There are some lonely people in this world who enjoy inflicting pain on their bodies (NOT to say all those who enjoy it are lonely!), or have wish fulfillment dreams that they try to make come true with tattoos.
Michelle Delio tells the following story:
“Back when he was first starting out, Shotsie Gorman says a girl came into shop – kind of shy and awkward – wanted a name tattooed around her nipple. Shotsie tried to back off, feeling weird about this, but the shop owner insisted.
“So Shotsie does the tattoo. He’s almost finished when he says, ‘Well you and —– must have a really special relationship for you to be getting this kind of tattoo, right?’ The girl replies, ‘He doesn’t even know I exist.’ Shotsie said this made him physically ill. That was the start of his personal ban on doing names/slogans, because he says there’s too much weirdness connected with it.”
