a half, and I'm not going to get one until not this coming Monday, but the following Monday. FUN!
I'm off to go lay down and relax. It's too bad I can't spend this money on something I want and it has to all go towards bills. Bummer, but at least now I can pay off more than I thought I was going to be able to.
.end rant.
To start it off, I officially have the best girlfriend in the world. Jen drove down from Boston to hang out at the shop for a little bit which was cool, but when she showed up with a BBQ tofu burrito from Burrito Max with some sweet potato french fries, she made me quite a happy boy.
Nine fucking piercings. Now that's a keeper. If only I could get this much business on a regular basis. Hell, if I could get 1/2 that each day I was there, I'd be doing alright.
.begin rant.
So yea, this momentous occasion was almost ruined by some crack whore whom which I pierced last week. Apparently the ball fell out of her navel ring. Easy fix. She had called during the week, I told her I'd put a new ball in without a problem, or if the jewelry had fallen out before she got to me, I'd repierce her for free. Mind you, she most likely was playing with this a lot. From the second I pierced her, her hands were all over it. (Real smart!)
She comes in tonight around 8:00 or so. She says she wants her money back. I kindly explain to her that I wouldn't refund her money, but I'd either put the jewelry back in for her, or re-pierce it. She tells me to fuck off. This is where Adam get's pissed. So now we're both heated at this lady. She asks to speak to the Manager/Owner. I say go right ahead. Point her in the direction of Ryan (part owner) but she doesn't want to talk to him. Eventually she calms down a little bit. I tell her I'll put the jewlery in, and if it won't go back in, I'll re-pierce it (which I explained about 8 times previous). She finally agrees. I tell her if we can't get the jewelry back in that we should wait about 2 weeks before trying to re-pierce it because the wound is still fresh and will cause for a bad heal. She doesn't want to hear it.
She lifts her shirt, and this fucker is infected. She's obviously not taking good care of it, and she starts putting her hands all over it. I explain to her to keep her fingers away from the hole, and the reason why it's probably not looking so well is because she keeps touching/playing with it. (The fact that she's over weight isn't helping either. This can lead to poor healing in navels under some circumstances.) So I go to put the jewelry in (which she insists has been out for only a couple hours). Her bottom whole has closed up a little bit. I tell her I can taper it open, its going to be uncomfortable, but I can get it through. She agrees. I put the very tip of the taper in her navel, and she says fuck this its too painful blah blah blah I want to talk to the manager, where does it say I can't get my money back etc etc etc
I tell her if she doesn't want to go through with it now, to come back in about 2 weeks and we'll re-pierce it. She then proceeds to stomp out of my room, slam my door and managed to knock my trash over. Goddamn whore.
Normally, I don't care much about rowdy customers, I can brush them off. I just don't like it when they make a scene when the shop is full of people. At least the girls waiting to get pierced were very understanding, and we proceeded to make light of the situation afterwards.
I'm just curious to see what sort of nightmare she's going to be if/when she comes back in 2 weeks. Oh well. Part of the job I guess.
But I'm trying to stay positive. I had an awesome night, and almost everyone tipped. Always a bonus.
More work tomorrow. I don't know when my next day off is. I haven't had a full day off in about a week and a half, and I'm not going to get one until not this coming Monday, but the following Monday. FUN!
I'm off to go lay down and relax. It's too bad I can't spend this money on something I want and it has to all go towards bills. Bummer, but at least now I can pay off more than I thought I was going to be able to.
.end rant.