It can be rough, they worry about image and all that bullshit

Some people can't get beyond their prejudices.

Well you know what they say you don't have to work hard if you look pretty, probably why I have such good work ethic lol

Your questions are all valid. Still, businesses looking to hire individuals are going to be prejudicial and will always make judgements based on appearance, whether they are legally allowed to do so or not. I have hired people with safety pins through their cheeks over people who looked like they stepped out of a J. Crew catalog, always based on ability to perform, and while I am in construction at least 50% of my work is in direct customer service. For me it is far easier to explain some ink or plugs in someone'e earlobes than it is to explain marginal performance, which in my trade is flatly unacceptable. There are employers like me and there are plenty who don't roll that way. You've just got to sort it out. When you become an employer yourself (and I expect that you will) remember this feeling of injustice and unfairness as you review potential hires.

The majority always discriminate against the minority. I've seen this all over the world. Sucks, but its never going to change. We're the last ppl on the planet they think its still ok to discriminate against, so they do. So you know what i did? I said fuck you bitches and started my own business. And till the day i die, i intend to bust my ass proving every single one of them wrong. Success = Best revenge ever.

Right on. But whats a moth book? I feel you though.. took forever for me to get to this point. And i'm sad to confess that it was this type of discrimination that got my ass in gear to make it happen. I was a Counselor at Juvenile Hall for 10 years and everybody loved me. Until my tattoos started becoming visible that is. Within 3 months of them starting to complain about my "appearance" they had adopted a "no visible tattoos allowed policy". Forcing myself and a handful of others to either cover them up (which is impossible for me at this point) or be fired. So i said fuck you, cashed out n quit. Now i work harder than i ever have before, but i flippin LOVE it! And, i do what i want. But yeah, gotta play the game till that day arrives.. but when it does .

i think its fucking stupid, i hate it so much, i only have one so far! but i have been tutted at and all sorts! compliments to! but gotta make sure its covered for work.....i hate that different is seen as bad, why cant we embrace who we are, i find it very frustrating and i get quite childish i guess, if someone was tthis' this is a fancy resterant can you cover stuff and dress up', i will rpobably turn up in lingire with as much in show as possible hahaha

Business has an ideal image they want to portray to the public, this image is I guess one passed down from the management, people who grew up when tattoos were a sign of negative things. I think you'll find that as tattoos become more mainstream and younger people reach management postions this will change. Here in New Zealand the police even had to allow visible tattoos because it was seen as discrimination if they didn't. The stigma of head and neck tattoos is still strong but arms and legs are more acceptable, I think because we have a strong Polynesian influence here and these tattoos are more traditional they become more accepted which has a flow on effect for all tattoos.

You are the most beautiful SG, honestly. My favorit of all.

The problem is that you have grown up in a culture and a time when tattoing is accepted. The people running these corporations (and it isn't just corporations) are typically run by people from a generation older than yours. That generation sees tattoos as being associated with a bad element of society. When I was young, it was long hair on men, not tattoos that was seen as bad. When you are older, the youth will do something that will be seen as terrible (something like, I don't know, hanging their pants halfway down their asses). Your generation sees tattoos as an expression of who you are--and that is great--but not everyone sees it that way. By marking your body you invite that critisizm--waranted or not. It's not fair, but it does exist. As your generation gets more and more into the workforce, the descrimination will be lessened.

i agree. i get so angry when this happens. its sad that people with expression are always hated but if you stop and talk to them they are really awesome people.