3/5 Grace B. 5 years ago on Google
As
a
former
employee
of
this
company
I
have
to
refute
the
so
called
"extensive
training".
Perhaps
training
has
changed
in
the
couple
of
years
since
I
was
trained
but
there
is
nothing
"extensive"
about
it.
It's
like
a
20ish
minute
video
and
some
reading
and
if
you
get
veeery
lucky
you
can
practice
on
a
cardboard
ear
before
you're
thrown
at
customers.
I
was
sent
to
help
out
at
a
few
locations
and
a
solid
95%
of
the
people
I
worked
with
had
minimal
to
no
understanding
of
cross
contamination.
Workers
would
regularly
pull
out
the
piercing
guns
with
their
bare
hands
to
show
customers
and
not
clean
them
afterwards.
A
lot
of
them
did
not
even
clean
the
gun
after
each
piercing
and
cleaning
out
the
piercing
drawer
only
happened
a
couple
times
a
week
at
certain
locations.
If
you
look
up
the
requirements
to
get
a
piercing
license
in
this
state
all
you
need
is
a
bloodborn
pathogens
certificate,
fill
out
a
form
and
pay
the
fee.
No
proof
of
training
at
all.
The
best
metals
to
get
pierced
with
for
anything
are
surgical
stainless
steel
and
implant
grade
titanium
neither
of
which
Piercing
Pagoda
carries.
Getting
pierced
with
a
gun
is
done
with
blunt
force
trauma
which
can
cause
more
damage
to
your
body
tissues
than
getting
pierced
with
a
needle,
which
is
a
clean
incision.
I
saw
my
fair
share
of
customers
come
in
because
the
hole
in
the
front
of
their
ear
was
either
higher
or
lower
than
the
hole
in
the
back
of
their
ear
because
whoever
pierced
them
did
it
at
an
angle.
I
also
saw
people
who
could
not
wear
small
hoops
in
one
ear
because
the
hole
was
placed
too
high
and
it
didn't
match
their
other
ear.
Who
pierces
you
is
very
very
important.
I
would
say
that
a
lot
of
customers
who
got
pierced
were
happy
and
didn't
have
problems
that
I
heard
of.
If
you
get
pierced
with
a
gun
I
would
strongly
recommend
asking
your
piercer
how
long
they
had
been
piercing
for
and
to
definitely
clean
the
piercing
gun
in
front
of
you
WHILE
WEARING
GLOVES.
(That's
part
of
the
not
understanding
cross
contamination
part
I
mentioned)
a
lot
of
Piercing
Pagodas
do
not
have
a
sink
in
the
kiosk
so
they
can't
use
soap
and
water
to
clean
their
hands
only
hand
sanitizer.
Hand
sanitizer
does
not
remove
dirt
from
your
hands,
it
only
kills
a
percentage
of
the
germs.
I
can
guarantee
you,
those
kiosks
can
collect
dust
fast
and
the
jewelry
cases
that
get
handled
all
day
do
not
get
cleaned
as
often
as
you
would
think
depending
on
location
and
individual
employees.
That
means
if
the
employee
touches
the
gun
without
gloves
on
EVERYTHING
that
is
on
their
hands
is
now
on
the
gun.
I
would
also
strongly
recommend
against
getting
your
cartilage
pierced
with
a
gun.
Cartilage
piercings
have
a
much
higher
rate
of
infection
than
ear
lobes
and
are
best
done
with
a
needle
by
someone
with
a
lot
more
training
than
Piercing
Pagoda
provides.
I'm
giving
this
a
3
star
review
because
while
I
have
strong
opinions
about
piercing
guns
I
did
recently
visit
this
location
and
the
girls
were
very
very
nice
and
helpful
while
helping
me
pick
out
jewelry.
I
have
always
loved
the
jewelry
here,
a
large
portion
of
my
gold
chains
are
from
Piercing
Pagodas
and
I've
always
been
very
happy
with
them.
I
recommend
them
for
people
who
want
and
love
jewelry
but
I
strongly
advice
extreme
caution
when
it
comes
to
getting
pierced
with
a
gun.
Do
your
research.
Ask
a
LOT
of
questions.
If
the
person
gets
annoyed
or
irritated
with
you
for
asking
them
go
somewhere
else.
If
they
CAN'T
answer
them
to
your
satisfaction,
go
somewhere
else.
While
there
are
employees
who
care
about
customer
satisfaction,
there
are
unfortunately
ones
who
only
care
about
making
a
sale.
There's
usually
a
mix
of
both.
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