Tattoo-so scared

In my culture, a number of people, especially tattoo, often thought that people who have tattooed must be the mafia. Because doing a tattoo is not common event in Korea, it is hard to find a tattoo. Also, whenever I watched the mafia from the news which appears in court for crime, almost of the mafia have tattooed on theirs back. That’s why Korean is easily frightened to people who have tattooed. 3 years ago, accidentally, I met elementary schoolmate in the downtown. I was so happy to meet him, so after we went to the bar, we go to a public bath. I was surprised to him when he took off his clothes. He has tattooed a lot of dragons and flowers on his whole body. After I saw that, suddenly I corrected my attitude more polite, and gave him soda and many snacks. He said that I belong to the mafia. According to his speech, almost of his group have tattooed on whole body. The point is, I am still afraid to people who have tattoo in Korea. That's a shocking experience. I'll never forget what I saw.