Tattoo artists are not in the service industry. I (a bartender and server) am in the service industry. Tattoo artists are artists. It’s right there in the title.

And like (m)any lucky artists They work as individuals on commission to create artwork. Which is why some have years long wait lists and can choose to work…

You don’t seem to understand where the artists are coming from and I find this whole article to be in incredibly poor taste, especially the bratty insults directed at someone who simply told you “no.”