always the creepy men (and yes, women too, before i get the "NOT US MEN FEMALE DO IT TOO") who spread such disgusting rumours. major "why didnt you just say no?" vibes from him.
I absolutely hate when people point to whistle-blowers and say, "why didn't you speak up against your boss, a senior in the industry, who is clearly using his position of power to take advantage of employees SOONER." Use your logic brain
Not to mention that a lot of jobs have complementary NDAs either attached to the contract or as part of the contract and it is really hard to know which abuses can nullify the NDA. Or people are just scared by the damages in case of information disclosure.
Legally it does not matter that she didn't realize. She signed a contract at 22$. Legally he owes her her money no matter what. I've been through this. My old boss lost easily.
There's literally a whole department just for bosses like this. The department of labors wage and hour division would LOVE to hear why Eddie believes they can pay an employee less than the agreed upon rate.
Yep! If she's got the contract and pay stubs laying around, she's got the easiest paycheck ever. If Eddie has 10% of a brain, his only response would be a check and letter saying, "Gee, I didn't notice, either!".
That's assuming she is telling the truth... Also according to the Washington state department of labor and industries *it is the employees responsibility to ensure they have been paid correctly.* Honestly that's why I suspect she is lying about a lot of what she says. I mean for one $21 is well above award.
I mean... If I were to put a permanent mark on someone on purpose, I'd _definitely_ have to be super chill or super full of myself (or worse), I'd imagine... Though I'm no artist of any kind so my opinion is worth squat.
There is a tattoo artist from my small home town. He actually did prison time for beating a man to death. He is treated like a god in our town because of his tattoo shop...everyone ignores that he beat a man to death because he did his time...he barely did any time, he still gets his full life to live. The man he killed was just a random man he got in to a disagreement with at a party. I grew up hearing the story, and then later reading the articles once Google was a thing. It was awful. But he is good looking, charming, and can tattoo, so obviously he is a changed man. No one even talks about it anymore.
@nylcajeikcaj3089 holy shit. killing someone in cold blood should be capital punishment imo like the other guy didnt get to live his life so why should this guy
It's actually NOT all on her to make sure she's getting paid the right amount. If she has an agreed upon amount in writing, and the books show less, she has the easiest back-pay lawsuit ever.
@@laurapotpie It does sound like she did and was told "We don't owe you anything" though. If her paperwork says otherwise, the length of time it took to notice the error is irrelevent.
Out of all the bad things that tiktok has brought, one thing I’m grateful for is the ability for otherwise voiceless people to voice their thoughts on unfair practices
man, not even just tiktok. Twitter as well. I was recently harassed by a pizza hut driver (dude wanted extra tip on topo of what I put into the online order) so I tweeted at pizza hut and my god did they fix that shit FAST.As soon as you take it online, you have a much better chance of being heard and seen.
In the United States, if you are hired at a particular amount and your employer underpays you, the employer owes your back pay... even if the employee doesn't notice it. That's a huge labor violation here. And the state will go after an employer who does that. If she heads to her local Employment Development Department (EDD) and complains, the agency will file suit against Eddie and get her back wages.
Same in Australia. And on-top of the wages, they usually owe super (retirement fund required by law), AND haven't properly done their own taxes, let alone withheld their legally required by law amount from our pay checks that's auto sent to the ATO. And then they get fined for it, as well, you should be punished for it. Theres fines that amount to lost wages, to use a metric and it can work out to a few months wages to the employees screwed and also potentially to the ATO and Fair Work who governs employment law.
Honestly that is exactly why I don't believe her. Why would you try and start a silly melodrama about it when you could just go the legal route and actually get back pay?
@MeCooper ? are you dense or something like you dont realize that posting a video publically makes more people know about the situation and that they should avoid him and his store
It could have happened anywhere honestly. Tattoos are a subculture of sorts, and if someone gets blacklisted, no one is going to be willing to take the gamble!
And if that lawsuit goes to trial, you have to provide all the evidence necessary to determine the truth of that claim. Lil Muddy is lucky Washington has an anti-SLAPP statute. Without it, people with money can threaten lawsuits that have no hope of winning, just because they know the person they are suing can't afford to fight it out in court anyway. Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. It's awful.
@@ealusaid pretty sure whoever is suing has the burden of proof... The plaintiff. So, they have to provide all the evidence proving the allegations are true and they have to prove there's actual damages.
@@frickfrack7075 Not exactly. Burden of proof as I understand it is a principle in how the evidence is judged at the end of the trial. That's different from the beginning of the trial, which has a process called "discovery" where both sides have to gather their evidence, which can include search warrants and subpoenas if the judge agrees they're necessary. They're supposed to enter all of this into evidence and share it with each other before the trial begins. It can get SUPER messy. If you're suing someone who fired you because you were late, they can demand you turn over every email and text message in your possession that mentions you, your job, your boss, and lateness, to see if you WERE punctual or not. It's a harrowing process, even if the truth is 100% on your side.
I have worked in HR and payroll for over ten years. It is ABSOLUTELY NOT the employees responsibility to ensure they are paid correctly. It is good practice to review your pay because mistakes happen in payroll but if a mistake happens it is on the company to correct it. Offer letters are considered binding and if she has one that states $22 an hour she should get back payed for everything she is owed. The employer is filing her tax documents and should have caught it. I get many small businesses like these don’t have experienced finance professionals but it’s not an excuse. People bringing up why she didn’t bring up pay before or any of these things also fail to account for the power dynamics at play. It’s often hard for employees especially in smaller business to challenge their employers on pay when they are afraid of retaliation. Even though retaliation is the #1 reason companies get sued for discrimination/harassment because it’s very easy to win those cases. It’s much harder to prove an employer is being abusive or discriminatory without documentation. But you can prove retaliation. My point is, she can fight this and win.
I work for a small/middle-sized company and I always check my pay because things happen a lot. At one point I noticed that about $70 had been subtracted instead of added to my pay, and I went to HR to tell them. They agreed that it was a mistake, that shouldn't even be possible, and she would correct it. But since then it's been months and I haven't got that money back or the original $70 I should have been paid...
@@CainXVII i did mention it but to be clear I do recommend always checking your pay for that reason. Things do happen. There are HRIS systems that should prevent a lot of errors but they’re only as good as the information that gets put into them and without people trained to be very detail oriented and know what to look for it’s not uncommon for errors like that to happen. That’s pretty annoying though that you still haven’t gotten your money. We all make mistakes. But when I make a mistake that results in an error on a check I (and my coworkers) treat it as an emergency. I’ve even added money to checks to cover for late fees etc. Because I hate the idea of someone missing out on money because of my mistake. My first supervisor was honestly a Nazi about this stuff. She would freak out over the tiniest error and I resented her for years. Then I went to a company that was incredibly mismanaged and I realized how grateful I was that she drilled perfection into me. I immediately encountered tons of errors in the system and worked for weeks to correct everything. Set up processes to prevent future errors. My point is that there is a best practice that should be followed but unfortunately it isn’t always followed. Still, it’s ok the employer to correct issues promptly.
@@Tayl0r_start talking to artists before hand. So start NOW babe. A good artist will be more than understanding of how expensive and how long it may take to save up for such a serious commitment! And if they DONT, you’ll know who to avoid!
@@Tayl0r_ I agree with what that other commenter said. My uncle's a retired tattoo artist, he was one for almost 40 years and he said two very important things when it comes to a tattoo is a shop you trust, and an artist you trust. Always look around and find the perfect fit, and start off with a small tattoo and begin building a custom/artist relationship. Small pieces allow you to judge how the artist handles finer details and how gentle/heavy handed they might tattoo. You always wanna make sure you can sit through a tattoo of any length and it's important to make sure you find an artist that listens to you even for a small tattoo. Because trust me, a big tattoo is gonna require some breaks, from both you and the artist. I plan to get a custom tattoo made in a year when I can save up the money for it, and the artist is more than happy to wait until I have all the parts of this tattoo ready to begin designing. You just gotta find the right artist first, so I hope you get the tattoo of your dreams one day and I hope even some of this insane rambling helps or makes sense. 😅😅😅😅
I don't blame her for not dishing the tea on him until it actually affected her. We all need money, she doesn't want to deal with probably getting fired and having to find a new job, especially in Seattle.
@@6nomemory6which is why my work is done by artists that I love as humans. It takes a bit more time, but I remember every human who has drawn their art upon my soul✨
To have an unfinished memorial tattoo of her son is just so heartbreaking, what an awful heartless thing to do to someone after they’ve gone through one of the worst things a parent can experience.
Pro tip: IF ANYONE has a "nonrefundable deposit" policy, tell them thats fine but you want an email sent to you GURANTEEING you can book the appointment within 6 months with no cancellations on their end. That way, if they pull this shit and try to scam you, you can sue them for reasonable theft. If they say no to the email, then its a win-win because they had always planned on scamming you.
This dude used to work at the shop i apprenticed at in everett WA. I worked there over 9 years ago, and he worked there before me and got fired for a myriad of things, but one of which was scamming clients/deposit theft etc. hes been doing this shit for WELL over a decade.
The tattoo industry is kind of like the wild west, with little oversight into how things are run past the basic health certifications. You get some really scummy people running them and doing sketchy stuff, which is why you really need to do your research when going to a place you've never been before. There was an artist in my town that was sexually assaulting people for years during appointments, and the cops turned a blind eye to it because of lack of evidence. He made the mistake of telling people he was related to a famous musician, and when said musician looked into it and saw what his name was being used for, he contacted the state attorney's office. They finally did something and the artist was sentenced to 10 years.
As soon as anyone claims they have “haters” they lose all possibility of innocence in my mind. Idk what it is, but as soon as anyone says it I just immediately feel so much distrust in their credibility
@@laurapotpie For sure - but if someone you paid came to you and said 'oh hey I think there's been a mistake' I bet you'd apologise and work to fix it! Whereas this guy turned around and said 'that's your fault' 😅
It kills me that all these people have run into these problems. Please remember. As with any service, take the time to research the individual offering it. The videos we've seen represent only a small fraction of the millions out there-it's akin to glancing out your window, seeing rain, and assuming the entire country is experiencing the same weather.
💯. It's a pain to find an artist who is genuinely talented in the style you want, well reviewed, bookable, and within your budget - but all these things HAVE to check out, otherwise you're gonna have a bad experience or result. And you know, tattoos should be at least a little difficult to get - they're going to be on you forever so you should have to do some research and planning. I know there are exceptions to that assertion, but generally it's fair to say.
The thing I love about defamation is that if you say publicly that someone has a small penis, they can't really do much about it. Unless they do have one and are willing to prove it in court.
I despise tattoo artists with 3 years of experience and enough money to buy a shop who act like they have spent ten years mastering watercoloring tattoo techniques.
In Seattle; there’s also an artist that currently has over 20 women coming out saying their stories of SA from the same artist. It’s horrible but other local shops are offering free cover ups of the dudes tattoos because of how horrible he was.
@@nicoles912no, it kind of happened to Archie too, but Sebastian is worse. He SA’d multiple women and gave them herpes. He also made them watch gory videos.
I think he knew that I just think he was saying the name as it is typed to prevent people getting mixed up with other accounts actually called muddy feet
oh my god. im not even midway through the video and im tripping. i was put on eddie’s list at black sparrow way back and was only scheduled after emailing **constantly**. he then constantly rescheduled our appointments afterward and still has me on the hook to finish (tattoo was supposed to be done in 3 days way back in september). he’s also just not a nice guy. i have a huge novel-length review prepared to publish when he finally does finish. my heart is pounding.
i changed my mind about finishing my tattoo with him and posted about my experience in google reviews… hope it helps people make an informed decision going forward, i guess.
@@nicoles912 I'm so sorry you had to be strung along like that. It's disgusting that he would do that to so many people and think he can get away with it. I hope you can find a better artist who can finish your tattoo for you. A lot of tattoo artists are actually pretty cool and reasonable. I really hope you can get your piece done.
You're right this is America, where if something is miss priced on the shelf the store legally has to give it to you for that price. (False advertisement law)
except the right to refuse? idc if you come at me sideways for a computer error i would have gladly fixed had i noticed it myself, i'm telling you to get bent. see how much the cops care 🥱
A computer error vs. A clear physical display of price is not the same under false advertisement law, that's why target can put one price online and a different in store. However if you try to trick someone into paying differently in person, or it can be reasonably proven. I.e. two different physical prices. Businesses like yours is the exact reason this law is in place!
I work in retail, I do indeed give them the price that it is tagged at. That's on us for not paying attention if it's the wrong price and they put it in their cart assuming they can afford the price attached. If however they looked at the tag for the product beside it by mistake we do not honor that, it happens, one drunken guy gave me the gears for selling rye bread at 35 dollars, he was looking at the tag for a bubblegum dispenser that happened to be on the next shelf (crawl out of the bottle dummy).
You only have the right to refuse service for any legal reason. Doing it purely because you put the wrong tag on the shelf and they expect that price doesn’t fall into a legal reason.
@@SealandPK nope, not true. its a federal law that you reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE. lol why else are gay people still denied wedding licenses?
I can guarantee that the rumour regarding the receptionist was retaliation for her refusing to sleep with him at some point in the past. Like...I'd be genuinely amazed if that weren't the case. Especially considering the other allegations that he was a serial adulterer.
In my town there used to be a really nice tattoo artist who ran her own studio Then the bigger studio of artists started threatening her unless she joined a community of other artists who pool all the money they made that month that they claimed went towards improving their shops but the money just goes towards them doing a pub crawl once a month and they would often sleep with each other Because of that a few artists would go to work with hangovers or not even open the shop for a week No matter how many times she refused they would just up the threats Including waiting till she leaves and then attack her She moved somewhere else to open a new studio which was good for her as she has a couple dotted around So yes some tattoo artist are crazy and the only people that know are other artists
All the money they make pooled for a pub crawl? Hell no, she got bills to pay and the self employed have to tend to their own retirement needs. So they aren't opening due to hangovers they got spending the money they need to stay open... make it make sense.
@@terramarini6880 That's how some of them are. When my uncle was still doing tattoos a few years ago he refused to open a new shop because of how toxic some tattoo artists and shops are now.
😂At this point it wouldn't surprise me that this Eddie and the scam tattoo lady open a shop and fall in love with eachother hahaha that would be the best drama 😂
Being in this industry, this shite is horrifically rampant. And having worked at a "famous" tattoo shop it's never any better. Like her story sounds like damn near every other tattoo shop out there, unfortunately But thank God more people are speaking out about the abusers and scammers
Markie can you cover the Mississippi pastor whose pregnant mistress showed up at a Sunday service to start a fight with the pastor's actual wife? I definitely would love your commentary on it!
There's a huge difference between 'you cant be sued' and 'you cant/wont be held liable in court'. Even if youre in the right and you wont be held liable by a Judge, the hassle/financial burden of a potential lawsuit in itself is something to consider. Some people havent got anything to lose. Some have everything to lose.
Markie, every single tattoo parlor I've gone to in person in the past year and half has been shit. I've walked out of every single one for different reasons: no clean set up, no patch tests offered for new inks, creepy artists, no clear details about session costs /prices, etc. The BEST experience I've had (and the only person I've allowed to tattoo me) was an at-home artist! Practically sterile set up, good service, great skill, clear policies and tests for reactions. That's goddamn ridiculous,Markie! I shouldn't be so damn willing to walk into a stranger's home to get a PROFESSIONAL experience!
I was just going to comment something similar my first tattoo was by my building superintendent he has his own private studio in his apt my mom and dad got tats from him before I was born it was a great experience you can tell he’s passionate few years later I went to a posh tattoo studio in Williamsburg bk the arrogant snooty attitude turned me off and they told me the prices and I asked them why? They were like I’m trained in specialty techniques he admitted he just finished his apprenticeship guy looked like he was 20 I said no thank you I need someone with rea experience his portfolio was cookie cutter what was trending I saw the tattoos he did for people of deeper skin tone that was a red flag shit looked dull….i dodged a bullet they closed a year later by the state board for hygiene violations…a shop can look fancy and stylish don’t let that fool you into thinking that you’ll get a masterpiece
@@desert_holly At the time, Oregon. Now I'm in California and my best options STILL seem like a scratcher pad. Three lovely women who all do their own thing in similar set ups at their homes. I stg parlors are charging up the ass for 4"in line art OR they've not had a lot of experience with a variety of skin tones.
I really hope other artists reach out to the victims of scamming and maybe offering to do their tattoos instead. Because its heartbreaking hearing a parent get scammed outta $500 for tattoo tributing to a loss child.
As someone who has a lot of tattoos, I absolutely cannot emphasize enough to *Do your research* before you get any tattoos from anyone. I spent literal years looking for someone to do a tattoo of a persons face on me. That being said, I have a funny tattoo mess up that has happened to me. I have the music of my wedding song tattooed on my arm (I have the treble notes and my husband has the bass) and half of the notes are upside down because neither me or the artist noticed during the stencil & tattoo process. It was almost a year before I noticed, and by then, we both just laughed about it. 😂
Eddie also called my boss after i commented on the original tiktok lmfaoo, i could hear eddie screaming at my boss bc i supported what infinity was saying in her video, the dude is WHACK lol.
The problem is it's common and it happens and nothing matters because there's no consequences for them. My ex-boss is in the same situation he's a contractor in Colorado Springs and he scams people. I didn't realize he also didn't pay his workers until he constantly wouldn't pay his subcontractors and vendors and then he eventually withheld my check when I quit. I reported him to the Colorado labor board because he did the same thing to the previous admin I learned but nobody cares lol they use it as a control and manipulation tactic because they have done it before and had nothing happen because they think thryre above it all because they DON'T have consequences.
He owes her the pay rate they agreed upon. This happened to me. i realized the manager at this small store I worked at was calculating the hours incorrectly (she was rounding at 100 minutes...instead of 60...). I had to go back through months of pay stubs and hand written hour notes to recalculate everything. Ultimately it was only like $300 but they still had to pay myself and the two other employees ($200 for one maybe $60 for another) everything we were owed.
Why don't more people shop around and do research before getting their tattoo? I went to 5 different parlors and through at least a dozen artist books before choosing my artist for my first tattoo. And then I went to check his reviews to make sure. Hearing these horror stories just has me asking more questions
Agreed. I knew from a young age I was gonna get tattoos, they're cool, I'm artsy and my parents have tattoos and I just always loved them. So I looked for practically a year and then got my first tattoo on my 18th birthday, at a shop my dad had also gotten a tattoo at, by the same artist, with my own money, and both my parents were there to watch me 😂😂😂. It sounds so cheesy but it was a really special day for me and is honestly something I'll remember for the rest of my life. What's funny is my uncle is a retired tattoo artist and before I ever got any tattoos he told me to find an artist I trust to do it, and he wound up being the one to do most of my tattoos when I was 22 😅.
She’s owed her wages if the contract has it as 22, contract laws are serious and she could be entitled to more if she goes down the emotional distress route
It seems like there should be some kind of laws on the books for that state covering deceptive practices and such. If I got scammed out of thousands I would certainly be looking into it (and many people probably will do so when they realize they aren't alone in getting scammed by this guy)
Scammers don’t expect consequences, because people usually don’t pursue the hassle of suing them. Unfortunately, they scam the exact wrong people sometimes & now they’re coming up☠️
I had my corporate-run job not pay me what I was worth. I accepted a pay raise and a transfer and I wasn't getting what was agreed upon. I looked into it and told the manager about and the mfer laughed and asked what took me so long to notice. Dude was tryna play it off like it wasn't serious, but I ended up getting that back pay. People shouldn't have to go digging into their paystubs to verify what they're being paid. Employees should be able to trust employees with issues like this.
Love the little Bailey puppy shadow show in the background of your vids 😂 ❤ awww and the little puppy cameo Eddie seems like a scummy dude. The tattoo world is wild. A lot of people don't know what the norm is and can easily be taken advantage of by scummy artists and businesses. It's really unfortunate because modifying your body is any way is such a personal, intimate decision that should be handled professionally with care.
wow wasn't expecting to hear about something so close to home!! i happen to live in washington state myself so this is def really good info for me lol!
Yah it’s a massive red flag if someone refuses to text insisting on calls (then again another phone and putting the call on speaker can easily solve that problem)
I believe it. I used to want to be a tattoo artist, but a few incidents I witnessed turned me off of it. This was way back in 2003, I don't know if things have improved since then but I get the feeling it hasn't.
@@WobblesandBean it hasn’t at all. I got kicked out of my first studio for asking to be paid (didn’t receive 6 weeks of my earnings in a row) the second studio told me my being sexually harassed was my own fault for ‘being too nice’ Then I went and ran my own for years by myself. Currently I’m working with friends I made along the way, a bit of an ex wives club going on. It’s such a dodgy industry and it’s shameful, so many of us have absolutely fought to be here
As someone who has worked in managerial/HR positions for over 20 years, it is 100% the employers responsibility to pay their employees appropriately and to provide back pay for any mis paid time. In the US, Federal labor laws are clear on this. She could have waited years to report the difference and he would still need to make it right.
3:22 The problem is mostly employers DO get away with underpaying employees. It's the single most costly property crime in the US, wage theft. If you want to get paid and your employer doesn't want to pay, you can't go to the police. You have to go to the NLRB or state employment agencies, you can get a lawyer if you can afford one but otherwise you can report the employer and wait. Most people just give up. If you live in America, say thanks to the Republicans who have continually underfunded the NLRB because they, the Republican Party supports the company over the worker. This is what they meant when they run their campaigns on 'Deregulation' for the last 40 years.
REPUBLICANS!???? Clearly you don’t live in the USA because it sure isn’t the republicans messing everything up. I can give you MANY examples. The entire state of CA the entire state of WA the entire state of OR ALL DEMOCRAT MAJORITIES FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS. Get a clue.
We had a horrible manager at one of my jobs that made up a bunch of rumours about literally every single person who worked there. His personality changed drastically from being really nice at the beginning to being really horrible and rude at the end. He would make up lies about people having affairs with people, people doing certain drugs, people fighting each other etc. Many started to resent him one by one as everyone slowly realized he was lying about everyone, not just one person. The lies I heard him directly say about me and tell other people were absolutely insane, so anytime he talked about anyone else I would have to try to ignore him or nod and find an excuse to walk away politely (because he was a manager and a higher rank than me). The boss themselves at the time didn't even seem to believe that he was lying about things. It was so weird and surreal. I have countless stories about work experiences I'm dying to share one day.
Always get a receipt when u pre-pay or put down a deposit. Have the person date and sign it as well, and even better if u can get it on video. Never let scumbag business owners screw u over
Former resident of WA for over 25 years, with business ownership experience, and my wife was an HR director in the state. Her responsibility is to make sure she's getting paid the correct rate, however, her responsibility ends the moment she notifies her employer. That could be after 1 day, or 1 year, and it would still be the employers problem. One of the first things my wife and I do when we begin working for companies is check contracts, and ensure they're being upheld. One time she had to retroactively pay an employee five years of backpay. Oh boy was he happy, and the company was happy to have caught it. As far as the defamation, the manager only has a case if he can prove the methods she used to obtain the information was through unprivledge communication. Washington is NOT a one party state, and regardless of truths, if shared information was obtained illegally that opens an individual up to Tort.
This made me realize that I got a really good deal on my last tattoo (wings that cover a large portion of my back, in black with lots of shading to make each individual feather stand out, all done in a single session that took about 6 hours, and cost less than $500, including the original art work and a promise to not do the same piece on anyone else so mine remains unique).
One of the first things I ever learned about tattoos, is do your research. I had a friend that had an amazing tattoo, I asked where he got it, he had nothing but good things to say about the place, so I went there. Been there for every tattoo since, they're super chill and polite. I'm absolutely shocked at the amount of people getting scammed with these horrible artists.
In Washington live here, work here in the field of pay. If her contract says $22 that is what she would be paid. And any hours she was not paid that should be corrected ASAP. If not then you need to call labor and industry and file a complaint ASAP. First, request in writing. All labor boards will always ask if you reached out to the company first before they do. So reach out and give them a chance to respond in writing
It doesn't matter how she found out he wasn't paying her $22/hr. Once she found out, he has to pay her back pay. Doesn't matter his excuse as a contact is binding.
i love the fact that now that tattoos are mainstream people are confused about the shady things that happen there as if the tattoo scene hasn't always been run by shady people, stereotypes usually have an origin, you can't apply it to everybody, but enough people have behaved that way to be recognized for it.
Pretty certain that she’s talking about Black Sparrow tattoo in Seattle. All of the one star reviews are regarding Eddie and the $500 deposit. Just a heads up to anyone local.
I've been tattooing for 37 years and I'd like to know where are these people who are willing to spend 3x what I would have charged for the same design?! I've done full back pieces for what he was charging for the face with the sugar skull pattern and I do portraits and realism!
I am so happy that I found a shop that is beyond credible. Hearing these horror stories always made me so beyond nervous. I got scammed on a tattoo, which was my first done at a shop, where they charged me 175 for a tattoo that took 20 minutes. It had no shading, the only “detail” was the lining. When I move my shoulder a certain way, you can see where the ink isn’t filled in. I never went back and found a great shop after.
I got scammed by a tattooist, he made me pay £200 deposit for my mums memorial tattoo, the tattoo was planned only 2 months after her death and worst of all he was a long time friend and actually knew my mum so it really upset me, never got the money back he just always pretended to be busy until I heard from other people that he had scammed them too then he blocked me and that was that, I couldn’t get my money back 😡
If you reject a narcissist or psychopath they take it personally and will retaliate whether physically or emotionally and that sounds exactly what happened with the receptionist. He tried to sleep with her but she rejected and hence she is trying to sleep her way into an apprenticeship and that's why someone would spread a rumor like that.
You absolutely definitely can be sued, when there’s evidence that it’s not defamation, it’s just that they won’t win. They can still be an epic nuisance and cost you time and money and cause you frustration and stress.
Dude. Really? Tattoo shops are basically halfway houses. How many artists have you met that have a normal drama free personal life? Of course there is going to be drama in tattoo shops. Christ half of them are strung out.
12:00 at my last job when i turned 18 i was supposed to go from being paid 14.50 to 15.50. 14.50 was student wage and once you turn 18 you get minimum wage 15.50. I didnt notice until i looked more closely at my pay stubs because usually id just look at my take gome pay, that i was still getting student wage after two-ish months. I brought it up to my manager, the general manager, and then the lady that handles paychecks. Lady that did paychecks apologized and said she thought she had my birthday marked to change my pay but much have forgotten so she changed it to the right rate and gave me "back pay". So the differenece between would i should have gotten to what i did get was given to me on my next paycheck.
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In a previous job, I met a guy who was trying to save his business. One of his employees got tired of not getting paid properly and turned the employer in. I can’t remember which government department it was, maybe Department of Employment. They came in and seized all the payroll records and other pertinent employment records. The biggest thing they got the employer on was tax evasion. Under-paying his employees robbed the government of the employee taxes. So he ended up owing back taxes, interest and penalties, fines, and back wages (unpaid wages). He owed hundreds of thousands of dollars. Needless to say, he lost his business. Don’t know if any of the employees got the money owed them because typically the government agency gets their money first.
I used to live an hour away from Seattle and I've heard such negative things about a tattoo shop that sounds exactly like this. Now I'm not wondering it isn't this shop.
There are apps you can use to record calls, or you can use a computer mic to record so you have proof if someone’s trying to be dodgy like that to avoid accountability
you can't be sued for defamation if you're telling the truth? that's not how civil courts work buddy..... you can be sued for anything, no matter if it's true or not...
She could actually sue him for stolen wages if she has documentation that what she was being paid is less than what they signed on the contract. It's called wage theft and it is, in fact, illegal to underpay someone like that.
him making a rumor about a receptionist sleeping her way in screams he wanted to sleep with her but she rejected him.
My immediate reaction!
Thiiiiiiiiiis
Yep, my first thought too!
always the creepy men (and yes, women too, before i get the "NOT US MEN FEMALE DO IT TOO") who spread such disgusting rumours. major "why didnt you just say no?" vibes from him.
The first thing that I thought of!!
She knocked him back!!!!
I absolutely hate when people point to whistle-blowers and say, "why didn't you speak up against your boss, a senior in the industry, who is clearly using his position of power to take advantage of employees SOONER." Use your logic brain
A lot of ppl seem unable to do that 😅
Unfortunately some people think it's everyone's duty to eat shit sandwiches just because they do.
Not to mention that a lot of jobs have complementary NDAs either attached to the contract or as part of the contract and it is really hard to know which abuses can nullify the NDA. Or people are just scared by the damages in case of information disclosure.
Legally it does not matter that she didn't realize. She signed a contract at 22$. Legally he owes her her money no matter what. I've been through this. My old boss lost easily.
There's literally a whole department just for bosses like this. The department of labors wage and hour division would LOVE to hear why Eddie believes they can pay an employee less than the agreed upon rate.
Yep! If she's got the contract and pay stubs laying around, she's got the easiest paycheck ever. If Eddie has 10% of a brain, his only response would be a check and letter saying, "Gee, I didn't notice, either!".
This is a no-brainer for her state’s labor board.
That's assuming she is telling the truth... Also according to the Washington state department of labor and industries *it is the employees responsibility to ensure they have been paid correctly.*
Honestly that's why I suspect she is lying about a lot of what she says. I mean for one $21 is well above award.
@@juno3281 You just gonna follow me around commenting at me?
lol Have fun with that.
Tattoo artists are either chill AF or think they are Picasso and scummy
No in-between 😭
I highly recommend you read the short story Skin by Roald Dahl. Your comment made me think this.
I mean... If I were to put a permanent mark on someone on purpose, I'd _definitely_ have to be super chill or super full of myself (or worse), I'd imagine... Though I'm no artist of any kind so my opinion is worth squat.
There is a tattoo artist from my small home town. He actually did prison time for beating a man to death. He is treated like a god in our town because of his tattoo shop...everyone ignores that he beat a man to death because he did his time...he barely did any time, he still gets his full life to live. The man he killed was just a random man he got in to a disagreement with at a party. I grew up hearing the story, and then later reading the articles once Google was a thing. It was awful. But he is good looking, charming, and can tattoo, so obviously he is a changed man. No one even talks about it anymore.
@nylcajeikcaj3089 holy shit. killing someone in cold blood should be capital punishment imo like the other guy didnt get to live his life so why should this guy
It's actually NOT all on her to make sure she's getting paid the right amount. If she has an agreed upon amount in writing, and the books show less, she has the easiest back-pay lawsuit ever.
You should 100% be checking your stubs - human error, system error bad people - check your stubs people please!
@@laurapotpie It does sound like she did and was told "We don't owe you anything" though. If her paperwork says otherwise, the length of time it took to notice the error is irrelevent.
@@laurapotpieYes, definitely check just in case so you can avoid issues, bit technically it’s not her responsibility to do so.
@@Joe90hExactly. Its not her responsibility to make sure her boss is doing their job properly.
@@aleahsimpson7373 it is her responsibility to check if her pay is correct.
A contract of employment is binding. He still owes her that money. She was right to name him and his shop, to save others from being scammed.
Did he refuse to pay it out?
Out of all the bad things that tiktok has brought, one thing I’m grateful for is the ability for otherwise voiceless people to voice their thoughts on unfair practices
This. This is the best thing about any social media.
It has it uses. Totally agree!
man, not even just tiktok. Twitter as well. I was recently harassed by a pizza hut driver (dude wanted extra tip on topo of what I put into the online order) so I tweeted at pizza hut and my god did they fix that shit FAST.As soon as you take it online, you have a much better chance of being heard and seen.
Exactly-and to teach younger folks what might happen to them.
In the United States, if you are hired at a particular amount and your employer underpays you, the employer owes your back pay... even if the employee doesn't notice it. That's a huge labor violation here. And the state will go after an employer who does that. If she heads to her local Employment Development Department (EDD) and complains, the agency will file suit against Eddie and get her back wages.
And not only back wages but often additional money in top of it
Same in Australia. And on-top of the wages, they usually owe super (retirement fund required by law), AND haven't properly done their own taxes, let alone withheld their legally required by law amount from our pay checks that's auto sent to the ATO. And then they get fined for it, as well, you should be punished for it.
Theres fines that amount to lost wages, to use a metric and it can work out to a few months wages to the employees screwed and also potentially to the ATO and Fair Work who governs employment law.
Honestly that is exactly why I don't believe her.
Why would you try and start a silly melodrama about it when you could just go the legal route and actually get back pay?
@@juno3281 Why am I commenting in the comments section?
Bruh, How much crack are you on? I made two comments. It's not that deep.
@MeCooper ?
are you dense or something like you dont realize that posting a video publically makes more people know about the situation and that they should avoid him and his store
This is in Seattle...The Employee protections are strong and public reactions can be catastrophic. This guy is f'd.
It could have happened anywhere honestly. Tattoos are a subculture of sorts, and if someone gets blacklisted, no one is going to be willing to take the gamble!
Not only does defamation have to be false. It also has to be knowingly false
And it's really hard to prove that someone knew it was false beforehand
And if that lawsuit goes to trial, you have to provide all the evidence necessary to determine the truth of that claim.
Lil Muddy is lucky Washington has an anti-SLAPP statute. Without it, people with money can threaten lawsuits that have no hope of winning, just because they know the person they are suing can't afford to fight it out in court anyway. Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. It's awful.
@@ealusaid pretty sure whoever is suing has the burden of proof... The plaintiff. So, they have to provide all the evidence proving the allegations are true and they have to prove there's actual damages.
The last part applies only when the defamation is against a ‘public figure’, I’m not sure the courts would see the tattoo artist at question as one.
@@frickfrack7075 Not exactly. Burden of proof as I understand it is a principle in how the evidence is judged at the end of the trial. That's different from the beginning of the trial, which has a process called "discovery" where both sides have to gather their evidence, which can include search warrants and subpoenas if the judge agrees they're necessary. They're supposed to enter all of this into evidence and share it with each other before the trial begins. It can get SUPER messy. If you're suing someone who fired you because you were late, they can demand you turn over every email and text message in your possession that mentions you, your job, your boss, and lateness, to see if you WERE punctual or not. It's a harrowing process, even if the truth is 100% on your side.
I have worked in HR and payroll for over ten years. It is ABSOLUTELY NOT the employees responsibility to ensure they are paid correctly. It is good practice to review your pay because mistakes happen in payroll but if a mistake happens it is on the company to correct it. Offer letters are considered binding and if she has one that states $22 an hour she should get back payed for everything she is owed. The employer is filing her tax documents and should have caught it. I get many small businesses like these don’t have experienced finance professionals but it’s not an excuse.
People bringing up why she didn’t bring up pay before or any of these things also fail to account for the power dynamics at play. It’s often hard for employees especially in smaller business to challenge their employers on pay when they are afraid of retaliation. Even though retaliation is the #1 reason companies get sued for discrimination/harassment because it’s very easy to win those cases. It’s much harder to prove an employer is being abusive or discriminatory without documentation. But you can prove retaliation. My point is, she can fight this and win.
I work for a small/middle-sized company and I always check my pay because things happen a lot. At one point I noticed that about $70 had been subtracted instead of added to my pay, and I went to HR to tell them. They agreed that it was a mistake, that shouldn't even be possible, and she would correct it. But since then it's been months and I haven't got that money back or the original $70 I should have been paid...
@@CainXVII i did mention it but to be clear I do recommend always checking your pay for that reason. Things do happen. There are HRIS systems that should prevent a lot of errors but they’re only as good as the information that gets put into them and without people trained to be very detail oriented and know what to look for it’s not uncommon for errors like that to happen.
That’s pretty annoying though that you still haven’t gotten your money. We all make mistakes. But when I make a mistake that results in an error on a check I (and my coworkers) treat it as an emergency. I’ve even added money to checks to cover for late fees etc. Because I hate the idea of someone missing out on money because of my mistake.
My first supervisor was honestly a Nazi about this stuff. She would freak out over the tiniest error and I resented her for years. Then I went to a company that was incredibly mismanaged and I realized how grateful I was that she drilled perfection into me. I immediately encountered tons of errors in the system and worked for weeks to correct everything. Set up processes to prevent future errors. My point is that there is a best practice that should be followed but unfortunately it isn’t always followed. Still, it’s ok the employer to correct issues promptly.
from the neighborhood: I've always been told to stay clear of this shop and now I know why!
I was afraid it was gonna be Slave To The Needle! Thank god it isn’t. I plan on getting my first big thigh piece there in the next few years
Interesting...... 🤔
Which shop?! I’m local too but super out of the loop since I don’t do tiktok. 🫣🫣
@@Tayl0r_start talking to artists before hand. So start NOW babe. A good artist will be more than understanding of how expensive and how long it may take to save up for such a serious commitment! And if they DONT, you’ll know who to avoid!
@@Tayl0r_ I agree with what that other commenter said. My uncle's a retired tattoo artist, he was one for almost 40 years and he said two very important things when it comes to a tattoo is a shop you trust, and an artist you trust. Always look around and find the perfect fit, and start off with a small tattoo and begin building a custom/artist relationship. Small pieces allow you to judge how the artist handles finer details and how gentle/heavy handed they might tattoo. You always wanna make sure you can sit through a tattoo of any length and it's important to make sure you find an artist that listens to you even for a small tattoo. Because trust me, a big tattoo is gonna require some breaks, from both you and the artist. I plan to get a custom tattoo made in a year when I can save up the money for it, and the artist is more than happy to wait until I have all the parts of this tattoo ready to begin designing. You just gotta find the right artist first, so I hope you get the tattoo of your dreams one day and I hope even some of this insane rambling helps or makes sense. 😅😅😅😅
I don't blame her for not dishing the tea on him until it actually affected her. We all need money, she doesn't want to deal with probably getting fired and having to find a new job, especially in Seattle.
especially as new(?) tattoo artist. getting your reputation instantly nuked is the last thing you want to happen. can't blame her
@@6nomemory6which is why my work is done by artists that I love as humans. It takes a bit more time, but I remember every human who has drawn their art upon my soul✨
To have an unfinished memorial tattoo of her son is just so heartbreaking, what an awful heartless thing to do to someone after they’ve gone through one of the worst things a parent can experience.
Pro tip: IF ANYONE has a "nonrefundable deposit" policy, tell them thats fine but you want an email sent to you GURANTEEING you can book the appointment within 6 months with no cancellations on their end. That way, if they pull this shit and try to scam you, you can sue them for reasonable theft.
If they say no to the email, then its a win-win because they had always planned on scamming you.
This dude used to work at the shop i apprenticed at in everett WA. I worked there over 9 years ago, and he worked there before me and got fired for a myriad of things, but one of which was scamming clients/deposit theft etc. hes been doing this shit for WELL over a decade.
Janet is already in the private message of Eddie trying to be hired as his lawyer 😂
The tattoo industry is kind of like the wild west, with little oversight into how things are run past the basic health certifications. You get some really scummy people running them and doing sketchy stuff, which is why you really need to do your research when going to a place you've never been before. There was an artist in my town that was sexually assaulting people for years during appointments, and the cops turned a blind eye to it because of lack of evidence. He made the mistake of telling people he was related to a famous musician, and when said musician looked into it and saw what his name was being used for, he contacted the state attorney's office. They finally did something and the artist was sentenced to 10 years.
Bailey just casually walks in and casts a shadow and I am SO ready for some Bailey face time!
As soon as anyone claims they have “haters” they lose all possibility of innocence in my mind. Idk what it is, but as soon as anyone says it I just immediately feel so much distrust in their credibility
Definitely the employer's job to pay their staff correctly - wage theft is theft!!
Yeah especially under contract, it's only fair to assume employers trusted he'd honor that contract
My only thing is as someone who pays people - I make mistakes the system makes mistakes - check your pay statements always!
@@laurapotpie For sure - but if someone you paid came to you and said 'oh hey I think there's been a mistake' I bet you'd apologise and work to fix it! Whereas this guy turned around and said 'that's your fault' 😅
It kills me that all these people have run into these problems. Please remember. As with any service, take the time to research the individual offering it. The videos we've seen represent only a small fraction of the millions out there-it's akin to glancing out your window, seeing rain, and assuming the entire country is experiencing the same weather.
Because people will almost always go online to complain and just expect things to be good, so they very rarely go online to complement people.
Markie stop signal boosting these dumb asses.
I think it's on the person scamming people to not scam. Let's remember who the bad guy is here
Oo i love the analogy and its so true with a lot of things actually
💯. It's a pain to find an artist who is genuinely talented in the style you want, well reviewed, bookable, and within your budget - but all these things HAVE to check out, otherwise you're gonna have a bad experience or result.
And you know, tattoos should be at least a little difficult to get - they're going to be on you forever so you should have to do some research and planning. I know there are exceptions to that assertion, but generally it's fair to say.
The thing I love about defamation is that if you say publicly that someone has a small penis, they can't really do much about it.
Unless they do have one and are willing to prove it in court.
I despise tattoo artists with 3 years of experience and enough money to buy a shop who act like they have spent ten years mastering watercoloring tattoo techniques.
In Seattle; there’s also an artist that currently has over 20 women coming out saying their stories of SA from the same artist. It’s horrible but other local shops are offering free cover ups of the dudes tattoos because of how horrible he was.
archie bronson at blood orange tattoo?
isn't he the guy second skin aftercare cut ties with publicly on ig?
@@nicoles912no, it kind of happened to Archie too, but Sebastian is worse. He SA’d multiple women and gave them herpes. He also made them watch gory videos.
@@starcharlie1880 wait, i'm sorry, what? sebastian who? thank you so much for the heads up
I think the name is supposed to say mudfeet 😂😂😂
I think he knew that I just think he was saying the name as it is typed to prevent people getting mixed up with other accounts actually called muddy feet
@@kerrymain1623that makes sense!
Na if he knew he would have said not to get them mixed up either way
I feel so old knowing 1337 😅
@@laurablue7893 is that one of those pager codes from back in the day that means " missing you" or something like that?
oh my god. im not even midway through the video and im tripping. i was put on eddie’s list at black sparrow way back and was only scheduled after emailing **constantly**. he then constantly rescheduled our appointments afterward and still has me on the hook to finish (tattoo was supposed to be done in 3 days way back in september). he’s also just not a nice guy. i have a huge novel-length review prepared to publish when he finally does finish. my heart is pounding.
i changed my mind about finishing my tattoo with him and posted about my experience in google reviews… hope it helps people make an informed decision going forward, i guess.
@@nicoles912 I'm so sorry you had to be strung along like that. It's disgusting that he would do that to so many people and think he can get away with it. I hope you can find a better artist who can finish your tattoo for you. A lot of tattoo artists are actually pretty cool and reasonable. I really hope you can get your piece done.
You're right this is America, where if something is miss priced on the shelf the store legally has to give it to you for that price. (False advertisement law)
except the right to refuse? idc if you come at me sideways for a computer error i would have gladly fixed had i noticed it myself, i'm telling you to get bent. see how much the cops care 🥱
A computer error vs. A clear physical display of price is not the same under false advertisement law, that's why target can put one price online and a different in store. However if you try to trick someone into paying differently in person, or it can be reasonably proven. I.e. two different physical prices. Businesses like yours is the exact reason this law is in place!
I work in retail, I do indeed give them the price that it is tagged at. That's on us for not paying attention if it's the wrong price and they put it in their cart assuming they can afford the price attached. If however they looked at the tag for the product beside it by mistake we do not honor that, it happens, one drunken guy gave me the gears for selling rye bread at 35 dollars, he was looking at the tag for a bubblegum dispenser that happened to be on the next shelf (crawl out of the bottle dummy).
You only have the right to refuse service for any legal reason. Doing it purely because you put the wrong tag on the shelf and they expect that price doesn’t fall into a legal reason.
@@SealandPK nope, not true. its a federal law that you reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE. lol why else are gay people still denied wedding licenses?
I can guarantee that the rumour regarding the receptionist was retaliation for her refusing to sleep with him at some point in the past. Like...I'd be genuinely amazed if that weren't the case. Especially considering the other allegations that he was a serial adulterer.
In my town there used to be a really nice tattoo artist who ran her own studio
Then the bigger studio of artists started threatening her unless she joined a community of other artists who pool all the money they made that month that they claimed went towards improving their shops but the money just goes towards them doing a pub crawl once a month and they would often sleep with each other
Because of that a few artists would go to work with hangovers or not even open the shop for a week
No matter how many times she refused they would just up the threats
Including waiting till she leaves and then attack her
She moved somewhere else to open a new studio which was good for her as she has a couple dotted around
So yes some tattoo artist are crazy and the only people that know are other artists
All the money they make pooled for a pub crawl? Hell no, she got bills to pay and the self employed have to tend to their own retirement needs. So they aren't opening due to hangovers they got spending the money they need to stay open... make it make sense.
@@terramarini6880 That's how some of them are. When my uncle was still doing tattoos a few years ago he refused to open a new shop because of how toxic some tattoo artists and shops are now.
😂At this point it wouldn't surprise me that this Eddie and the scam tattoo lady open a shop and fall in love with eachother hahaha that would be the best drama 😂
And we all know who the apprentice would be!
Maybe they took the same course. Lol
Being in this industry, this shite is horrifically rampant. And having worked at a "famous" tattoo shop it's never any better.
Like her story sounds like damn near every other tattoo shop out there, unfortunately
But thank God more people are speaking out about the abusers and scammers
Good for her being brave, straight to the facts she can prove, & standing her ground‼️ Sometimes you need time to process & gather facts ‼️‼️
Yeah. Country of tattle tales
Markie can you cover the Mississippi pastor whose pregnant mistress showed up at a Sunday service to start a fight with the pastor's actual wife? I definitely would love your commentary on it!
Ahhh omgggg 😮
WTF 😂😂😂
Yeah I want to hear this story too!
The tattoo industry is messy AF and in someplace it’s still a boys club!
This!
If she has a contract in hand saying she was supposed to be paid $22 an hour and she wasn’t, she’d be an absolute fool not to sue.
There's a huge difference between 'you cant be sued' and 'you cant/wont be held liable in court'. Even if youre in the right and you wont be held liable by a Judge, the hassle/financial burden of a potential lawsuit in itself is something to consider. Some people havent got anything to lose. Some have everything to lose.
Markie, every single tattoo parlor I've gone to in person in the past year and half has been shit. I've walked out of every single one for different reasons: no clean set up, no patch tests offered for new inks, creepy artists, no clear details about session costs /prices, etc.
The BEST experience I've had (and the only person I've allowed to tattoo me) was an at-home artist! Practically sterile set up, good service, great skill, clear policies and tests for reactions.
That's goddamn ridiculous,Markie! I shouldn't be so damn willing to walk into a stranger's home to get a PROFESSIONAL experience!
I was just going to comment something similar my first tattoo was by my building superintendent he has his own private studio in his apt my mom and dad got tats from him before I was born it was a great experience you can tell he’s passionate few years later I went to a posh tattoo studio in Williamsburg bk the arrogant snooty attitude turned me off and they told me the prices and I asked them why? They were like I’m trained in specialty techniques he admitted he just finished his apprenticeship guy looked like he was 20 I said no thank you I need someone with rea experience his portfolio was cookie cutter what was trending I saw the tattoos he did for people of deeper skin tone that was a red flag shit looked dull….i dodged a bullet they closed a year later by the state board for hygiene violations…a shop can look fancy and stylish don’t let that fool you into thinking that you’ll get a masterpiece
Wait.... your best experience was technically at a "scratcher" pad?! What state are you in?!
@@desert_holly At the time, Oregon. Now I'm in California and my best options STILL seem like a scratcher pad.
Three lovely women who all do their own thing in similar set ups at their homes. I stg parlors are charging up the ass for 4"in line art OR they've not had a lot of experience with a variety of skin tones.
I really hope other artists reach out to the victims of scamming and maybe offering to do their tattoos instead.
Because its heartbreaking hearing a parent get scammed outta $500 for tattoo tributing to a loss child.
As someone who has a lot of tattoos, I absolutely cannot emphasize enough to *Do your research* before you get any tattoos from anyone. I spent literal years looking for someone to do a tattoo of a persons face on me.
That being said, I have a funny tattoo mess up that has happened to me. I have the music of my wedding song tattooed on my arm (I have the treble notes and my husband has the bass) and half of the notes are upside down because neither me or the artist noticed during the stencil & tattoo process. It was almost a year before I noticed, and by then, we both just laughed about it. 😂
Eddie also called my boss after i commented on the original tiktok lmfaoo, i could hear eddie screaming at my boss bc i supported what infinity was saying in her video, the dude is WHACK lol.
What the heck? Could we get more context for this?
The problem is it's common and it happens and nothing matters because there's no consequences for them. My ex-boss is in the same situation he's a contractor in Colorado Springs and he scams people. I didn't realize he also didn't pay his workers until he constantly wouldn't pay his subcontractors and vendors and then he eventually withheld my check when I quit. I reported him to the Colorado labor board because he did the same thing to the previous admin I learned but nobody cares lol they use it as a control and manipulation tactic because they have done it before and had nothing happen because they think thryre above it all because they DON'T have consequences.
Huh, I had another business withhold my last paycheck in Colorado. Seems to be a common issue, there. Glad I didn't stay.
He owes her the pay rate they agreed upon. This happened to me. i realized the manager at this small store I worked at was calculating the hours incorrectly (she was rounding at 100 minutes...instead of 60...). I had to go back through months of pay stubs and hand written hour notes to recalculate everything. Ultimately it was only like $300 but they still had to pay myself and the two other employees ($200 for one maybe $60 for another) everything we were owed.
Why don't more people shop around and do research before getting their tattoo? I went to 5 different parlors and through at least a dozen artist books before choosing my artist for my first tattoo. And then I went to check his reviews to make sure. Hearing these horror stories just has me asking more questions
Because people want insta gratification for their insta grams
Agreed. I knew from a young age I was gonna get tattoos, they're cool, I'm artsy and my parents have tattoos and I just always loved them. So I looked for practically a year and then got my first tattoo on my 18th birthday, at a shop my dad had also gotten a tattoo at, by the same artist, with my own money, and both my parents were there to watch me 😂😂😂. It sounds so cheesy but it was a really special day for me and is honestly something I'll remember for the rest of my life. What's funny is my uncle is a retired tattoo artist and before I ever got any tattoos he told me to find an artist I trust to do it, and he wound up being the one to do most of my tattoos when I was 22 😅.
She’s owed her wages if the contract has it as 22, contract laws are serious and she could be entitled to more if she goes down the emotional distress route
It seems like there should be some kind of laws on the books for that state covering deceptive practices and such. If I got scammed out of thousands I would certainly be looking into it (and many people probably will do so when they realize they aren't alone in getting scammed by this guy)
Scammers don’t expect consequences, because people usually don’t pursue the hassle of suing them. Unfortunately, they scam the exact wrong people sometimes & now they’re coming up☠️
I had my corporate-run job not pay me what I was worth. I accepted a pay raise and a transfer and I wasn't getting what was agreed upon. I looked into it and told the manager about and the mfer laughed and asked what took me so long to notice. Dude was tryna play it off like it wasn't serious, but I ended up getting that back pay. People shouldn't have to go digging into their paystubs to verify what they're being paid. Employees should be able to trust employees with issues like this.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON AT THE TAT OOO SHOPS, LOLOLOL
Shenanigans, lots of shenanigans.
Most are great. The terrible ones get reported on because of that.
Uk accent is so shit u mean tat eww lmmfao I'm ☠️💀 😆
That tat ooo is killing me 😂
Yo deleted my comment yo mad af his accents shit lmao go get a TAT EWW N MAKE YA SELF FEEL BET AH 😂😂 I
Love the little Bailey puppy shadow show in the background of your vids 😂 ❤ awww and the little puppy cameo
Eddie seems like a scummy dude. The tattoo world is wild. A lot of people don't know what the norm is and can easily be taken advantage of by scummy artists and businesses. It's really unfortunate because modifying your body is any way is such a personal, intimate decision that should be handled professionally with care.
wow wasn't expecting to hear about something so close to home!! i happen to live in washington state myself so this is def really good info for me lol!
I love this kind of drama, keep up the awesome work Markie!! You've become one of my favorite channels
Yah it’s a massive red flag if someone refuses to text insisting on calls (then again another phone and putting the call on speaker can easily solve that problem)
Our industry isn’t great tbh, that’s why so many of us go off on our own or band together and make safe spaces
I believe it. I used to want to be a tattoo artist, but a few incidents I witnessed turned me off of it. This was way back in 2003, I don't know if things have improved since then but I get the feeling it hasn't.
@@WobblesandBean it hasn’t at all. I got kicked out of my first studio for asking to be paid (didn’t receive 6 weeks of my earnings in a row) the second studio told me my being sexually harassed was my own fault for ‘being too nice’
Then I went and ran my own for years by myself. Currently I’m working with friends I made along the way, a bit of an ex wives club going on. It’s such a dodgy industry and it’s shameful, so many of us have absolutely fought to be here
As someone who has worked in managerial/HR positions for over 20 years, it is 100% the employers responsibility to pay their employees appropriately and to provide back pay for any mis paid time. In the US, Federal labor laws are clear on this. She could have waited years to report the difference and he would still need to make it right.
3:22 The problem is mostly employers DO get away with underpaying employees. It's the single most costly property crime in the US, wage theft. If you want to get paid and your employer doesn't want to pay, you can't go to the police. You have to go to the NLRB or state employment agencies, you can get a lawyer if you can afford one but otherwise you can report the employer and wait. Most people just give up.
If you live in America, say thanks to the Republicans who have continually underfunded the NLRB because they, the Republican Party supports the company over the worker. This is what they meant when they run their campaigns on 'Deregulation' for the last 40 years.
Republicans live in ur head rent free we get it
Republicans live in your head rent free we get it
REPUBLICANS!???? Clearly you don’t live in the USA because it sure isn’t the republicans messing everything up. I can give you MANY examples. The entire state of CA the entire state of WA the entire state of OR ALL DEMOCRAT MAJORITIES FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS. Get a clue.
REGULATIONS BY PROGRESSIVES DID THIS. CA, WA, OR ALL SHIT HOLES.
Want to heat your home? NOPE, DEMOCRATS DID THAT.
I will forever call them Ta-ooos 😅.
It's tat eww
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@@rickthacollector410 I stand corrected 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Hello from San Francisco, I just came across your channel today. Definitely staying
oh my god i just booked a consultation at this shop and then i see this video. didn't think a uk youtuber would be the one to convince me to cancel it
Scamming people isn't a good idea. People will talk
We had a horrible manager at one of my jobs that made up a bunch of rumours about literally every single person who worked there. His personality changed drastically from being really nice at the beginning to being really horrible and rude at the end. He would make up lies about people having affairs with people, people doing certain drugs, people fighting each other etc. Many started to resent him one by one as everyone slowly realized he was lying about everyone, not just one person. The lies I heard him directly say about me and tell other people were absolutely insane, so anytime he talked about anyone else I would have to try to ignore him or nod and find an excuse to walk away politely (because he was a manager and a higher rank than me). The boss themselves at the time didn't even seem to believe that he was lying about things. It was so weird and surreal. I have countless stories about work experiences I'm dying to share one day.
Always get a receipt when u pre-pay or put down a deposit. Have the person date and sign it as well, and even better if u can get it on video. Never let scumbag business owners screw u over
Former resident of WA for over 25 years, with business ownership experience, and my wife was an HR director in the state.
Her responsibility is to make sure she's getting paid the correct rate, however, her responsibility ends the moment she notifies her employer. That could be after 1 day, or 1 year, and it would still be the employers problem. One of the first things my wife and I do when we begin working for companies is check contracts, and ensure they're being upheld. One time she had to retroactively pay an employee five years of backpay. Oh boy was he happy, and the company was happy to have caught it.
As far as the defamation, the manager only has a case if he can prove the methods she used to obtain the information was through unprivledge communication. Washington is NOT a one party state, and regardless of truths, if shared information was obtained illegally that opens an individual up to Tort.
This made me realize that I got a really good deal on my last tattoo (wings that cover a large portion of my back, in black with lots of shading to make each individual feather stand out, all done in a single session that took about 6 hours, and cost less than $500, including the original art work and a promise to not do the same piece on anyone else so mine remains unique).
One of the first things I ever learned about tattoos, is do your research. I had a friend that had an amazing tattoo, I asked where he got it, he had nothing but good things to say about the place, so I went there. Been there for every tattoo since, they're super chill and polite. I'm absolutely shocked at the amount of people getting scammed with these horrible artists.
I'm so happy that there's never any drama or problems with my tattoo artist. He's always ready with a smile, a hug and a cup of coffee when I show up.
And also, I guarantee he doesn’t pay his taxes as he should. Get him!
In Washington live here, work here in the field of pay. If her contract says $22 that is what she would be paid. And any hours she was not paid that should be corrected ASAP. If not then you need to call labor and industry and file a complaint ASAP.
First, request in writing. All labor boards will always ask if you reached out to the company first before they do. So reach out and give them a chance to respond in writing
Finally, someone exposing terrible businesses and actually saying the name instead of leaving peope unsure and potentially going to said business.
It doesn't matter how she found out he wasn't paying her $22/hr. Once she found out, he has to pay her back pay. Doesn't matter his excuse as a contact is binding.
i love the fact that now that tattoos are mainstream people are confused about the shady things that happen there as if the tattoo scene hasn't always been run by shady people, stereotypes usually have an origin, you can't apply it to everybody, but enough people have behaved that way to be recognized for it.
Pretty certain that she’s talking about Black Sparrow tattoo in Seattle. All of the one star reviews are regarding Eddie and the $500 deposit. Just a heads up to anyone local.
Tattooing someone with some thing they didn’t want is way worse than just taking their money
Omg, I just now realized it's your dog's shadow in the background 😂😂😂. I was getting really freaked out 😂😂😂
I've been tattooing for 37 years and I'd like to know where are these people who are willing to spend 3x what I would have charged for the same design?! I've done full back pieces for what he was charging for the face with the sugar skull pattern and I do portraits and realism!
I am so happy that I found a shop that is beyond credible. Hearing these horror stories always made me so beyond nervous. I got scammed on a tattoo, which was my first done at a shop, where they charged me 175 for a tattoo that took 20 minutes. It had no shading, the only “detail” was the lining. When I move my shoulder a certain way, you can see where the ink isn’t filled in. I never went back and found a great shop after.
I got scammed by a tattooist, he made me pay £200 deposit for my mums memorial tattoo, the tattoo was planned only 2 months after her death and worst of all he was a long time friend and actually knew my mum so it really upset me, never got the money back he just always pretended to be busy until I heard from other people that he had scammed them too then he blocked me and that was that, I couldn’t get my money back 😡
Omg this is the earliest ive ever gotten a Markie video
Sooo much drama in the tattoo community. It’s always like this. Hearing shit out of shops that are downright awful
If you reject a narcissist or psychopath they take it personally and will retaliate whether physically or emotionally and that sounds exactly what happened with the receptionist. He tried to sleep with her but she rejected and hence she is trying to sleep her way into an apprenticeship and that's why someone would spread a rumor like that.
You absolutely definitely can be sued, when there’s evidence that it’s not defamation, it’s just that they won’t win. They can still be an epic nuisance and cost you time and money and cause you frustration and stress.
Dude. Really? Tattoo shops are basically halfway houses. How many artists have you met that have a normal drama free personal life? Of course there is going to be drama in tattoo shops. Christ half of them are strung out.
So easy for ppl to say "why didnt you speak up [about someone who has power over your employment]?" As if thats so easy 🙄
Subscribed to second channel! Love your content!
Tuh-too.
Sounds so wrong 😂
Omg I’ve been here ! I love a personal connection to the drama
Just want to stay I found your page a couple weeks ago and I’ve been watching your videos nonstop. Love your channel 🤍
12:00 at my last job when i turned 18 i was supposed to go from being paid 14.50 to 15.50.
14.50 was student wage and once you turn 18 you get minimum wage 15.50.
I didnt notice until i looked more closely at my pay stubs because usually id just look at my take gome pay, that i was still getting student wage after two-ish months.
I brought it up to my manager, the general manager, and then the lady that handles paychecks.
Lady that did paychecks apologized and said she thought she had my birthday marked to change my pay but much have forgotten so she changed it to the right rate and gave me "back pay".
So the differenece between would i should have gotten to what i did get was given to me on my next paycheck.
Yikes! Sounds like she has every right to be angry with this guy. 😒
I’m always getting recommended your videos on my home page so I didn’t realize that I wasn’t subscribed to you. Happy to say I finally subscribed and I hope you hit that goal soon!!
In a previous job, I met a guy who was trying to save his business. One of his employees got tired of not getting paid properly and turned the employer in. I can’t remember which government department it was, maybe Department of Employment. They came in and seized all the payroll records and other pertinent employment records. The biggest thing they got the employer on was tax evasion. Under-paying his employees robbed the government of the employee taxes. So he ended up owing back taxes, interest and penalties, fines, and back wages (unpaid wages). He owed hundreds of thousands of dollars. Needless to say, he lost his business. Don’t know if any of the employees got the money owed them because typically the government agency gets their money first.
I used to live an hour away from Seattle and I've heard such negative things about a tattoo shop that sounds exactly like this. Now I'm not wondering it isn't this shop.
i love markie covering random tik tok drama
as soon as you said seattle my ears perked even MORE
Class action lawsuit
There are apps you can use to record calls, or you can use a computer mic to record so you have proof if someone’s trying to be dodgy like that to avoid accountability
Yes but in certain states you can not record people on the phone without them knowing - so maybe that’s why she didn’t
you can't be sued for defamation if you're telling the truth? that's not how civil courts work buddy..... you can be sued for anything, no matter if it's true or not...
Well, they can attempt to sue you. If there’s no probable cause, the judge will chuck that case right out the window
She could actually sue him for stolen wages if she has documentation that what she was being paid is less than what they signed on the contract. It's called wage theft and it is, in fact, illegal to underpay someone like that.
Omg wait you're uploading to the second channel again???!! Yaaaaas!!!!! 😆
Someone should sue him
This channel is the only way i know about anything that is happening on tiktok