Imperial Tattoos

My rating is for the entire shop as a whole. Many factors go into my 3 star rating. The shop personality as a whole is difficult to rate. The artists! Sean Smallwood (4 stars for the owner) although myself I have not been tattooed by him, I have witnessed over a handful of great larger pieces done by him. He can achieve it all the softest grays to the saturated colors, he knows what he is doing when it comes to realism, I haven’t seen many other styles from him yet. Braylyn is the awesome spirit in the shop, knocking out some classy traditional work, let him do his thing! Chris Vantucky has solid line work! Bold and has a good personality! He knows what he’s doing so let him guide you!
Now Charlie… Charlie has some things to learn about dealing with people in general. You will always feel rushed, no matter what. Says he will work on designs for you and never get back to you. You show up and he hasn’t done any design work yet. Not professional at all, he’s very capable of duplicating art, but designing something himself is not his strong suit. (2 stars) I have gotten about 10 hours of ink from Charlie himself. Let’s just say there are better artists in this area than Charlie.
I would not mind providing a recommendation to a different artist/​shop — just ask! Please!

Went here because I googled best rated shops in Louisville and it had a 4.6 rating — all I wanted was a very simple & small, less than an inch long tattoo on my wrist so I figured it was a safe bet.
I was addressed a few minutes after entering by one of the artists, Charlie, who was rude and unfriendly from the minute I told him what I wanted. He was clearly scoffing at the tattoo I asked for. Also, this tattoo took 1 minute maximum to do — and I was asked to pay the $ 50 minimum tattoo charge, which would have been completely okay if I had not been treated with such disrespect. (However, most decent people would have at least given a $ 10 discount. And I mentioned coming back to get another tattoo touched up).
I was satisfied once the tattoo was over because I have wanted it for a while and was excited to get out of there– then I went to tip Charlie $ 5, because I am a kind person and believe you should always tip service workers. He again, SCOFFED AT THE IDEA THAT I WOULD BE TIPPING HIM. I explained that I was just trying to be nice and walked out the shop as he continued to laugh.
One of the rudest people I have met in a while and nor he or the shop will be receiving my service or recommendation to others. Don’t go if you want to treated disrespectfully and stupid.