Blood and Guts on West 4th Sunday Morning

This weekend I had the experience of witnessing the action of bad piercing. My friend J.J had his birthday this weekend and so his four best friends and two of their girlfriends came up to Brooklyn from Rutgers and D.C. to visit. One of the girls, Margo, decided on a whim to get a piercing. She wasn't sure what she wanted or where she wanted it. She just wanted to spend money and get a piercing. First mistake, on her part. It was 3:00 A.M.. So Steve, Gray, Margo and I went to West 4th (despite my objections due to the uncleanliness and lack of skill that West 4th tattoo/piercing shops are infamous for). We went. We got there. I went to the back with Margo to get her vertical labret piercing (I guess I inspired her though I thought she should have gotten a septum). 1. The Piercer didnt clean her lip, but he did clean the needle. 2. He didn't measure with any kind of tool. He simply did it by eye. He probably should have measured because its lopsided and not centered. I didn't say anything to Margo because I was afraid I would offend her. 3. he didn't use any kind of tool to guide the hollow needle through the bottom hole to the top hole. I realize that this isn't completely necessary but the piercer stopped pushing the needle through in the middle of piercing Margo's lip to see if he was pushing it to the second dot. What a retard!
I'm just really appreciative that Rob (Thanks!) pierced me and not anyone else less capable and retarded.

The one thing that bothers me the most about piercings and tattoo shops on West 4th is the lack of creativity that people (both customer and employee) use. Picking tattoos out of books??!?! YUCK! oh and how gross their are.....CLEAN YOURE SHIT UP ASSHOLES!