Barry Crake:
Posted on 02/15/2010 8:21:36 AM PST by Daffynition
Danny Boyes was left with a tattooed face after a drunken prank – and now fears the artwork is putting the brakes on his dream job. The 22-year-old harbours ambitions to work in the funeral business, but thinks potential employers are being putting off by the Chinese symbols on his left cheek.
Danny, of Southwick, bought the three-inch symbols after a drunken night of dares and has regretted the move ever since.
Now he is in the process of having his body art removed in the hope of bagging a job with a funeral director.
The dad-of-one said: "I regretted them the next morning, especially when my mam saw them. I can't even remember getting them put on.
"I was really drunk and we ended up making dares. I got the Chinese symbols on my face, some aces on one side of my neck and my initials on the other side."
Danny, who is dad to Dayton, seven months, added: "I have tried every funeral directors in Sunderland and Washington trying to get a job, but I think people judge a book by its cover.
"Being a funeral director is a really important job so I want the tattoos removed for when I'm dealing with the public.
"I am a really hard worker, I just need to be given a chance to get my foot in the door."
Danny has lived with the unusual body art for the past three years and has been trying to have it removed in the last year.
Various laser treatments have failed to fade the symbols, but Danny was given a glimmer of hope after reading an Echo article about Barry Crake.
The Roker-based tattoo removal expert reckons some jobless people can't get work because they have visible marks on their hands, neck or face – so he is offering to remove them free of charge to help the unemployed back into work.
After reading about the offer, Danny is in the middle his of treatment in the hope it will help him climb the career ladder.
Danny, a former warehouseman, said: "People stare a lot because of my tattoos. I can't wait for them to be removed."
So far, Danny's treatment – using e-raze non-laser cream which draws the ink out of the skin – is proving successful.
Barry, of Bellissimo North East, said: "Danny is responding really well to the treatment. The ink is out on one patch and is starting to heal over.
"He is the sort of person I wanted to help with the offer. He genuinely wants to work but is not being given the chance he deserves."
Barry is also offering his services for free to cancer patients left with a radiotherapy mark and women in refuges who have a tattoo of their abusive partner's name.
Barry Crake:
whoops..
I don’t know what’s creepier. Getting tatoos on your face or having a “lifelong dream” to be a funeral director.
Well as tattoos go, it is a really poor job.
He could just get it removed.
I believe potential employers have the right to be worried about what else they may do (that may harm their business) based upon something as flimsy as a “dare.” What might he do for something he may consider far more serious, like being denied a raise or promotion.
As always, we are preceded by our past.
I dont know the reason
I stayed here all season
Nothin to show but this brand new tattoo
But it’s a real beauty, A Mexican cutie,
How it got here I haven’t a clue.
The above does not apply to our fine Military.
I think his tattoo says: “Beef with Broccoli $7.99”
—glad I got old enough to not want one before I got old enough to get one-—
Please read the article, you might find some info in it. ;)
Why am I feeling no sympathy?
Where but in the UK does someone aspire to be a funeral director?
He may want to attend some AA meetings as well.
I’ve never been that drunk.
LOL!
He's getting nailed because he was was stupid enough to get his face tattooed. BIG difference. And, to paraphrase Dean Wormer...."Drunk and Stupid is no excuse".
..........you're right.
Ok, its still an ugly tattoo and he can have it removed, which I guess he is trying. There is also make-up to cover what wont fade.
I think the hat just looks silly.
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