<p>So you are saying that a company fired someone for something that didnt affect their work in any way?
Sounds like discrimination.
Are you sure he wasnt fired for wearing a Speedo to a work event?
;)</p>
<p>I would laugh and shake my head…tell him he is an idiot and love him just the same. He is 22 and a bill paying, card carrying independent adult. But I would hope that he had thought it through. COMPLETELY. My daughter is still 18, I would read her the riot act. </p>
<p>Like I said, this was many years ago. The topic of the article was tattoos. I used speedo as a joke. Lol he forgot the tattoo was in his back and was fired. How is it discrimination? You have signed a form saying that you don’t have tattoos. He lied. He was able to read right? He knew the companies policy. Period.</p>
<p>Elderly people in h’s ethnic group all have the same tattoo as a mark of tribal identity. It’s visible (on the wrist). Women wear earrings much like spacers and the bigger the earring, the higher the rank. Kinda sad that when ethnicity meets corporate culture, corporate culture wins. </p>
<p>I have seen a 55-ish woman at a local business with a large, clearly decades-old tattoo across her chest. It looked terrible. </p>
<p>I know people in their mid to late 60’s (both men and women) who have tattoos; they are not blobs. I am in my mid-50’s and I have a couple of tattoos-they are not blobs, I do not regret them, and I can cover them up. I have one kid with several tattoos, she is a middle manager at her restaurant. A niece has several-she is a teacher in a conservative place, all can be covered up and she has had parents writing to the paper about how great she is. My son, who works in an industry where tattoos are common-he has none. My kids have had teachers with visible tattoos and piercings-this is Seattle and both are common. None of it matters to me-if you’re good at what you do, a tattoo won’t change that.</p>
<p>But some people hate them-I get that. I don’t care for other life choices-I would never spend money on plastic surgery, for example. </p>
<p>What I don’t get is trying to control your adult child-but that’s a common CC method of operation. It’s all part of the packaging. I get that too. I’m just glad I wasn’t your kid and my kids are mine.</p>
<p>Heh. This reminds me of when I was 17, and my great aunt told me I was going to hell for piercing my ears!</p>
<p>It is true that in at will work states, employers can fire people for any reason at all.
But do they really want to limit their talent pool like that?
<a href=“Visible tattoos okay on the job, Quebec judge rules - The Globe and Mail”>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/visible-tattoos-okay-on-the-job-quebec-judge-rules/article4276234/</a></p>
<p>Well, it’s a question of degree. Piercing you ears is perfectly fine. Piercing everything is going to draw some negative reactions. Eyebrow, nose, ear, nipple and belly button rings might not be a good idea on a job interview.The same thing is true with tattoos. </p>
<p>Raneck, my great aunt was going to let my cousins each pierce one of my ears when I was staying overnight.
This was about 1967 & I was ten.</p>
<p>@sseamom </p>
<p>Not sure if the adult comment was for me. But in my eyes, an adult is not a person who is still in high school, and one in which I have to feed, give shelter to and clothe…and let’s not forget one that I have to remind repeatedly to put the milk away because it’s going to spoil!! Lol THAT, is no adult in my eyes.</p>
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So what will you all do if your kids become self supporting college grads, and get tattoos?
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<p>My kids know I hate them, but they don’t like them either (at least some of my brain-washing worked 
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<p>seriously, I really don’t care about ones that are in discrete places. those peeking out of dresses…UGH!!! those peeking out of wedding dresses…double UGH! </p>
<p>I particularly dislike ones on people’s necks/throats or on lower legs…or tramp stamps.</p>
<p>emeraldkitty4:</p>
<p>Oh, I know my great aunt was nuts. Was just saying that I was reminded of it :P</p>
<p>If you were interviewing for a job that you thought you would love, but the person interviewing you for the job had a tatoo, would you think less of the company/job???</p>
<p>I don’t like tatoos myself, but I pity the teen/young adult who has parents who feel they “own their bodies” as long as they are feeding, clothing and helping with education for them. Wow. </p>
<p>Personally, I don’t like them and wouldn’t get one. But firing someone for having a tattoo that’s covered during business hours? Up to them, of course, but it seems silly to me. </p>
<p>Seems sensible to hedge one’s bets and make sure that any tattoos are either discreetly located and/or small. Oh, and avoid colors that are especially difficult to erase. Honestly, if either of my children decided to get a tattoo and had something large and gaudy, I’d be most disappointed in their lack of judgement. </p>
<p>A dear friend had a couple of tattoos, one from late teenager-hood, the other acquired when a full-grown adult. The friend worked as a white-collar professional in a socially conservative environment, no issues with the discreet tattoos. And then there was a career change to a profession where one really can’t have tattoos. So off they came, after a fair amount of pain. </p>
<p>@abasket absolutely! Until they are 21. I have had to be mom & dad raising 2 kids without my ex husband. To top it all off, I’ve done it in the inner city…many of my parenting ideas are quite old fashioned and strict. It’s so funny, your words sound like many of DDs friends mothers. They used to say the same thing…if you could see where their daughters and sons are now! You would cringe. </p>
<p>They would laugh and make mock of me/give me strange looks. I guess my way wasn’t so bad after all!</p>
<p>I told my kids they should feel free to get tattoos…on the way to my funeral.</p>
<p>Seriously, I would do nothing if my kids got tattoos. It would be too late to do anything. I also wouldn’t do anything to stop them, except to advise them against it.</p>
<p>By the way, I just saw an old photo of Angelina Jolie with a big “Billy Bob” tattoo on her arm. That’s a pretty good reason right there not to get one. Things change.</p>
<p>Seems stupid to do something so permanent when you are so young. God forbid you put someone’s NAME on your body and then when that relationship ends you have to ONLY select from others with the same NAME :-). Just DON’T do it!!! </p>
<p>No thoughts on others having tatoos.
I am thankful for those artists who post their designs on internet. Very useful for many others, including non-tattoo, who like to use them. Dragons specifically are very popular. I love them!!! </p>
<p>Its such an ugly threat to me. Tatoos- first world problems??? The problem I have with this thread is NOT the discussion of tatoos - which is why I should probably walk away from it - but the control that some posters seem to need to have over their children to such extremes. Once they cross the graduation stage at college are you any less angry if they get the tatoo the next day??? </p>
<p>Again, I don’t care for tatoos. I get the semi-permanence of them. Like many things in life, there are things you regret and things you don’t. Please look beyond pictures on skin to judge or form an opinion on someone. </p>
<p>NewHaven, perhaps you should also choose new friends for your DD if the ones making you cringe are part of her life and influencing her decisions??? </p>