What Do They Expect.......?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29211526
Cover themselves in the daubings of a 10 year old and wonder why they don't get the job! Please!

[Daffy6543]

He meant prostitute! I'm not stupid, I know what 'punter' means.

[Svejk]

keep your shirt on(especially if you've got tats.

[Daffy6543]

You're really a nasty little oik aren't you svejk!

[Svejk]

I'm not little.

[kvalidir]

I took it that way too tbh, 'enthusiastic amateurs' don't pay- 'punters' pay- ergo he referenced prostitutes whose automatic relation to tattoos escapes me completly.

[Sqad]

Svejk....interesting point re. the relationship with immorality and tattoos, see my post above.

When i was young, i was informed that one could tell a prostitute by the fact that she wore a bracelet around her ankle, but a decade or two later, it had changed to a tattoo on her leg.

Interesting?

[Mamyalynne]

Daffy, of course he did - as I say stereotyping gone mad.

[Mamyalynne]

The ankle Tattoo or even bracelet has had connotations for many decades.

[Daffy6543]

Indeed mamya!

[Sqad]

Svejk.....my post on this thread at 9.28 today.

[FrogNog]

I see this has now changed to VISIBLE tattoos, unlike this morning when all tattooed people were silly and childish.
svejk, that was offensive and unnecessary.

[-Talbot-]

I'm all for heated debate and contrasting opinions but you crossed a line with that remark, Svek.

[Daffy6543]

So i'm now being called diseased as well as being a prostitute. Well thanks for that! I notice in both cases it is a man judging.
I am not a prostitute and have never had a venereal disease.

By the way, there are lots of men with tattoos on their backs, would you make accusations about their lifestyles too?

I'm so very glad I don't know people like you two in real life.

[Mamyalynne]

Using this thread as a guide for who I would like to meet for an evening out - has been very useful to me.

[Svejk]

trust me, the feelings mutual. You're trying to make a capital case out of a throw-away remark.

[New Judge]

"Horrible and unsightly to some and beautiful works of art to others.
My daughter can choose to add whatever adornments she wishes to her own body."

Of course she can, daffy. But she must not be surprised if some people consider them horrible and unsightly. So much so that it may jeopardise her chances of employment (the original theme of this question). To return to some civility (I don't think it was helpful to link tattoos with prostitution) whilst many people are indifferent or find tattoos perfectly acceptable, a large number of people find them unsightly or even repulsive. This is particularly so when they adorn the face, scalp or head. Employers have to consider the impact their staff will have upon their customers and indeed other members of staff. If they believe their customers or staff will be put off when dealing with staff members with tattoos they must take this into account when recruiting.

Tattoos are not everybody's cup of tea and those with them, or thinking of getting them, need to take into account the impact their appearance may have on others. If they do not it is unreasonable to expect their appearance (over which they have control as far as this issue goes) to be ignored. It's no use them saying "It's my body - get over it". Because they will not.

[FrogNog]

Perhaps you should have thrown the remark away before making it svejk?

[tamborine]

Have yall quite finished? Our poke n prick parlour makes loads-a-money for our dole collecting clientele ;)