Why are Tattoo Shops Still Open?
By an edhat reader
I could not help noticing that all of the tattoo shops in Santa Barbara are still open for business. At least they are accepting in house appointments. Are the businesses not on the governor’s “essential” list just allowed to remain open if they limit their customers?
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Apr 01, 2020 08:41 AMI read all of the comments and did not see a response from the OP as to which tattoo shops are currently open. OP casually stated that “all” of them are open, I saw a couple of comments stating which shops are closed and Zerohawk asked specifically what shops are open. So, OP, please provide more info otherwise you are just causing a big kerfuffle over nothing.
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Apr 01, 2020 10:07 AMSB TAHOE - I think the OP was full of hoohey. If you google "Santa Barbara tattoo" you can see that ALL of them are "Temporarily Closed." Now, this could be because of all the hoopla here, or, as ZERO says, they were closed all along. Sounds like we all fell for the click bait......
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Mar 31, 2020 06:59 PMMost of the shop I would go to, are closed. im not sure which ones you are talking about.
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Mar 31, 2020 03:38 PMSanta Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown provided an update to the Board of Supervisors on compliance with the Public Health order. Deputies are deploying efforts to gain voluntary compliance through education, but are prepared to take the necessary steps towards enforcement if needed.
"Levels of cooperation are exceedingly high. [The] vast majority of people are adhering to orders," said Brown. Of the small number of violations reported, some of the calls were misunderstandings on the public health guidelines, he said.
Overall, the front lines of law enforcement will continue to serve the community and will bring justice to any criminal offenders seeking to take advantage of the pandemic, said Brown. Additionally, dispatchers are screening 9-1-1 calls to determine if personal protective equipment (PPE) is needed for responding deputies.
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Mar 31, 2020 04:27 PMAlso, advocating for skate parks and playgrounds And trails to be closed isn’t a bad thing. People are flocking to those places.
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Mar 31, 2020 04:23 PMOh my god. The cops themselves said to report violations to the non emergency line
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Mar 31, 2020 03:43 PM"Of the small number of violations reported, some of the calls were misunderstandings on the public health guidelines, he said" --- hmmmm maybe like someone reporting people walking along the beach? Doing group outdoor yoga 10 feet apart? Playing basketball with housemates/family? Indeed.....
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Mar 31, 2020 03:26 PMhttps://www.edhat.com/news/cottage-er-doctors-plead-with-public-to-take-covid-19-seriously
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Mar 31, 2020 02:25 PMPlease stay home. We need to flatten the curve
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Mar 31, 2020 03:09 PMNo they aren’t 2 different things.
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Mar 31, 2020 03:08 PMPUG - closing down beaches and parks isn't the same as advocating for social distancing. Yes, in Florida they did and we already went over this - it was to deter the 100s of 1000s of Spring Break partiers. We don't have that here so we don't need to completely shut down the beaches (except maybe if anyone shows up for Deltopia). There IS a middle ground to all this.
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Mar 31, 2020 03:07 PMadvocating social distancing and doing what you're doing are 2 very different things
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Mar 31, 2020 03:04 PMAdvocating to promote social distancing doesn’t make me paranoid. Just look at what happened in places like Florida and Louisiana.
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Mar 31, 2020 03:02 PMPUG - you've been continuously advocating for closing down all public places - beaches, parks, trails, etc.
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Mar 31, 2020 02:57 PMI’m not paranoid. And when I say stay home, I mean only go out for essentials or excersize, but be careful
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Mar 31, 2020 02:54 PMI want our community to be safe
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Mar 31, 2020 01:15 PMShame on non essential businesses that are still open. Please report them!
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Mar 31, 2020 12:58 PMThis should be reported to the non emergency line
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Mar 31, 2020 12:06 PMNot a smoker myself but some smokers rely on cigarettes and may personally struggle during theses time without a stress reliever. Addictive personality and neighbors detoxing from Nicotine is not something we need to add to our community. If liquor stores can stay open then smoker shops should be considered the same. I’m not opposed of curb side drop off
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Mar 31, 2020 01:45 PMThis post also has nothing to do with smoking
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Mar 31, 2020 01:22 PMALWAYS - First of all, not sure how the whole smoke shop debate came up, but you can buy accessories and everything else at most liquor stores, or at one of the 2 cannabis shops (1 in SB, 1 in Goleta) - they're both open for delivery. The only things you can really only get in a tobacco shop are fine cigars and quality pipe tobacco. So what's the point? Are you upset that tobacco shops are closed? Are they? I would think they're not. Either way, hope this helps!
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Mar 31, 2020 01:15 PMLiquor stores sometimes carry groceries too like the bottle shop on coast village road
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Mar 31, 2020 12:52 PM@Sacjon I haven’t been in a smoke shop in years but I doubt you can buy everything in a grocery store, plus to wait in long lines for a pack of cigarettes. Plus cigars, marijuana accessories, vapor juice and batteries, other items I can’t ever think of. I bet smoke shops have less germs then Rite-aid or Ralph’s
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Mar 31, 2020 12:51 PMI haven’t been in a smoke shop in years but I doubt you can buy everything in a grocery store, plus to wait in long lines for a pack of cigarettes. Plus cigars, marijuana accessories, vapor juice and batteries, other items I can’t ever think of. I bet smoke shops have less germs then Rite-aid or Ralph’s
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Mar 31, 2020 12:09 PMALWAYS RUNNING - People can buy cigarettes and other tobacco and grocery stores and convenience/liquor stores.
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Mar 31, 2020 11:57 AMI closed my tattoo studio at State & Mission 2 weeks ago, being 65+ and incapable of tattooing while 6 feet away from my client. Clearly my personal economic hardship is nothing compared to my studio being a vector for disease. My clients who had deposits in for work understand, and we have worked out designs by email and are ready to go once the plague blows past. Anyone who tattoos legally has been educated on universal precautions and would understand the need to shut down now.
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Mar 31, 2020 11:45 AMDefinitely non-essential, but I would feel far safer getting a tat right now than heading to Albertsons.
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Mar 31, 2020 08:09 PMSeriously? Hypothetical situation, which I thought was obvious. Stupid me. My point is that every tattoo shop in town, that I have been in, is way more sanitary than your local grocery store. Not saying they should be open, calm down... Just saying the stores are gross. 1 like, 9 DV. You folks are not understanding, never been to a store or just trolls. I'm thinking trolls.
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Mar 31, 2020 01:54 PMThanks for getting the rest of us sick!
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Mar 31, 2020 11:36 AMBecause they are rebellious! Grrrrrr
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Mar 31, 2020 11:29 AMBecause it's a self-policed stay at home order, not enforced by the actual police, and people are SELFISH and stupid. Some people think they are somehow separate from and "above" those spreading the disease - when really, they are the ones spreading it...Remember which non-essential businesses are open now and will be indirectly responsible for deaths. They don't deserve patronage should they survive this time. I won't forget.
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Mar 31, 2020 01:27 PMThey have the authority to go after repeat violators
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Mar 31, 2020 01:26 PMPUG - even if the police go talk to the shop owners, I doubt they have the authority to close the business. They can maybe ticket them, but why bother the cops? If people just posted the non essential businesses that are open, perhaps the community could pressure them. As you can see from all the crime lately, the cops are pretty busy.