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	<title>A Day in the Life of a Shop Owner</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:39:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Just Another Saturday</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My shop is located in a small town - Hallowell, Maine.  Sometimes I wish I was back working for someone else and not the owner.  To be able to head in to work and just tattoo are memories from long ago.  After two years I still have days where I wish someone else could be in charge.  How many shops are there out there that actually open at 9:00 AM?  Mine does some days.  I don't have the typical customer base.  My average customers age is between 35 and 50.  They want morning appointments, others want evenings.  Can make for some long days.  Don't get me wrong - I am thankful my shop is successful.  This blog will simply allow me to vent about things that maybe the typical artist doesn't see that shop owners deal with.  On my way to work I have to make a special trip to Home Depot for paper towels.  I use mechanics shop towels for tattooing.  Softer, more absorbent.  One towel will last way longer than a Bounty sheet.  These are silly things shop owners experiment with.  Maybe every artist does.  Maybe you just use what the owner tells you to use if you are lucky enough to work in a licensed studio.  A side trip to the bank to see if a customers "insufficient funds" check will clear today.  Yes, in this area it is pretty safe to take checks.  This was a regular customer whom, of course, seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.  You can't call this bank to see if funds are available.  Each morning I have to visit the bank in person with the check.  The rest of my day will be spent providing customer service and setting people straight on the slanderous things they have heard about my shop from my previous employee that was fired for trading piercings for drugs.  I will spend a lot of time today trying to find a gimmick to increase piercing sales for my piercer.  The other part of my time will be spent figuring out how to pay to promote whatever gimmick I come up with.  All this will be done while actually tattooing the clientelle.  Let this Saturday begin!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:34:43 -0700</pubDate>
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