Tattoo lawsuit for misspelling

See http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed

Or just to to the paper's web site and search for it. Bottom line is
that a man who loves Chicago wanted a tattoo "CHI-TOWN" and what he
got was "CHI_TONW" so he's suing.


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jhhaynes at earthlink dot net

Jim Haynes wrote:

re http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed
aka http://tinyurl.com/37cfs7

[...]

> <snip> a man who loves Chicago wanted a
> tattoo "CHI-TOWN" and what he got was
> "CHI_TONW" so he's suing.

Although hacker's not exactly scratcher, it woudn't've been what I'd
call a good omen.

The article offers that the lawsuit, "named artist Sam Hacker and
contractor Mad Hacker Inc. as defendants."

I've seen AGRESSIVE, iirc, in an image in at least one tattoo
magazine. And a local tattoo artist told me of seeing a badass-looking
guy with "SATIN" tattooed on his neck rather than what he figures was
meant to read Satan. Nice.

Another tattoo artist told me that he had a woman who had a name
tattooed on her wrist. The artist applied the stencil, was asked to
reposition the text, did so, was given approval, and then tattooed the
name. After all that, the customer noticed the name had been
misspelled. The customer was outraged despite the fact that she was
the one who told the artist how to spell the name, approved the
repositioning, and allowed the artist to proceed with the tattoo.

D'OH!

Regardless of her anger, I don't believe she sued.

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Curt

On Mar 2, 10:09 pm, "Curt" <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Although hacker's not exactly scratcher,

But scratcher is entrepreneur in Curt-speak.

Learn children, learn.

Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> "Curt" wrote:
>
> > Although hacker's not exactly scratcher,
>
> But scratcher is entrepreneur in Curt-speak.

Zat so? Did you find that in your fantasy dictionary?

> Learn children, learn.

Cool.

Exercise your imagination! Always a good activity, eh, Kavvy?

> Kavin

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Curt

On Mar 7, 8:24 pm, "Curt" <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kavin Taylor wrote:
> > "Curt" wrote:
>
> > > Although hacker's not exactly scratcher,
>
> > But scratcher is entrepreneur in Curt-speak.
>
> Zat so? Did you find that in your fantasy dictionary?

Yes, so. Gotta love Google (isn't that what you say?)

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Date: 20 Jul 2006 16:51:40 -0700
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Jim Mowreader wrote:
> Curt James <cwj...@psu.edu> wrote:

<snip>

Never heard of tattoo parties? It's a Big World. Beer's a part of it.
And, yes, drunk people love their tattoos, too. I suspect the
entrepreneurial tattoo artist (you may call them scratchers, of
course)
will seek out customers where they find them. ;o)


> --jm


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So yeah, zat so!


Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> "Curt" wrote:
> > Kavin Taylor wrote:
> > > "Curt" wrote:
>
> > > > Although hacker's not exactly scratcher,
>
> > > But scratcher is entrepreneur in Curt-speak.
>
> > Zat so? Did you find that in your fantasy
> > dictionary?
>
> Yes, so.

Newp. You misread. No surprise, of course.

> Gotta love Google

Oh, of course.

> (isn't that what you say?)

Gotta love Google! :o)

> Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
> From: "Curt James" <curtja...@gmail.com>
> Date: 20 Jul 2006 16:51:40 -0700
> Local: Thurs, Jul 20 2006 6:51 pm
> Subject: Re: pain killers and tattoos
<snip>

Ooh, Google headers! Suh-WEET!

> Jim Mowreader wrote:
> > Curt James <cwj...@psu.edu> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> Never heard of tattoo parties? It's a Big World.
> Beer's a part of it.
> And, yes, drunk people love their tattoos, too.
> I suspect the entrepreneurial tattoo artist

Here it comes, Kavvy. But did you *read* it? I don't believe you did.

> (you may call them scratchers, of course)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Oooooh! Looky there. ~*YOU MAY*~. How interesting.

> will seek out customers where they find
> them. ;o)

And indeed they will. I suspect.

Yes, I wouldn't be surprised at all that a) the entrepreneurial tattoo
artist will seek out customers where they find them. And, of course,
that b) you (and others with their underoos inna bunch) may call those
entrepreneurs scratchers.

Semantics. Opinion. Mays and I suspects.

> So yeah,

Yeah. :oD

Neat how that works, isn't it?

Again, you got nuthin.

> zat so!

Cool.

> Kavin

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Curt

On Mar 8, 8:00 pm, "Curt" <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:

<snipped>

You really are that much of a loser.

Hey, wallow in it.

Your quote. And it means what it means.


Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:

[snip]

> Kavin

Thank you for that news, Kavin.

Now, this update on the original topic:

Artists Get Misspelled Tattoos For Sued Colleague
Sam Hacker Admits He Misspelled Tattoo, Says Man Who Sued Never Came
Back To Get It Fixed

CHICAGO - Support has been growing for the Chicago tattoo artists who
botched the spelling of a tattoo on a man's chest.

Michael Duplessis filed a lawsuit recently against Jade Dragon Tattoo
and Body Piercing, at 5331 W. Belmont Ave., over a tattoo that he said
was supposed to read CHI-TOWN in capital letters. He says it came out
CHI-TONW.

As a show of solidarity on Thursday night, several tattoo artists got
the CHI-TONW tattoo themselves, on purpose.

"My friends are supporting me by saying, 'Hey, you know, it happens.
We've done it. You just got, you know, blown up on it," said tattoo
artist Sam Hacker, who gave Duplessis the tattoo.

Hacker admits he made the mistake two years ago, but offered to fix
it. He said Duplessis never came back.

Hacker is offering the tattoo to customers at Jade Dragon for free
this Sunday. So far, eight people have already signed up.

Duplessis, who is a mechanic, filed the lawsuit earlier this month in
Cook County Circuit Court. The suit sought monetary damages, and he
claims suffered "emotional distress from public ridicule."

Duplessis - who is a mechanic - says he paid $250 for the 2005
tattoo. /copy and paste from
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_068144013.html

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Curt

"Curt" <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1173487442.104259.106460@h3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
> Hacker is offering the tattoo to customers at Jade Dragon for free
> this Sunday. So far, eight people have already signed up.

WHY would people want that same tattoo? I don't get that.
I still feel it's the customer's fault, if it all played out as it was told.
Marie

Marie wrote:
> "Curt" wrote

> > Hacker is offering the tattoo to customers
> > at Jade Dragon for free this Sunday. So far,
> > eight people have already signed up.
>
> WHY would people want that same tattoo?

I'd love to ask that question of each person to get the tattoo.

> I don't get that.

I don't get that either, really, but the article explained it, at
least in part. Hacker's friends are doing it as a show of support for
him as a tattoo artist and as their friend.

Hacker's offering the tattoo to customers. Many peoople return to the
same artist for additional tattoos. That may not be the definition of
friendship, but it could certainly be viewed as a note of trust and
confidence in the artist's abilities. Trust is a brick in the
friendship wall, right?

A different perspective may offer hat Hacker might be angling to
lessen the blow for the original CHI-TONW guy. If there are twenty
people sporting the tattoo, then it's not as bad a place to be? Not
sure I buy that one.

Plus, I guess it's like any tattoo. You don't really ever have to
explain it and, if someone pointed out the misspelling, the wearer
could easily say something like, "CHI-TONW is how you spell
friendship."

> I still feel it's the customer's fault, if it all
> played out as it was told.
> Marie

I do tons of bubble letters and occasionally spell a name wrong, but
it's never on flesh so I can easily reach for another sheet of drawing
paper. The tattoo artist doesn't have that luxury. If the customer
approved the stencil then I agree that it's their own fault, but if
the artist strayed from the stencil accidentally then it's a different
story.

I wonder how much the guy wants for his "emotional distress from
public ridicule." What dollar figure. I mean, the tattoo is on his
chest. And it's Chicago, right? Does he work at a topless bar?

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Curt

On Mar 11, 11:02 am, "Curt" <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>.If there are twenty
> people sporting the tattoo, then it's not as bad a place to be?

Wait a minute, Curt. You have declared the tattoo bad.

Sporting the tattoo is "a place to be." Your definition. If only one
person has that place, it is bad (from your statement of basically the
more that have the tattoo, the less "bad" it is.

Therefore:

Tattoo=place. Place=bad, Bad=tattoo.

And even more simply, you can't have "as bad" without bad.

Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> "Curt" wrote:
>
> > <snip> If there are twenty people
> > sporting the tattoo, then it's not as
> > bad a place to be?
>
> Wait a minute, Curt.

How about a split-second, Kavvy?

> You have declared the tattoo bad.

Bzzzt! Wrong again, friend-o-mine.

> Sporting the tattoo is "a place to be."

The client's frame of mind in reaction to his obviously negative
opinion of the tattoo is "a place to be."

Again, if there are twenty people sporting the tattoo, then it's not
as bad a place to be due to the possibility that the guy's opinion of
his tattoo might be altered by the fact that there are more people who
from his perspective are suffering the same fate. Misery loves company
school of tattoo art?

Capisce? Thanks. ;o)

> Your definition.

Your interpretation of whatever is puddling there in your brainpan,
Kav. Good luck with that.

[...]

It probably wouldn't hurt for you to stop worrying yourself over good
versus bad wrt tattoos, Kav. I mean, have you forgotten what I wrote
so soon?

Art is subjective. Imo, there are no bad tattoos. There are, however,
tattoos that you like or that you don't like for personal reasons.

> Kavin

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Curt

On Mar 11, 8:57 pm, "Curt" <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Art is subjective. Imo, there are no bad tattoos. There are, however,
> tattoos that you like or that you don't like for personal reasons.


So therefore, every time you give a grade to a student it is based
solely on your opinion and is not based in any type of fact.

I've forgotten not a thing Curt. You can attempt to change words but
you will not win.

No bad, no good.

You seem to believe that "like" and "good" are the same creature.


Kavin

On Mar 11, 8:57 pm, "Curt" <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kavin Taylor wrote:
> > Sporting the tattoo is "a place to be."
>
> The client's frame of mind in reaction to his obviously negative
> opinion of the tattoo is "a place to be."

As you say Bzzzzt, wrong (how original).

Sporting would mean the actual physical wearing of the tattoo.

Now you want to change it to "frame of mind."

Typical.

If A=B, and B=C, then A=C.

And there is always 1=1.

Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
[...]

> If A=B, and B=C, then A=C.
>
> And there is always 1=1.

Someone needs a nap.

> Kavin

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Curt