Alpha-Omega tattoos and piercing

So my best friends and I decided to get matching tattoos of the friendship symbol which happens to have our initials in there too so that's a bonus!!! Check check... When we walked in we were greeted by Lin and Bear.. Very friendly and courteous check check... We had to tweak the symbol since ONE of us wanted it to be more masculine..*ahem (Justin). So bear was kind enough to clean it up a bit and it turned out perfect! He got all three of us in 2 and half hours! Pretty impressive!! Check check.. They turned out amazing and now we have a lil piece of each other on EACH OTHER ... Awwww Tear =*] ..... gag me damn mushy shit!! Hahah love it. Okay I'm done.

Got my nose pierced by Matte for the second time a couple weeks ago. He is amazing and made me feel soo comfortable. He is super experienced (17 years) and soo knowledgable about all piercings/after care. I would def recommend him to anyone. The reason I didn't give this place 5 stars was because as I was in the waiting room, I over heard one of their tattoo artists talking to her client who was in the middle of getting a tattoo on her back. As most of us with tattoos know, the back hurts a lot! The girl was expressing her pain like some of us do, and all I heard Lynn say was things like "this is what you wanted.." "don't cry wolf, you are not the victim". Then she suggested leaving parts of the tattoo out so she could be done faster. I felt the poor girls uncomfortable-ness so it made me really uncomfortable. We love tattoo artists who make us feel comfortable not lecture us about our different pain levels....Just sayin!

I have been to alpha omega four times. the first was to get my lip pierced by matte, and he told me no because i had braces. i figured, hey, this guy knows what he is talking about and he cares enough to send me away without a piercing but with a card and $5 off when i come back in. so the second time i went in to finally get my lip pierced, i had waited sooo long. Matte was nice, pretty gentle, and profesional. I was happy with the experience until my lip ring kept falling out. over and over again. this was the expensive one that i had bought from him and i couldnt believe it kept falling out. i went back a third time to have him tighten it and it still fell out so i got a new one despite the recommended 6-months before changing the piercing.
this last time i went to lin to get a tattoo. i love my tattoo and i cant wait to get more, and lin was great. she talked me through the whole time, and my friend was able to sit and watch. it was an exciting experience...
but then i found out from a friend at work that lin is the worst tattoo artist in fairfield and people talk crap about her all the time.
honestly, i like my tattoo and i dont mind her preachy-ness. but, she can be rude. if you give respect, you get respect.
i might think twice before going back. i havent decided.