Tattoo

depends on where you're getting it and what kind of place you want to work at...some places (like where I work) are really particular about that kind of thing...i have to take my earrings out and the guys with visible tats have to wear longsleeves (which sucks)..i have one on the inside of my right bicep so its not very noticeable...but some places like clothing stores/tattoo parlors, etc actually promote it...

Don't worry about employment. I would hire you. Do you mind custodial work?

I see him fixing my fries at McDonald's. So why do you want a tattoo junior, you wanna be cool? You trying to show your individuality? Go ahead and get one. Make it a sheep. That's what you'll become.

I questioned the validity of your post, but decided to go ahead and answer seriously. I have never been asked about something so personal in ANY job interview. I work with children currently(so i influence them!! gasp!!) and I have held a wide range of other jobs in the service industry. I probably wouldn't work for someone that asked something so personal to be honest. Anyways...I would have to say that it matters WHERE the tattoo is and POSSIBLY what it is a picture of. I have one and it is pretty well hidden on my lower back. Every now and then a student will catch a glipse of it and ask about it. I just tell them that it has a very special meaning to me and that I waited until I was 24 to decide to get it (by the way, 24 is ANCIENT to most middle school kids)then I change the subject. Luckily there is nothing about my tattoo that is controversial.

On the piercing subject...I always ONLY wear one set of earrings for an interview (I have three piercings in one ear and one in the other), but during my job I wear my regular set of hoops in the extra holes. I don't know what to tell you about facial piercings. I am not even sure how easy they are to take out and put back in. My advice is to look very conservative for a job interview and once you have the job, have your work ethic speak for you instead of your appearance.

dude seriously...i mean in all honesty...who cares man? if he wants a tattoo to be cool then that's whatev, if he wants want to commemorate his dead grandma...thats his deal, you people need to layoff the haterade and get a life...if you don't approve of tattoos, then why the f uck are you even on this post?...quit judging people and you can help make the world a better place

les deluge wrote:

I'm thinking about getting a tattoo.

Don't do it, squire.

Advice is cheap, and here are my opinions:

1) Tattooing is popular today mainly because it is no longer dangerous or permanent. For the price of a good used car you can have it lasered off you when you get tired of it. Hey, you can hardly see the scar after a year or so.

2) You'll probably manage to pay the laser surgeon in five or ten years, but you'll still go ouch-ouch-ouch, when you pay and when you recover, and when you see the raw wound.

3) I've seen pretty tattoos--usually delicate Oriental motifs on the lower spine of small-boned, wispy young women--but I don't think that's you, and even on my small-boned, wispy female friends tattoos are DISFIGURING.

tattoo on the lower back?

might as well be a bulls-eye

jeremy ryan wrote:

tattoo on the lower back?

might as well be a bulls-eye

Don't worry. It can be taken care of...

les deluge wrote:

I'm thinking about getting a tattoo. Right now I have none. I've talked to my parents about this, and they are completely against it. They argue that I won't get hired with a tattoo. Is this true? Do employers really ask you if you have any body tattoes or piercings in a job interview?

The military will take you. By letting loose on tat regs, the Army has invited many gangs to send their members into the srevice to learn urban warfare training they can take back to the streets.

Having a tatoo will not affect your employment, unless it is visible during working hours. For example, if you work in a corporate office thats business or business casual, your usually not allowed to have visible tatoo's. It doesn't mean you can't have them, they just have to be covered.

Example, I have a friend i worked with for 2 years who's sleaved up both arms, when we are at work, he always has to wear long sleeve shirts.

Tatoos are excellent, as long as you understand why you're getting one. If you're going to be a retard football player and get barb wire around 3 quarters of your arm (most puss out because it hurts pretty badly on the inside), then you might end up regretting it. But if you get something that has some meaning to you, something you don't mind being remembered of on a daily basis, than i say go for it.

I agree. I always figured if a girl wanted to be popular then sports trivia would be a better way to go. I mean some of these pictures are kind of nice to look at while you're working back there but they don't really occupy the time unless you're one of those 15 second wonders.

Oh, and one more thing. A 3 inch or so round tatoo on the back would also help. It'd let the guy know where he can set his beer.

There was a time when getting a tattoo really was a mark of being an outlaw. Today it's so common that really all it means is that you want people to think you are edgy when really all you are is another sheep.

I was thinking of getting "carpe diem" inscribed on the back of my shoulder. It's a phrase I've lived by, whether with running, my bout with cancer, or daily activities in life. Hope this clarifies some things up.

And I really do appreciate the input from you guys.

I have a tattoo on my quad.

I've never regretted it.

My daughter has a tat that starts under her arm pit and goes to the top of her hip. She teaches atustic children and their parents. Has never had a problem with her employer. Never in my life would i have thought she had a wild side. She waited until she was 21 and paid for it her self. All black fine line tat. It is in memory of her boyfriend who died , very young, of testicular cancer.

Tattoo on lower back = tramp stamp. Might as well wear CFM shoes at the same time.

jeremy ryan wrote:

tattoo on the lower back?

might as well be a bulls-eye

OKOK wrote:

Don't worry about employment. I would hire you. Do you mind custodial work?

If you're suggesting that you can only get a job sweeping stuff up or working at McD's as another person implied, if you have a tattoo, then I'm going to guess you haven't quite the intellect to make it much past junior college.

XCited4Track wrote:

dude seriously...i mean in all honesty...who cares man? if he wants a tattoo to be cool then that's whatev, if he wants want to commemorate his dead grandma...thats his deal, you people need to layoff the haterade and get a life...if you don't approve of tattoos, then why the f uck are you even on this post?...quit judging people and you can help make the world a better place

I agree 100% with your post. I cringe every time I see one of these threads b/c I know there will be some numb-nutz that will say something like "be original, don't get one" and not realize the irony of this statement. People should do whatever they want to their bodies regardless of what others will think (ie, it is just as bad to NOT get a tattoo b/c of what people will think as it is to get one just to be "cool"). Then there are the "wise sages" that say "Think about 40 years from now, will you really think that design is cool?" To this I say, do you really think I will give two shits about how my tattoo looks when I'm in my 60's? I seriously doubt it. If anything, I would probably look back and say "Damn, why DIDN'T I get one when I wanted to...it's not that big of a deal afterall." To the original poster - life is short, do what you want, don't listen to naysayers - there will always be someone negative to try to dash your interests/dreams/etc., these people will be just as miserable in 30 years as they are now.

Laughing. Why? because I cringe every time I read someone who says "people should do whatever they want to their bodies regardless of what others think".

Potential employers are "others" - and what they think of you may become relevant during an interview. So, if you go for the visible tattoo or piercings, be aware that it MAY have some affect on your future employment options.

I'm not saying "don't do it" - but you may want to think ahead a few years and be a little more discrete in the placement of the tattoo or piercing....

This thread brings to mind the "unwanted" tattoo skit on SNL...