Customer horrified to discover tattoo artist hid their initials in design

A customer was left fuming when they discovered their tattoo artist had secretly "branded" them with their initials.

Sharing on Reddit, the customer revealed how they had visited a tattoo shop in their area armed with a photo of the design she wanted.

The "special" design was a duplicate of one that their father, late grandfather, and great grandfather all had.

So they requested that it looked exactly as it did in the photo.

Initially, they were thrilled with the finished tattoo - until their great-grandma pointed out something odd.

"A few weeks later when I show my great grandmother the tattoo she grabs my arm to look at and compliment it, then asks, 'Who's AJ?'

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"I ask her what she means, and she points out on the tattoo where the initials A and J or maybe T were hidden into the tattoo. I'm instantly p***ed, as my artist's name is Alice Trever [name changed].

"She tries to assure me it's no big deal if I hadn't noticed it til now, but I still reached out to the artist sort of irritated."

Unsurprisingly angry, they returned to the tattoo artist and requested a partial refund, but the artist wouldn't back down.

"They told me the style of art I got is called traditional and it's 'pretty trad' for all artists who do that style to do it. I demanded a partial refund and they refused, so I complained to the owner who made the artist give me a full refund.

"Now the artist is running a full smear campaign, talking about moving shops, and all kinds of cr*p."

They concluded the post by asking users whether they were in the wrong for pushing the issue, but they said she deserves more than just a refund.

One person said: "I would even consider suing. They kind of branded you with their initials... And they should get fired."

Another put: "The artist had no right to hide their initials on your skin without your consent. I would be highly upset if it was done to me."

A third added: "[Original poster] should do a call out campaign and try to see if any other of her clients were unknowingly 'branded' just like them. Could be quite the big lawsuit..."

And others were shocked that the artist genuinely thought it was okay to do what they did, as one person said: "This person straight up BRANDED you! Not only that, this isn't even the artist's design, it's a copied design!"

While another wrote: "It was not designed to have the initials there, the artist had to modify the design to do so. And it's not like the artist could say it was to protect their design from being copied or something since it's literally someone else's design!"

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