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Aster
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I think it is ridiculous if you do not get hired because you have a tattoo. They do not reflect your intelligence or your ability to work.
It is close minded to deny someone an opportunity to work because they have some body ink.
83% of this country have at least one tattoo.
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TOM SLICK
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Jeff wrote: How true this is. I went to interview for a position with United Healthcare, working in a office complex never visited by customers. The first two interviews, I wore shirt and tie, got a 98.6% on my entrance exam, passed all the other testing they needed me to do. They called me on a friday afternoon to try and come in for my drug testing, and I was already out for the day, and i didnt have time to change from my shorts and t-shirt I had on. Besides it was just for a drug test. Needless to say I never heard back from them until I received a letter in the mail stating I wasnt qualified enough to work there. All because of a tattoo that actually holds meaning was showing. Yes I understand perception has a lot to do with reality, but a lot of good workers are being turned away because of tattoos. Hell cologne and perfumes are a hell of a lot more offensive than tattoos. Just the cheap kind. Corporate america is still run by old white foggies.
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MrTattoo
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I am a 23 year old male and I am fully sleeved on both arms, as well as have tattoo's for my mother and father on my head. Did I mention that I work at the hospital as an Anesthesia Tech? I also got a 37 on my MCAT and am waiting to hear back from a few med schools. I let every school I applied for know about my tattoos, and the could see the ones on the tops of my hands and my knuckles. Knuckles read "No Regret" and the people that interviewed me said it didn't matter about the tattoos, the MCAT along with my GPA of 3.8 showed more than enough proof that I am a qualified individual. The only thing they asked of me is if I am accepted into the program that I grow out my hair to cover my head, and I can deal with that.
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Margaret
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Tatoos represent very low self esteem. It is basically self mutilation. People with tatoos have serious social issues. I would not hire someone covered in tatoos and piercings.
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Aaron
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Margaret wrote: Tatoos represent very low self esteem. It is basically self mutilation. People with tatoos have serious social issues. I would not hire someone covered in tatoos and piercings. Really? Normally I don't indulge people fishing for attention like this overly eager attempt but here it is: I have a tat on my neck and a full back in progress. I have a 3.7GPA going into my junior year at college, have plenty of friends, and have never had a more positive outlook about myself and of life in general than I do now. Some of us people that like getting tattoos or when each tattoo has a special meaning to us get those tattoos for quite the opposite reasoning than low self-esteem. We (the happily tattoo'd) get these because we are confident in ourselves to the point where we are willing to make a life altering decision such as tattoos. Tattoo artists are generally the most open-minded people you'll ever met. They accept you for who you are and take great pride in their work. At the risk of sounding like im 5 years old, you, mam, are the one with low self esteem. You cant handle the way society has progressed, so you close your mind to accepting people for who they are and not how they look.
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Glen
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MrTattoo wrote: I am a 23 year old male and I am fully sleeved on both arms, as well as have tattoo's for my mother and father on my head. Did I mention that I work at the hospital as an Anesthesia Tech? I also got a 37 on my MCAT and am waiting to hear back from a few med schools. I let every school I applied for know about my tattoos, and the could see the ones on the tops of my hands and my knuckles. Knuckles read "No Regret" and the people that interviewed me said it didn't matter about the tattoos, the MCAT along with my GPA of 3.8 showed more than enough proof that I am a qualified individual. The only thing they asked of me is if I am accepted into the program that I grow out my hair to cover my head, and I can deal with that. Let's see how your IQ would help you as a commission only home repair salesman, doing cold calls in a neighborhood full of senior citizens.
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Eternal Love
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RWB wrote: I personally don't see why so many people are getting tattoos, other than to follow everyone else in their age group. "Hey, my friend has one and it looks cool so I'll get one too"! I honestly CANNOT think of ONE, SINGLE thing that is SO important that I want it branded on my body for LIFE!!! Think it through before tattoo! My tattoo is in memory of my lost child. THAT is SO important that I want it branded on my body for LIFE.
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Not just a fad
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Some of you are saying tattoos are just a fad and will soon be out of style. Let me remind you that humans have been tattooing themselves for thousands of years, from ancient tribes to modern day people. And tattooing techniques and artists only get better and better. The urge for people to "ink" themselves will never fade.
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Tattoo Witness
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I had a director who had about 17 tattoos and she had most of them in visible places and she was really not taken that seriously at all. Her peers and collegues didn't really respect her, I often saw her attempting to cover them up but there were so many and both of her legs were covered and she would have to wear a skirt to her ankles to cover it up completely(which she never did). My thing is that it just doesn't look professional and people are really judgemental when you go into certain arenas. It causes people to have a preconceived notion about you and your morals.
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jon
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you only live once why not get a tattoo
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reality bites
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I agree with jon "you only live once why not get a tattoo". I would also agree with the statement "forget success, you only live once, why not try to make it as difficult as you can?". Further, I would also agree with someone if said "failure is the new success".
You, jon, are ridiculous.
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