I have always wanted to get a tattoo, but only for the sake of having one – which is precisely why I have never gotten one.

But recently I have discovered a tattoo that I very much so do want. Now having said that, I run in to another problem. The place I envision the tattoo can be a bit problematic concerning the mainstream American work environment. I want to get it on the inside of my left fore-arm and I know that this can cause a problem with any potential white collar job I would want to get. Now I have to say that the tattoo would be the poem “In the Station of the Metro” be Ezra Pound – so it isn’t so obscene but I know that some people just have a thing about tattoos in the workplace.
Now I am of the literary type and my end-goal is to write poetry, critical essays, and I am currently in school to be a Film Director. I know that these fields themselves are not too hard on tattoo’d individuals but I do know that I wont immediately be able to do these things. I will either have to work low income jobs (i.e. physical labor which I don’t have a problem with) or try and tough it out in the 9-5 cubicle world (which is where tattoos prove difficult).

Any suggestions as to an alternative to that tattoo? For those of you with tattoos – do you notice any kind of prejudice against you or is that kind of thing dying out?