Ink about it ... Yusuf wishes he'd never had his tattoos done
Posted on 05/17/2013 9:20:48 AM PDT by Stoat
But the 40-year-old from Batley, West Yorks, says the feedback is always the same — employers are turned off by his body art.
As well as the Buddhist symbol on his face, Yusuf has two Thai boxing designs and a yin yang symbol on the back of his head.
But he believes potential bosses should be more open-minded about his inkings.
Yusuf said: “It is really getting me down and it is so hard to think that these tattoos are such a strong barrier against me getting a job.
“I’ve been doing everything the job centre has told me and attended all my interviews but they take one look at my tattoos and won’t give me a chance.
“I can just see the person opposite me lose eye contact and focus on my tattoos.
“I’m more than qualified for a lot of the jobs I have been for but they all tell me my tattoos do not fit the company image."
Yusuf got his first tattoo at the age of 14, but says he now wishes he had never had them done.
He added: “I used to hang around with a lot of lads older than me and they started getting them.
“I suppose it was peer pressure, but as a mature person I would not have got them, especially seeing the reaction from strangers."
However, Yusuf remains hopeful that an employer will eventually look past his body art and give him an opportunity.
He said: “People generalise and think I am not bothered about working and that I am a freeloader.
“I want employers to judge me on my skills and they will find out I’ve got lots to offer.
“Even if it is a week's trial, I just need that chance.”
Choices have consequences.
“YO Yusuf....it’s less the tattoos themselves than the placement of them coupled with your particular face which screams “Lunatic psychopath” to people.”
If this person applied for work sans tattoos would any rational person hire him? No.
Has he tried applying at the IRS? Give the dude a gold badge and send him around to conservative groups to check compliance. He’d fit right in with Barry’s army.
We had a bartender at our American Legion who had humungous ta-ta’s. She was 50+ years old and fat. One hot summer day I walked in, ordered a Miller Lite and immediately got in a conversation with a guy to my left. The bartender apparently waited for a while for my money and leaned over the bar and said”You gonna pay for that?” I looked at her breast’s’ss’s while I got my wallet out and asked ‘What is that on your tit?” She said”It’s a butterfly!” I gave her my money and said “Looks like an eagle to me.” I didn’t get another beer.
My Niece’s daughter Just got out of the Air Force after 10 years. Filled with tattoo’s and queer as a $3.00 dollar bill. Pretty girl but nasty as cat feces.
Our military aint what it used to be.
Went to a wedding the other day a couple of the bridesmaids had dresses cut way down in back and backs filled with tattoos. Made me want to gag.
Take a beautiful body and screw it up with a cartoon.
They call this art? I guess it is if you call a drawing you color by numbers art. 99% of it is just that. A cartoon filled in by fill in the numbers colors. Colors that will one day just be a blue blotch.
Some of these girls have tattoos in places I would gladly fill in the numbers for them for free. I guess they forget that the tattoo guy likes holding their Boobs or privates while painting them.
IF he’s 40, I must be 120 yo.
I suspect that tats on the face would be pretty handy in the socialist utopia of the UK, complain about discrimination while you stay on the dole forever.
Simple enough to have the forehead one removed, grow hair on your head to cover that one and wear long sleeves to the interview. Either shave that weirdo looking beard or grow it out more natural rather than the freak style you've got going. Stupid on the outside is a huge indicator to prospective employers to stupid on the inside.
A person's face can sometimes lend insight to what's going on in their mind.
Evidently you have not visit a “feel good” non-denominational church lately. Almost everyone between the ages of 18-40 have multiple tats and proudly display them with their f’ed haircuts, sideways worn ball caps (that some even wear in church, WTF?), and occasional piercings (outside of regular girls ear piercings).
It seems that no “yute” minister can be deemed cool and outreach to the youngsters without marking themselves up.
Looks like a prison tat.
One more facelift and her eyebrows are gonna be touching the tops of her ears.
Spend your money on cheeseburges and fill out those jeans.
There was a theological notion that asserted that Jesus had a tattoo: John the Baptist saw the Holy Spirit on him as a dove....
FYI - the only reason I’d ever get a tattoo:
“The Confederate battle flag – is now officially deemed a symbol of hate by the U.S. armed forces. Prospective members of all branches of the armed forces who happen to have a “Confederate flag” tattoo are automatically rejected.”
http://www.wnd.com/2010/09/209597/
LOL!
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