When tattoos make you look ridiculous

[froovs]

I don't WANT to work for a person or company that will look at me at face value and think that because I have piercings and a tatoo that I am lesser.

that hits it on the head for me

ive run a reasonably successful business for over 10 years now, but if it came down to working for someone else ever again, if they judged me for the very visible tattoos and piercings i have and not whats between my ears, then im pretty sure it wouldnt be a place id like to work anyway

cheers
froovs

 

[williamk]

What about some of the tattos on this website:
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OMG there's such a nasty one on that site!!!

 

[lancimouspitt]

Yeah I'm starting to get pissed off at people who think something is wrong/dumb/a bad decision/stupid ONLY because they don't understand it. It's very ignorant to say that everyone will regret face/hand/neck tattoos. Just because you believe you would regret it, and idiots who have gotten them have regretted it, does not mean everyone does or will. This goes with ABSOLUTELY everything in life, and it's really pissing me off when people run their mouths about topics they have no experience about, I had a rough few days seeing it over many topics and realize it happens way too much. Stop being ignorant. I don't have face/neck/hand tattoos and don't think I ever will, it wouldn't suit me or who I want to portray myself as, but I will not say that it's a bad idea for everyone.

I have had people say things like that to me.
What are you going to do when your old and your tattoo's ruin? Trust me,If I live to be an old fart my body art will be on the bottom of the worry list. By then my blood pressure will be outrageous,my weight will be horrendous and my man boobs will be sagging on the floor. But no lets just worry about the tattoos.

 

[Haysoochreesto]

I have 4 tattooes and I wish I had none. The things that were important to me in high-school and my early 20's are, shockingly, not what's important to me now. They're f'ing lame and they were all bad decisions. But at least I was intelligent enough, even at 16, to have them put where even most short sleeve shirts can cover them. I was also smart enough to know that I might someday regret them and that the world wasn't going to change for me just because I wanted it to.

As a former employer, I used to hire people that worked for us that had tattoos. Those were the truck drivers, plasterers, etc. Tattoos had no effect on those jobs... but I would never have hired a fool who put a tattoo on his face. It's like an advertisment that loudly proclaims "I MAKE BAD DECISIONS ON A CONSITENT BASIS" or some other proclamation that can find its badly needed attention anywhere else but at my business.

But as a sales manager, I'd never hire a guy with visible tattoos. Sorry, but you're part of the face of the company and part of our face isn't marked up with ink.

Call social norms silly if you want to but there are other ways of expressing yourself that don't disturb 99% of the population.

 

[dj150888]

2 years on, still tattooed, still love them.

Losing my best friend still hurt, so I'm still glad I got my own personal tribute.

Playing bass, regardless of if I'm still doing it in 20 years, will still have been a huge part of my teens and early 20s, making so many of the experiences I had, possible.

That tattoo of the flaming dragon skull inside a heart with an arrow through it with a scroll saying mum, that I wanted at 12.....yeah, probably would've regretted that.

A lot of thinking for a little inking, thats what it boils down to.

Still yet to experience any discrimination due to any tattoos or piercings I have, namely because if I go to a job interview, the interviewer doesn't know I have them, simple, eh?

 

[Mayers]

I had my frist tattoo at 15. I'm now 27. I have many more tattoo on my body that are easily hide with a polo or something that cover my arms.

Strangely when I was studying music in college, many people asked my what was the signification of my tattoo. Now I'm a accountant and nobody give a f***.

And my body aging ??? well it is how life is made and I don't give a f*** about that too. It was important to me, I like it, I like it too on a girl.

 

[Jim Campbell]

i choose B, only because probably half the people i work with have tattoos. i don't see a problem in getting tattoos that can be hidden simply by putting on pants or a short/long sleeve shirt which your suppose to wear in an office setting anyway. but if no one hires you based on the fact that you have visible tattoos, instead of looking at your qualifications...thats pretty discriminatory

no,it's a business looking after itself......i got mine and chose to step out of the mainstream a long time ago,and nobody held a gun to my head when the work was being done.....you make your choices and accept the consequences......perhaps folks that are rushing to tattooists these days should consider the downside first,instead of crying discrimination after the fact

 

[Munjibunga]

I still don't like 'em.

 

[anthowl]

I have five tattoos. I don't often wear singlet type tops or shorts so most are easily hidden by clothing aside from the bass clef tattoo in my avatar.
i'm still youngish so we'll see what happens.

 

[Boot Soul]

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut

"Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform, don't kid yourself" - Frank Zappa

 

[Rockingbird]

"A man ithout a tattoo is invisible to the gods" - Iban Proverb

"There are two types of people in thsi world; Those with tattoos and those who are afraid of people with tattoos" - Author Unknown

Ink to paper is thoughtful
Ink to flesh, hard-core.
If Shakespeare were a tattooist
We'd appreciate body art more.
~Carrie Latet

I believe that a tattoo is something to be respected. You may not like it, you may not approve, but you damn well better respect it. That is a huge choice that, when properly made, shows a level of commitment to oneself that can rarely be parallelled. Peircings heal, hair grows back, but your skin stays with you forever.

 

[Gord_oh]

"A man ithout a tattoo is invisible to the gods" - Iban Proverb

"There are two types of people in thsi world; Those with tattoos and those who are afraid of people with tattoos" - Author Unknown

Ink to paper is thoughtful
Ink to flesh, hard-core.
If Shakespeare were a tattooist
We'd appreciate body art more.
~Carrie Latet

I believe that a tattoo is something to be respected. You may not like it, you may not approve, but you damn well better respect it. That is a huge choice that, when properly made, shows a level of commitment to oneself that can rarely be parallelled. Peircings heal, hair grows back, but your skin stays with you forever.

bravo.
fwii, i have tattoos.

 

[BassMonstrum]

My whole right arm is tattoed and I also have a tattoo on my lower left arm. I worked in a kindergarden for three years and no one took offense by them. When attending job-interviews I would usually wear a longsleeved shirt, but mention the tattoes at the end of the interview. If they liked me and would offer me the job, then so-what about the tattoes.

 

[Ekim]

Don't get inked. It almost always looks ********. I've seen exactly one tattoo in my life that was actually cool.

 

[ssbass]

Don't get inked. It almost always looks ********. I've seen exactly one tattoo in my life that was actually cool.

Your entitled to your opinion, but alot people like ink.

 

[sammyfallen]

I have two full sleeves, a full backpiece, a chest piece, and both my calves/shins tattooed, but can cover it all in the work place. I have a high paying, cushy government job and for all most people know, I don't have any tattoos. As long as you aren't tattooing your face, hands, or neck in most high level job positions, you'll be fine.

Im in the same boat as you... Cushy government job at a genral aviation airport in a small town, They don't Care about tattoos but i keep them covered anyway...

 

[Rob Lewis]

In answer to the original question: the day you have them done.

 

[Jim Campbell]

"A man ithout a tattoo is invisible to the gods" - Iban Proverb

"There are two types of people in thsi world; Those with tattoos and those who are afraid of people with tattoos" - Author Unknown

Ink to paper is thoughtful
Ink to flesh, hard-core.
If Shakespeare were a tattooist
We'd appreciate body art more.
~Carrie Latet

I believe that a tattoo is something to be respected. You may not like it, you may not approve, but you damn well better respect it. That is a huge choice that, when properly made, shows a level of commitment to oneself that can rarely be parallelled. Peircings heal, hair grows back, but your skin stays with you forever.

please.....getting tattooed not some earth shattering event,with the possible exception of yakusa or maori style initiation rites.....until recently it was the domain of street gangs,prison inmates,bikers,reform school etc......these days every college student that feels the urge to take their little walk on the wild side before adulthood and steady employment,visits a government licensed tattoo emporium for his/her "commitment",......

there are more "tribal" tattoos in suburban shopping malls than there ever were in any tribal society....because we have lowered the societal barriers that the tattooed used to face,does in no way make them any kind of "rarely paralleled commitment to ones self",just another dollar for the tattoo parlor,who must be loving this new age
nonsense about tattoos

 

[ChrisPbass]

I have 4 tattooes and I wish I had none. The things that were important to me in high-school and my early 20's are, shockingly, not what's important to me now. SNIPPED UR QUOTE.

DING DING DING we have a winner.

 

[MatticusMania]

DING DING DING we have a winner.

I have one tattoo now, and I dont wish I had never gotten it. The thing that was important to me then, will always be important to me, as it was an integral part of my growth and development that has led me to be the person I am today.