LIFESTYLE
PAUL SCOT THORNE
photography: STEPHEN RICHTER
Today we caught up with Paul Scotthorne, tattoo enthusiast and owner of Party
Crasher’s - the party experts. At 6’5” and 375lbs he certainly fits the name everyone
calls him, “Big Paul”.
Tell us a bit about your business Paul.
How did you get started?
Party crashers was born in August of
2010. After 15 years owning Buck or Two
dollar store in Can West Mall, we decided
we wanted to leave the franchise structure
and build our own identity. With years of
listening to customer requests as well as
watching what was moving consistently
through our tills, we knew it was time to
give the customers what they wanted; a
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party and event retail store that catered to their
specific requests and kept up with latest trends
and fads.
Tell us your thoughts on tattoos in a
professional setting, not only as a business
owner with tattoos, but as an employee with
tattoos as well.
I have always thought that tattoos in the
workplace are a great display of unique
personalities and individualism. I won’t go
as far as saying I would be in favor of seeing
a heavily tattooed, “biker-style” middle aged
woman, serve me at the grocery store, but it is
getting to be much more tolerated by society
for sure. I bet if you took a survey of the staff at
Costco in Langford, you would find that more
than 70% have tattoo. I doubt many customers
would even bat and eye at it either because once
again tattoos are accepted by most people in the
21st century! We are also seeing a large amount
of visible ink displayed on law enforcement as