| A piercer is not required to pierce someone underage, even with parental consent. A phone call to your parents doesn't work because there is no way to verify who the person on the phone is. You can't take an older friend and say he/she is your relative, because the person giving consent has to be your parent or legal guardian, and the shop might ask for proof. If the shop is caught piercing someone underage without parental consent, they can get in a lot of legal trouble, and that's not fair to the shop.
If you drive an hour out of your way with an older friend and the next place turns you down, then what? Wait until your parents are able to take you and do it properly. It wouldn't hurt to call the shop before you go to make sure they will pierce you. |