Contractor dismissed over Body Tattoo's - the tattoo debate

[Dallas]

Or they don't give a shit about what strangers think of tattoos.

I wouldn't choose to have a tattoo because I don't like them. My wife has several because she likes them - the only perception that matters is her own, not what the public think.

Yep, if your bills are paid for thats fine ...

[Spartacus]

Or they don't give a shit about what strangers think of tattoos.

I wouldn't choose to have a tattoo because I don't like them. My wife has several because she likes them - the only perception that matters is her own, not what the public think.

Quite right, as long as you then don't complain about what the public think (which I'm sure Mrs FaQQer doesn't).

[ZARDOZ]

Some of the snobbery displayed here is frankly astonishing, especially from a community of geeks.

[vetran]

People who have class don't care how other people look.

It's part of what gives them class.

no people with class don't let it change their behaviour. They still think then get on with it.

[TykeMerc]

Purely from a personal taste perspective 98% of the tattoo's I see on people are either downright unsightly or simply make me think that the person is another fashion victim that hasn't thought the long term consequences through.

Until about a decade back tattoo's were limited to the working class and rebel type images, since then there's been a massive jump in the fashion for having them done, now it's very common and spread to both genders. Not that long ago the only tattoo'd female would be an ex con or gang member.

I used to work with a bloke that had many tattoo's from when he was a miner and he hated them, but he'd been told that removal would have left him with arms and chest a mass of scars.

Does it seem snobby to ignore the current fashion that ink = good? Maybe, but I genuinely think most are unsightly, unimaginative, cheap and nasty and in the long run people are going to hate their "ink".

Since tattoo's are entirely self inflicted mutilations I've no objection to companies refusing to hire people with them (or a face full of piercings) and I don't see it as any kind of discrimination or breach of human rights. The tattoo'd person made their choice.

[norrahe]

Tattoo is a personal choice but as Tykemerc said, it is increasingly more popular.

What I don't understand is the increasing popularity of neck and facial tattoos.

[Pondlife]

People who have tattoo's don't care if other people don't have them. The reverse clearly isn't true which is something I don't really get.

I can understand that if someone is defining themselves as "tattoo guy" then other people will form opinions but apart from that WGAS.

If a lady has a tattoo of a tortoise on her ass it's not going to influence my opinion of her in anyway (ex gf).

Samantha Cameron has one, George V, Edward VII, Churchill's mother and Prince Philip also AFAIK.

[Sysman]

In the next ten years I'd say laser tattoo removal will be very lucrative. Time to reskill?

I had a neighbour who was doing that 20 years ago.

Apparently it paid significantly better than his old job which was a GP.

The majority of his customers were folks who'd got tattoos when they were young but ended up owning successful businesses.

Tattoos could be a hindrance when it came to getting into the best golf clubs and restaurants, apparently.

[Sysman]

I've rejected applicants because they had visible tattoos during the interview.
tattoos are for the lowest of the lowest classes

And that's actually a crap attitude on your part.

There are some rather classy wimmin hereabouts sporting artistic tattoos.

They do tend to have the sense to put them where they can be covered up for work though.

But then again, it's not the UK.

[Sysman]

The local rag's story about it ends with

Mr Swales said: “We have high expectations of our 
employees.”

Looks like the client doesn't have much of an idea about the difference between contractors and employees.

Oh, hang on:

Consultant Jo Perkins was this week forced to leave Salisbury FM, the multi-million pound CMK company whose sole client is Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

That would explain it

Sole client?

Put the lot of 'em down as disguised employees of HMRC!