Job stopping my peircing

Im sure there have had to be many posts about this but here we go: i want a stud in the middle of my lip but the only problem is that the job/boss i have wont let me get one, is there anything that i would be able to do? retainers... how do they work? stuff like that... thanks

there is some tattoo/piercing religion...join that and you become untouchable.

Please!..... ahh see.. that just makes me sound like a wierdo!

*retracts hand to slap himself*

Is it expressly forbidden in writing, as in a dress code? Or did the boss just say no when you asked?
I tend to just do what I want, and I haven't had any negative consequences outside of disapproving looks. But if that really isn't feasible, retainers do work well. Mine was flesh toned (I wore it for a wedding), and it wasn't all that noticeable.

put a bandaid over it...one with garfield on it or sumthing...

i just plain won't take jobs where i can't look exactly as i want. and you know what? it hasn't been too limiting at all, because when i go job-hunting i end up applying only at places i'd LOVE to work anyway. (not that i've had to go job-hunting often or anything, just once in the past couple years because i moved).

but i can see how it might be an issue if you already hold a job somewhere that won't allow modifications.

i just wouldn't want to work somewhere that wants to dictate how i look. i understand the reasonable limits at my current job (basically no obscene tshirts is the only taboo thing, well, and no obscene tattoos showing but my boss has like an explodey heart or something on his neck, i can't quite figure out what it is but he's told me it's borderline as far as that rule goes), but beyond that they know that our ability to do our job is in no way related to our appearance.

the reason why my boss told be that "its not a good idea" (nice way of saying fuck you no!!!) is because im a messeger i NYC... a walking messenger (not that it matters anyway lol) and i deliver to big "important" clients... yea thats his reason he doesnt want his clients to see that "goth" "emo" "rocker dudes" are working for the company

i dont know why, we rule

oh yea and by the way its a center lip ring.... like the one Sid has

i applied for my job wearing my jewelry. they hired me so everything is fair game.
i find that "smaller" businesses are less likely to care about how you're dressed or what the color of your hair is.

I got a job bussing tables with 1" lobes and tattoos on my arms. It was just a "first job i can find here" type of thing. But I had to bust my ass and prove myself and they let me wait tables. But yeah..what Gwendolyn said..it's pretty hard to hide facial piercings.

lol! I have 9 facial piercings m[snakebites, labret, medusa, septum, both nostril, and both twinkles(anti-eyebrows) ], and 10mm ear stretchings... and I work for a small independent business....they dont really care how I look.... but I gotta leave there pretty soon anyway.... I dont know where to go next..... 9 facial piercings pose as a threat to employers round these parts =S