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by tiki » Sun, 15 Jan 2006 9:38 am
The owner of a well known tattoo parlour out in Far East Plaza (and a much sought after tattoo artist himself), doesn't have a single spot of ink on him.
I have a mate back in NZ who's a counsellor/ social worker. There was once when during a boys night out at a pub, some 'over-burly' and waaaaaaaaaaay over enthusiastic (un)gentlemen who clearly must have left their brains in the fridge at home, started to misbehave.
They would hurl nuts and coasters at neighbouring tables and the women present. These women started to get a little uneasy and it happened at the table next to ours.
My mate, got up and went over to the 'waaaaaaaaaaay to much too drink and having waaaaaaaay to much 'fun' at the expense of others' (un)gentlemen and tried to reason it out.
His body language did not show signs of hostility and his posture was, well... relaxed. I reckon he's counsellor training kicked in. 'Instinct'.
I guess sometimes we behave the way we do is because we have been trained or to a certain extent, programmed to fit into, in this case, choice of occupation. It's not easy to sort of temporarily leave that persona behind as you would, taking off your coat when you get home.
Some people can really wear a number of hats, while for others the transition in between, can be just a little harder.
Oh yea...
....we left the pub that night but not after a few broken beer bottles.
Turned out, his soft approach was met with less than desired attitude so his 'training' from his previous employment kicked in.
He was a bouncer for a really dodgy underground club.
...'instinct'.
'If you feel alive
in a darkened room
Do you know the name
of your solitude..'
