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I've been at this for awhile
and I've never made a video about this video solely about tipping your tattoo artist and
I've never done that because I just feel like one it's like up to each person
it's up to each culture and I'm just figured like
Although I'm an advocate for tipping with tattooing
I believe that you should tip
but I just figured if you were gonna tip you would tip 20% and then that was it and I didn't have to make a
Video, but I asked you guys and you said that you did one a tipping video?
So I'm just going to kind of talk about a little bit of tattoo
related stuff when it comes to tipping and
lightly touch on different scenarios and
you know kind of make this short and sweet if I can so in
America
Where I live?
Typically tattoo artist is pretty traditional
I've also heard feedback from you guys in Canada who say you also take your tattoo artist if you're tipping your tattoo artist
I would say it's almost like service provided so you would tip like a service fee
Which is generally about 20% if you can't do math like me
there's a bunch of different tip tricks that you can learn or you can get a tip calculator on your phone if there is someone
Out there who's completely new to tattooing or getting tattooed?
All of these great service jobs, you know
You show your gratitude and you show appreciation by tipping the person because the tip is what goes in their pocket
You know normally whatever they're charging you for it - they generally split with the shop
5050 or however, they have it negotiated and a tattoo artists
You know never really gets a raise and sometimes the tip that you give them also goes to tipping out the shop hand
So I would say overall
Know that the tip that you give your tattoo artist fifty a hundred dollars
Goes right in their pocket and you do it to show gratitude
So when it comes to having foresight about tattooing and tipping and you want to be prepared the next little bits of advice
May help you feel prepared
So if you are getting tattooed
For example from a traveling tattoo artist or you are traveling to a place and there's been a lot of email correspondence. I
Think if you want to have complete transparency, I would in the email or in the phone conversations
however
You're communicating ask for a general price and then expect to tip about twenty percent on that price
I'm kind of a retail baby when it comes to tipping
It's not
Based on like services provided in a way where they went above and beyond I think if I'm tipping a waitress/waiter
Barista, you know hairstylist unless like they really messed something up
Tipping, you know fifteen twenty percent is pretty standard across the board
So I would anticipate to tip and if you are getting tattooed in America
tipping is
you know a part of our
Culture, you know, I think like you can get away with it if you're traveling in especially if it's not a part of your culture
But if you wanted to be a part of American culture while you're getting tattooed here
You can tip you can always ask
I think all of us appreciate a little bit of transparency these days
So I think if you are for example getting a tattoo for like Friday the 13th, where you pay?
$13 for a tattoo in that kind of situation
Usually you pay with a twenty and you tell them they can keep the change and that's how that sort of goes
You could probably always tip more but if you are getting tattooed at a really steep discount
I think you should always supplement that with some sort of tip that also goes for
tipping apprentices if you are wondering
Hey quicken. Should I tip an apprentice? I would say tip apprentices tip your friends and
Tip your friends a lot if you are receiving a free tattoo
tip apprentice your bud free tips
Can also equal something else? I think that that's something that's negotiable as well
I've treated tattoos for a place to stay. I've traded tattoos for a place to tattoo and
That you know seemed fair in my eyes, but that's a hundred percent up to your discretion
I give myself some slack when I started getting tattooed. I was kind of unfamiliar with how much to tip and
Calculating a tip and I'm kind of just like throw money around
Or think like Oh twenty bucks is a good tip when I was younger
You know tattoo artists probably understood that I was a kid getting into tattooing so I wouldn't beat yourself
Up if you have never tipped or you know tip just like 20 bucks
I have a video where I talk about like when I first started in my back tattooed, I was making market carrot cake
and I've made tattoo artist cookies and stuff like that and I just think that any form of
Gratitude expressed. It's still nice and
American and
You know do the best that you can with
What you have?
But tipping is pretty traditional
so if you are American or Canadian or it like you tip your tattoo artist and then you travel abroad I
think
I've heard a lot of different people say like I got tattooed in Europe and I still tipped you have to use your discretion
It's how ever you feel
but
I think you know if you're going to other countries
I would be cautious to not disrespect their culture by offering a tip. I
Am NOT world-traveled. I am Charlie Day from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia more and more every day
But I do understand that there are sensitivities and other cultures and it could be disrespectful like if you're getting tattooed abroad and
You give them extra money and it's just not something. That's very standard you're traveling to a country
I would do some research and figure out
What the kind of tipping culture is?
Maybe it is more appropriate to bring a small gift and I think that would be exciting
To learn about and not like patronizing at all
I think if I were to get tattooed abroad I would be really excited to
Take like immerse myself in that as much as possible. So I think that that would be fun for anyone
So my friend Jeffrey was on this channel a couple years ago, and he went to Spain to get tattooed
It wouldn't ask him if he tipped. He said yes, but I've gone out to eat with him
I've gone out to get drinks with him and he has always notoriously been a huge tipper
so I think in that aspect it is like something inside of him that he has to do and
That's fine. If you're like that that's totally cool, too
So I hope this has been helpful to you guys about tipping. Like I said
tips
Don't always have to be currency. But for the most part they are I
Did you know there are a couple questions?
I did ask myself like if
There is a booking fee. Is that the tip if it doesn't come out of the total of the tattoo and etc, etc
And if you just have a ton of questions like that
I would just ask the tattoo artist and get it out in the open
Maybe say hey, I love your work. I love the tattoo you gave me what's
inappropriate
I
Don't know how much that would work. But
In my life. I hope that I've never like
Crossed a tattoo artist in a negative way over tipping
But the most part I've only been tattooed in America and I've tipped what I could you also tip piercers in America as well?
But I hope this has been helpful to you guys
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