Getting a tattoo is a personal decision. There was a day where young men where not hired if they had long hair and women were not hired for and jobs other than housemaid, nurses, or clerical. I would hope that our culture has evolved sufficiently to realize that people come in different packages, think differently and still can play a large part in our society. Just think of the people in society who looked different that the status quo or didn't have the "expected credentials" required by a company or place of learning or society in general, what this world would have lost - in business to name a few: Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Malcolm Forbes, Henry Ford, Walt Disney, politicians: President John F. Kennedy, president Dwight Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, Famous People in the Arts & Music: Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Ansel Williams, Will Smith, Whoopi Goldberg,Bill Cosby, f.Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost. ,
I believe, we have to be open to the new and what the status quo considers different or society, culture, knowledge, advancements will never come. The "old" thinkers who cannot change, don't want to change or just think they know it all will hold the country and the.world back. So next time you take a cruise, be careful you don't fall off the edge of the world!
I'm at a non-profit now, but spent most of the last 15 years consultiing or working in Healthcare. Policies against visible tatoos and excessive piercings are extremely common in healthcare. As HR director of a midwest hospital 2010 we won a legal suit against an employee who after signing the employee handbook acknowledging the policy, joined the "Church of Self-Mutilation" (it's a ligitamat church on paper and they've intentionally gone after employers like Lowe's and Wal-Mart). Anyway, when a patient wakes up from heavy sedation, the last thing they need to see is a face covered with tats and hoop holes in the ears. One thought they'd died and gone to hell.
Not the outside that counts. It's the inside. Basics still apply of course: dress appropriately, clean up, etc. Tattoos are interesting because obliges us to deal with change. I like that.
Getting a tattoo is a personal decision. There was a day where young men where not hired if they had long hair and women were not hired for and jobs other than housemaid, nurses, or clerical. I would hope that our culture has evolved sufficiently to realize that people come in different packages, think differently and still can play a large part in our society. Just think of the people in society who looked different that the status quo or didn't have the "expected credentials" required by a company or place of learning or society in general, what this world would have lost - in business to name a few: Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Malcolm Forbes, Henry Ford, Walt Disney, politicians: President John F. Kennedy, president Dwight Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, Famous People in the Arts & Music: Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Ansel Williams, Will Smith, Whoopi Goldberg,Bill Cosby, f.Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost. ,
I believe, we have to be open to the new and what the status quo considers different or society, culture, knowledge, advancements will never come. The "old" thinkers who cannot change, don't want to change or just think they know it all will hold the country and the.world back. So next time you take a cruise, be careful you don't fall off the edge of the world!
I'm at a non-profit now, but spent most of the last 15 years consultiing or working in Healthcare. Policies against visible tatoos and excessive piercings are extremely common in healthcare. As HR director of a midwest hospital 2010 we won a legal suit against an employee who after signing the employee handbook acknowledging the policy, joined the "Church of Self-Mutilation" (it's a ligitamat church on paper and they've intentionally gone after employers like Lowe's and Wal-Mart). Anyway, when a patient wakes up from heavy sedation, the last thing they need to see is a face covered with tats and hoop holes in the ears. One thought they'd died and gone to hell.
Thanks for the comment Josee. I've found that tattoos become part of the person. And we should accept people for who they are.
Not the outside that counts. It's the inside. Basics still apply of course: dress appropriately, clean up, etc. Tattoos are interesting because obliges us to deal with change. I like that.