The Official DMF Tattoo Thread

[Betty Rage]

Nobody on here is judging anyone. Many people on here have tattoos, including myself. All we are trying to explain is that if you have visible tattoos, you WILL run into difficulty at some point if you try to move up the ladder in the job world. That is how the world works. You can either accept that and place your ink in places that are easily hid OR you can give the world your middle finger and place them anywhere you want.

As a side note, many of my friends have tons of visible tattoos. Very few of them are successful. Most of them work part-time, usually minimum wage and scrape by every month. They probably won't ever amount to more than that, simply because no one hire them. A few of them have tried and failed. But, they are ok with it, to each his own yes?

[Statler]

I will agree that people will judge you to some extent. I find it rather sad that you all seem to associate tattoos with the negative. Just because someone has ink that's poking through doesn't mean the aren't/don't want to be successful/professional.  Nothing I say is going to change that, but I'll leave a cut and paste from wiki below for everyone to think about. To each is own I guess.
   
A prejudice is an implicitly held belief, often about a group of people. Race, economic class, gender or sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age and religion are other common subjects of prejudice. It can be used to characterize beliefs about other things as well, including "any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence."

nobody is saying it's right or a good thing, we're just saying it happens and people should know that.. depending on what profession they enter.

I have no visible ink.   I don't care if anyone does and I am more likely to talk about the tats/ask questions/bullshit, etc., but I will not hire an attorney to go into court with visible tattoos either.   If it shows in business attire, I'll let a competitor hire you and risk their reputation in front of a conservative, close-minded, prejudicial Court.    I would assume any business that has clients who may not like tattoos would be the same.   Just smart business sense.     If it's a business that has a standard look, and you want to get hired, then fit the look.   I'm not going to walk into a bar for a bartending job in my best suit and power tie...the owner might be close-minded and make assumptions about me that won't help me land the job.

[Rufus120]

I just want to make sure that it's clear I'm not pointing any fingers here.  I just wanted to throw that out there in the hopes that people think about their own thought processes so that one day maybe it won't be such a big deal.

I do think it's funny you called the attorney an "it" 

[Popeye the Sailor]

Your right here but the tattoo I'm thinking of isn't large or offensive.

It's all perception, really, and it might not even be conscious.

I personally have no issues with ink, but my customers might. It's not worth the risk to me. Half my techs do have ink I've seen-but I only ever see it at the cookouts/softball games. It's hidden at work.

I would just move it on up the wrist so you can hide it, but that's just me. It's your body. Just giving you the other side of the fence. 

[somegirl]

Not that I agree with everything you say in other threads.

I can't imagine why you would.

[804monster]

I have a full sleeve and got tired of having to cover it up for narrow minded dicks. So I started my own business where I dont have to.

[brix821]

I have a full sleeve and got tired of having to cover it up for narrow minded dicks. So I started my own business where I dont have to.

hell yeah.. although most everyone that works for me is tattooed.

[mrs minnesotamonster]

Mr. I has a very good point...if it's something you're very worried about...move it up  a little higher. I haven't seen your tattoo (of course), but if it's something where moving the placement a few inches isn't going to hurt it, then go for it.

Like I said, mine can be easily covered by a watch or a bracelet or a sleeve, but guys don't have so many options...

I don't think it's right to judge people because of something like that, but like everyone else has said, that's just the way it is and (sadly) it's not going to change any time soon.

Good luck with whatever you chose to do anyway.   

[trenner]

Mr. I has a very good point...if it's something you're very worried about...move it up a little higher.

What, like this?



Tale of woe, "I fell asleep at the tat parlor and the artist ran amok":

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1193384/What-did-expect-Incredible-face-revealed-man-tattooed-girl-56-stars-asked-three.html

[Rufus120]

I read about this poor girl yesterday and was curious about how you fall asleep while someone is tattooing your face.  Something is fishy.

[Triple J]

I read about this poor girl yesterday and was curious about how you fall asleep while someone is tattooing your face.  Something is fishy.

Exactly. I have a few tattoos and can't imagine falling asleep during the process, especially if it were my face being inked up. 

I'm guessing she is either lying, or was all drugged out and doesn't remember what she asked to have done.

Who knows though. 

[NAKID]

Yeah, I think she's FOS...

[Super T.I.B]

Sure, I could fall asleep while a thousand little needle jabs are tearing into the side of my nose & temple.




If I was off my face. 

[Statler]

see also:  buyer's remorse.

but I suppose we're beeing narrow minded dicks.   

[NAKID]

I think maybe this was the look she was going for: