Posted on 04/03/2006 8:42:51 PM PDT by presidio9
What on EARTH could be on the inside of that garbage pile but more garbage?
The two tears there mean murder, right?
Most business owners don't want to hire someone that will make their customers uncomfortable. It's really that simple. The fact is, if someone wants to present themselves as outside of the norms and "make a statement", they need to realize that they are relegating themselves to working in coffee shops or bars.
Yes, first impressions can be hard to get over, but I say, "get over it". I worked in a legal firm years ago and there was an opening for the front desk receptionist. The final two candidates for this position were women. One was a very pretty gal, one was overweight and quite homely. They hired the "pretty gal". Oh sure, she looked "presentable", but the other gal had far more credentials and intelligence than this "pretty gal" could muster in a lifetime.
I understand someone, such as yourself, who did not hire someone because they were not able to perform their job ("couldn't understand a word...", but that's not what many folks on threads such as this one are saying.
Ping!
They're not being stoned. They're just not being hired.
No one has a "right" to be hired. No employer is required to have his business suffer because some employee insists on being a walking billboard of obscenities and foolishness before the business's clientele or the public.
SELF MUTILATION???? ROFL! I know some elderly veterans who served in WWII, and they have tattoos. Are you suggesting that they were into "self-mutilation"? And what about my pierced ears. Did my father allow me to self-mutilate myself many, many years ago?
Look, if someone is short-sighted enough to make a freakshow of themselves, that's fine with me. It's their business. But I don't want to entrust my online system and decisions that affect it to someone with that poor a decision making ability.
That's fine as far as the personal perceptions of the business owner goes, but what about the lost revenue he suffers because even a few customers are turned off by the freak show? Should he post a "get over it" sign on the door?
If it gives me the creeps to look at someone, why would I want to patronize their business? I couldn't enjoy my time there. It has nothing to do with judging people.
Well, there ya go. The picture everyone loves to envision when they think of someone with a piercing or tattoos. Nothing like "extremists" to make their day. LOL
Then you are too old to believe what you just said. Else that is a false statement.
Apples and oranges. Those guys' tattoos were discreet or placed squarely on the shoulder where it could be concealed. They didn't exactly resemble the walking maps that kids are now.
People who have Tattoos have put themselves at risk for exposure to the AIDS virus, that is the reason they ask.
I think so. Either that or they really are tears.
My reply to the question raised by the article is, 'Well, Duh? . . .' On a personal note: A pretty young woman with a tongue bead laughed when I raised a similar question with her. She just smiled and said, 'No problems, none at all.'
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Yep, what's that old saying about discretion and valor?
First of all, yes, employers have the right to hire whomever they choose. I believe in those rights.
What I do not understand, is the illogical hatred and contempt for people who have tattoos and/or piercings. As a side note, I do not have any piercings but I do have pierced ears. Also, for those who don't know, I'm not a young, whipper-snapper. I'm a grandmother.
I think some people just hate tattoos and piercings, and loathe and refuse to acquaint themselves with anyone who has such things on their body. Pity them. I know elderly people with tattoos and I know young people with tattoos. Perhaps that has given me the mental balance on this issue. Not EVERYONE with a tattoo or piercings is a freak...and not everyone WITHOUT a tattoo or piercings is a freak.
I cannot understand people who refuse to look beyond the surface. I don't understand people who would use some extreme example (such as the picture posted) as an example of most people who just enjoy body art and piercings.
I now return some of you to your flaming debate. But I will watch and wonder if someone, any one of you with such serious "issues" about tattoos will ever respond to the fact that there are many elderly people in this world, who fought for you, who raised generations of good people, who do have tattoos. What do you say to them? Are they not worthy of you?
Heil Hitler!
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