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Originally Posted by Tvflguy
I must be getting old. Little things seem to get under my skin more and more. I try to suck it up and shoulder-shrug. But,
Seems as if there are more and more folks, esp sports and entertainment and sometimes people right in our neckofthewoods. Big NECK tattoos. After spotting this I wonder what they will do when they’re 60, 70, 80. Perhaps tattoo removal will be a good investment business.
Mind you I’m fine with tattoos, it’s your body and life. But sometimes it’s a Yikes. Esp the sleeve tatts and hand tatts. And now Neck.
When we have a Server or such with a few tatts I ask the significance etc etc.
Also on the “getting cranky” topic, I just got back from a drive up and back on Buena Vista. Going around about 16 roundabouts. 5 of them, drivers simply HAD to go directly side by side with me even tho I slowed etc before. 2 even cut the line close and I needed to brake more than normal in case they would cut over. It was not busy and no need to cut corners. C’mon - common sense folks. Don’t parallel drive around roundabouts!!!
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No, you're not alone. I too really try to not get involved in what other people do to decorate themselves; feel perhaps rings and dangles from ears for one person is just a preference and perception of "beauty", or "adornment", while others see rings in noses, eyebrows, etc. more beautifying. I do sometimes think about past practices of other cultures, first to mind is the crippling of young women in ancient China so that they lost their toes and could only walk in a kind of "hobble" which was thought to be regal and most beautiful. But having said all that, I have a VERY difficult moments with facial tattoos that engulf the entire face except for the eyes, and just recently was on vacation in south Florida where the neck tattoo of our (male) server was so disturbing I don't know if I can even describe it. A large skeleton looking full face, with hollow eyes and a very large mouth and tongue sticking out right in the middle of the "Adam's apple". I usually can get past such things, but in a restaurant, preparing to eat, and against my will, I was so repulsed it was "touch and go" about if I was going to be able to eat my meal. I realized there is no way to "complain" about this because to most people, this is no different than a waiter with tongue piercing that "clicks" on the teeth when talking, or a waitress who has a number of piercings in addition to ears. But this particular experience, just a couple months ago, was very difficult for me. There was no way to NOT see it, and it was very gruesome. If the restaurant we were in were here, I have to admit, as much as this will come off as judgmental, I would avoid going when that particular waiter was working. BTW, the restaurant was very "upscale" and popular, but definitely the population in the South Beach area is much more open minded, and also younger, than the average here in the V's. Most probably could not have described this very gruesome (I did NOT describe the detail on purpose) sight if you had asked them as they left the restaurant I suspect. Even NOW I wish I had not seen it.