My question is, after GP.com bought and paid for it, why didn’t she just get a white ink tattoo?
Why didn’t the tattoo artist just refuse the job, if he really thought it was such a terrible thing.
Maybe he felt bad for her and thought he could talk her out of it? And barring that, at least if he did it, he’d do it in the simplest way possible? Note that it was done in just black block lettering, and as close to her hairline as possible. Could be he thought that if she went elsewhere, they’d have went all-out with a big gaudy logo and the whole deal.
Just a guess, though.
Plus I bet you anything you like that if they’d refused she’d have sued them for denying her the service she’d asked for. Something about her right to do stupid things being infringed, no doubt.
Now see, that’s one of my beefs-if you’re going to do that, why not go the whole hog and get it done in a fancy font, with highlighting and colors? Because she looks like someone used a rubber stamp on her forehead.
Something tells me this woman is going to be dead from suicide in a year’s time, after her current beau breaks up with her and her kid keeps failing and she sees the way society really reacts to someone with a corporate logo emblazoned on their head, after the media hubbub is over. In fact, I’d bet money on it. I wonder if goldenpalace.com will take my bet?
My mother mentioned also that she probably won’t get the full 10,000-wouldn’t she have to pay taxes on it?
Am I the only one who thinks this could be a hoax? Anybody?
The place where I got my first tattoo had a strict no hands/no face policy. Many other shops restrict certain images, like Nazi symbols or swear words. It’s not illegal for a tattoo shop to restrict the type or placement of skin art.
The no hands/face policy is a good one, and if it’s stated up front it seems fair enough for a tattoo parlour to enforce it. I’m guessing this one didn’t have a policy against facial art per se, though, or they could have just turned her down cold instead of spending so much time trying to talk her out of it. As for the second bit, I reckon the difference between Nazi symbols and profanity and what she wanted is that the first two are inherently offensive, whereas what she wanted is just offensive to thinking people. 
The bit that really amazes me? She’s ‘doing it for her son’ but she’s advertising online gambling? Isn’t that a bit of a moral grey area, as a mother?
I think we should just all be happy that Henrietta’s House O’Whores * didn’t get the winning bid.
*Wouldn’t that be a *great * name?
Wasn’t there a story a while back about some starlet/porn actress/somebody having the Goldenpalace.com logo on their upper chest? If I recall correctly, it was just black block lettering, and she was smart enough to get them to do it w. a Sharpie.
Does anyone else notice that the G is too far away from the O? She should be pissed about that. Not only is it ugly, it’s poorly spaced.
I think it’s just a little ringlet of hair that’s partially obscuring the side of the O.
I have enough trouble with people coming up to ask what my t-shirts say; I wouldn’t want to spend all my time having to hold back my hair so someone can better read my forehead. “Excuse me, what does your face say?”
If I was her, I would just grow a fringe.
How long before her thinking gets a little convoluted, and she says,’ya know, lets take a little trip to Disney Land…we deserve it!’…and, ya know, our ten year old Toyota needs a new transmission, and we just HAVE to have a flat screen TV…he he he…ooooh…look at the new summer fashions, and OH LOOK, Brady, a ten speed like you always wanted…You deserve it!
Fuck private school…Mommy will help you with your homework…
It’s not necessary to make up some imaginary new branch of law. A business has the right not to provide services it doesn’t choose to (aside from issues with civil rights laws. “Idiots who want to get ads tattooed on their foreheads” are not a protected class.) The tattoo artist apparently chose to comply with the woman’s request, though I sure as hell wouldn’t have if I’d been in their shoes.
Oh. You’re talking about fritterring away the ORIGINAL $10,000. Thought you meant…
Trip to Disney - disney.com lower on forehead
New Toyota - toyota.com on right cheek
10-speed - schwinn.com on left cheek
Fifth of Whiskey - jackdaniels.com on chin
therapy - dr.freud.com…
I’ll ask one more time since the first one was way down the bottom of the first page. Am I the only one who thinks this could be a hoax, and the tattoo is temporary?
I certainly wouldn’t rule it out. Anything is possible when it comes to marketing.
IF she were smart (or knew a smart person) she would put her face back on the market. This time she should advertise to cover the current tat with the name of the highest bidder. Think of the publicity that would get!