Horrified mum 'told to go "f*** herself" by tattoo parlour after telling him new inking had scabbed over'

A mother says she was told to "go f*** herself" by a tattoo parlour boss when she complained to him that her new tattoo had scabbed over.

Leanne Potter, 30, contacted Inkflicted Tattoo Parlour on Facebook to express concern that the mini pink heart tattoo on her finger was not healing properly.

But the mum-of-two from says she was mortified by the response from Tony Covey, who runs Inkflicted at Aces High Tattoo Studio in Royal Wooton Basset.

She claims he started swearing at her, asking if she was on benefits and suggesting she was on the scrounge for a freebie and a new tattoo.

Leanne, of Lynham, Wiltshire, said: "It's so unprofessional to speak to anyone like that. I was very fair with them.

"The apprentice that did my tattoo was lovely and that is who I was speaking to initially on Facebook.

"She was well-mannered but then the owner Tony started responding to the messages and it was just rude.

"It wasn't too bad until he said 'Are you on benefits?'. I thought it was absolutely disgusting. I'm not on benefits and my husband works full-time for the military but it doesn't matter if someone is on benefits."

Leanne, who had the £10 tattoo done three weeks ago, was so taken aback by the response she did not reply and has not contacted the shop since.

"I don't see the point in going into the shop to see him if that's how he's going to speak to me," she said.

The shop has been running for nine years but neither Tony or any of his staff wanted to comment, saying the correspondence on Facebook were private messages between them and Leanne.





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