It’s always their loss. 🙂

Hi I apologise if this is in the wrong place but I cant seem to work out how to post. Admins feel free to move this if necessary. I just have a question and was hoping to get as many answers as possible to it?

Basically, if you were to get a tattoo, would you want an individual one or would you share one with another person, or more people. so say five of you had separate pieces and when you got together you could make a whole. It could be a family thing. Would you get just lines? Or an actual picture with shading and colours? I really want to know whether it would mean more to be part of a shared piece of art which might not look so rational by itself but it would be like you were all carrying something with you? what do people think?

Unfortunately many companies have no visible tattoo policies, especially in the corporate world. It used to bother me, but now I just cover up. (especially in this economy, I need a paycheck) I found some really great tattoo cover sleeves, super comfortable and they slip right on. They’re from http://www.tat2x.com if you want to check them out or you could use makeup Dermablend is a good brand.

There are companies that are cool with tattoos, if you’re looking to work in retail, check out: Banana Republic, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Gap and Kohls.

Good luck in your job searchand I think its cool that you stood up for what you believe in.

Theres also quite a big chain of alternative clothing/piercing stores in uk-wnt say the name on here that actually encourage ppl wit tatts piercings. Staff actually get a discount on em!

not a chance in hell it would be visible if they did have one

That is insane that people still won’t hire others due to tattoos. Are they visible tattoos? Check this out:
http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/tattooforum/threads/16-Visual-tattoo-opinions….?highlight=visible+tattoos

At the very top, where you found the Reply button in this thread, you will find a New button when not in a thread. Do what you did last time, only hit the correct button 😉

I found this thread very interesting and insightful in some ways, in others ways its the same old thing….

I think the thing to remember is that acceptance will vary from one place to another even in similar companies. I know of one grocery store in town here that will not allow them to be seen at all, in the other one, many cashiers have them and I have had conversations with the people while in line. I think you’ll find that type of acceptance and non-acceptance everywhere, but as someone said earlier, acceptance is becoming more and more of the norm.

Here is what drew me to this thread….. I get my first tat in 2 days. It is a flaming pheonix that will have it’s head at the top of my shoulder with the wings coming around the front and back of my shoulder and the tips resting on top. The tail will need to stop at T-shirt length so that it can be easily covered. I am a pastor of a church which still has alot of tradtionally minded people in it. If they knew I was getting inked, there would be people fainting in the pews. There are plenty others however, who accept it and have no problem with it. Again, varies greatly no matter where you are. I guess if you are job concerned, it’s best to cover them and if they get discovered later, then they do… unless they are upfront and ask you about them, I see no reason to give them an excuse to blackball you. Let them get to know you first, see that you can perform and do the work above and beyond, and maybe that will help change their minds and attitudes toward it.