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A Millennial woman has lashed out at boomers for constantly making unnecessary remarks about her tattoos while she jogs.
Maddi Darcey loves running on the streets of Newcastle, two hours north of Sydney, but what she hates is the abuse she cops over her body art.
The 32-year-old tattoo artist, who runs four times a week, says strangers often look her 'up and down' while she's exercising.
She told Daily Mail that people can't help but make snide comments about her tattoos, and they're mainly older Aussies who dish it out.
'I've been copping it since I moved up here from Sydney last January. It will happen a few times a week,' she said.
'I'll get comments like "oh you're disgusting" and "look what you've done to yourself".
'More common than not it's the elder men on push bikes going past me.'
Ms Darcey said it's not only a problem with older people, but with Newcastle itself.
Maddi Darcey told Daily Mail she cops weekly abuse from strangers about her tattoos
Ms Darcey wants to highlight the abuse her and others with tattoos get every day
'I never copped it in Sydney. Up here I seem to cop a lot of negative remarks,' she said.
'There's nothing provocative about my tattoos. You could see them at the beach - there's nothing offensive.'
Ms Darcey said it was the 'disgusting' comment she copped from a woman that was the final straw.
She wants to call out the poor behaviour.
'I turned around and confronted her and asked her to repeat herself,' she said.
'She denied it and said, "Oh no, you heard me wrong".'
The woman who yelled the abuse was wearing a Newcastle Cycleways Movement (NCM) vest.
NCM president Neville Jones distanced his organisation from the person, saying she didn't represent NCM or its values.
Ms Darcey loves running but hates the abuse she gets while out and about
Ms Darcey says she even warns her customers about getting tattoos on their hands and face
Mr Jones even reached out to Ms Darcey to offer her his support.
And it's not just while running that Ms Darcey is abused.
She said one day while out shopping at her local Aldi an older man called her a 'f***ing bi***' and a 'disgusting human' who looked 'gross'.
'It felt like a tipping point, and it's always older people,' she said.
'Generally, I take it pretty well. Being heavily tattooed, you get used to looks and comments over time.
'But last week, two comments happened within about five minutes of each other. I tried to speak to one of the women, who scoffed at me, and I just started crying.'
Ms Darcey said friends who also have tattoos cop the same abuse from total strangers.
She said a friend of hers told her a man walked past her at the beach and said, 'Did you know you'd look way better if you didn't have all those tattoos?'
'It's awful,' Ms Darcey said.
'I've had enough, and calling it out matters. If we just ignore it, they think it's acceptable.
'It seems wild to me that people think it's OK to hurl these remarks at people. I don't want them to think there are no repercussions for acting like that.'