If one more person tells me “I don’t have an appointment but can i just (blank) real fast” im going to turn my head 360 degrees and then vom on their shoes

I support you

there's a way to ask that question and it's to politely go, "do you have availability today"

if people don't have appointments but are acting entitled anyway then you are entitled to an exorcist reenactment.

Like. We are a year old business as of two days ago. We are very small and have no money and APPOINTMENT ONLY

Because i tell them “no” and theyre like BUT I JUST-

NOPE

I know you just lost your bead off your septum. I know you woke up and your navel was gone. I know you ate your tongue jewelry. I know you “just”

We do not have time. We have an appointment IN OUR LOBBY. TWO FEET BEHIND ME. WHO RESERVED OUR TIME AND DID THE RIGHT THING

"is there any availability today"
"nope"
"thank you anyway/when is the next available time" is how that interaction should go

Im not going to take away from THEIR experience because you “just really quick” need t shit

yikes

We’ve had people INSIST “its gonna be so fast” “i just need to BUY something just BUY it PLEASE i know what i need”

And its like really? You know the exact gauge, style of threading, length down to a 32nd of an inch?

what a tone to take

And weve let people in who do!! We’ve had people who actually know their shit and DO just need to purchase something!! It is a very short interaction.

But 99% of it is us saying “are you sure? You know all this stuff? You CAN PUT IT IN YOURSELF BECAUSE WE CANT! We do NOT have a piercer available you Have to take it home!” And theyre like ya

And then they come in and say “oh..... you have so many options...... can i look around....”

And we spend fifteen minutes helping them pick something out. And then we go to check out and they go “so you REALLY dont have someone to put this in???” 🙄

murder them

Ive had people literally back and forth arguing with me for LONG stretches bc they refuse to listen to me when im like “YOU SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE LOBBY???? Thats our appointment!! They are not you! Theyve got our time right now. You dont. We cant fucking take you. We told you four times before we let you in!!”

What the fuck!

Also pls stop trying to show me your nipple jewelry when its inside you this is not that sort of establishment my love

lol omg

TITS OUT IN THE LOBBY

It happens ALL the time xkakskd kadath

Theyre like “DO YOU HAVE THIS SIZE-“ and their tiddy is out

Genuinely it doesnt upset me At All its part of the job and they even told me about it when i interviewed at my first studio! Its just like every time im like “BRUH”

.... /rolls eyes massively

Anyway im angy lol

I just wish people wouldn’t argue with me when i try and very politely explain we are appointment only. No seriously. No appointment no service

Ive even tried laying out like “okay a real quick jewelry change has to choose jewelry, complete paperwork, we have to do set up, sterilizing our equipment is a ten minute non-negotiable cycle, we have to cash you out, AND CLEAN OUR ROOM. Its a minimum 20-30 minute service”

But people just stare at me blankly like ive been speaking fucking yiddish and are like “...... so you cant just real fast-“

NO! WHAT THE FUCK

when i was getting my tattoo touched up the artist had someone come in and sit and whine about "just" needing a little touch up and he was just. "yeah and this guy fucking booked my time?"

^^BLESS HIM TBH that has been nonstop since the pandemic started idk what is in the water

There has been an UNBELIEVABLE uptick in it within the last year. Enough that piercers with 10, 12, 20 years of experience are like “hey what the fuck”

*piercers and tattoo artists

We’ve had a shocking amount of people look dead at our current appointment and then just look back at us like “so?”

i dont know how to explain to you to care about other people

god,

Its also that every other studio in our area has gone back to taking walk ins, and we’re in a very VERY inundated city. its just us who dont

Like i can name five studios on our street

So people are shocked to find out we even are appointment only bc at this point no one else currently is

so like...... go there lol

yeah, if all you need is a jewelry change, then go somewhere they can do it for you

THATS WHAT WE DO we say oh!! Try -(lists off five different places) and they sometimes do go oh okay! And sometimes theyre like “ya but im already here....???”

rolls up sleeves

And its like bitch i do not care

Karma gave a kiss to one girl though she yelled at me on our doorstep and then her car got t-boned exiting our lot

No one injured!

LMAO

oz this is the second time someone's car got instantly fucked when they were rude to you

your chaos powers are an inspiration

My universe assigned komaeda kin ckakskdkf

But like, weve had people leaving the industry over how theyve been treated

it boggles my mind tbh, you're really gonna be rude to someone you're hoping to have needle you

really?

w o w the entitlement of some people

make permanent modifications to your appearance?? god I was told "sorry the artist is booked out to July and then she's got a waiting list" and I was like "thanks is it okay if I check in in july" because I value, her work,

Yeah its been W I L D

spartabitch: id honestly get on that waiting list, lots of artists are booked out months and waits are only getting longer

yep yep as soon as I'm allowed

like they wouldn't put me on, the waiting list, yet

Ohhhhh!!!!!!! Sorry my misunderstanding

but I like her? she's great? so I'm being nice? and understand that if I want her art I need to wait!!

Yeah! No I completely understand, finding Your tattoo artist is super important

sorry the folks walking into your life don't know how to behave

I do hear it's more and more common though that people just. get angry as customers faster

people are ruder to the people providing services ):

leans in here a million years late just to yell hey what the fuck??