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--76.178.xx.xx

I still think the beards look awful, like they would be full of bugs and last week's soup, but I'm now quick to hire those people if I can get them. --76.178.xx.xx

Change happens. What used to be an issue is no longer. You will have a hard time hiring if you rule out tattoos. Although, not sure I would hire someone with teardrop tattoos on the face. --73.17.xx.xxx

If they can afford those tattoos, fine. If it looks like they've poured tons of money into tattoos and very little into the rest of the life...next. --50.82.xxx.xxx

I read the teardrops mean they killed someone so tread carefully when you evaluate them. Back away slowly. I always cringe when I see them or piercings. Although I have pierced ears and a nice boy stopped dating me in high school when I got that. His mother made him stop. I did it so I could wear earrings and my mother had pierced ears. Those clip things really hurt. --71.104.xx.xxx

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So can't always judge a book by its cover. --50.82.xxx.xxx

I lived in San Francisco for years. Whenever I went to a restaurant or store where they hired staff with facial tatoos and metal piercings and spiked orange hair, I just never went back. I is smart for businesses not to hire these offensive looking people. The reality is they do cause a drop in business. It is shame the young people doing it are so oblivious to how their repulsive looks make it difficult for people put off by them to have to look at their face and deal with them. --201.140.xxx.xx

Fingers, neck and face I'd stay away from. Anything else, no big deal unless it's vulgar. --70.44.xxx.xx

Good recent example this week: I considered hiring a "handyman" for some work. He showed up looking like a slob, huge tattoo on his neck saying "Why so serious" in letters at least 3 inches high. Tattoos on both hands. Proceeds to quote $350 for a job worth about $50 bragging "I'm expensive" and "I often make $3000-$4000 a day". When I asked about insurance he dodged the question but bragged he paid $350 a month for insurance. When I asked about any licenses, he said he had an LLC and a DBA license from the city. NEXT! I would not waste 10 seconds on somebody like this. --24.180.xx.xx

--98.22.x.x

When I had my manufacturing business I found that tattooed people are less productive and it spreads less productive behavior to other employees. The topic of discussion was their tattoos from both parties, where’d you got it, the cost and was it painful. I learned my lesson and I figured out tattoo people need to work in tattoo parlors. --99.23.xxx.x

I just remembered that the wonderful young woman I just talked about got a tattoo while she lived in our studios on the water. She got a tattoo of the studios on the water! It was just like a photograph. I guess she liked living here. --50.82.xxx.xxx

at 19 she had the rose done ! --172.250.xx.xxx

Fishsticks, that's different. And your mom is with you and probably trying to get you to hear what she is saying to give you a heads up now and then. My dad speaks in my left ear and I have a 60 percent hearing loss in that ear in the low ranges which is probably why I can hear or perceive these messages. No other interference. Try an ear plug. Not sure it will help but maybe. Right side of the brain is the psychic and social side but we are cross wired so left ear stimuli go to right brain. --71.104.xx.xxx

We all have our opinions but I don't think tattoos are racist, let's create another group for equality to understand coping systems -tattooist- would be the best way to describe this phenomenon and each will have a discussion of justification, like BMW motorcycle enthusiasts don't understand crotch rocket riding methods nor Harley motorcycle riders. I listen to a lot of this and quietly ask myself what I would have done with the funding cost of that stuff, buy more seed lavendar? --76.188.xxx.xxx

A face or neck tattoo screams poor decision making, --75.90.xxx.xx

Always made me chuckle. --98.11.xxx.xxx

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Now? He's the lead pastor, and nobody cares. --96.227.xxx.xxx

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I think you have to look at your demographic and decide from there. --206.217.xxx.xxx

Change happened --24.101.xxx.xx

I have no issues with tattoos, I personally have many tattoos, (mine are generally not visible because I got them while in the Marines and the Marines have a policy for EVERYTHING, but as someone else said, everyone has tattoos nowadays, sailors to stay at home moms. Gotta agree that face and neck tattoos are a poor decision, but hey, it was their bad decision to make. --173.48.xxx.xxx

BRAD --73.102.xxx.xxx

Our policy: no tattoos are to be visible while in work uniform. keep it simple. Marines did use to require none but now same policy none visible. --107.77.xxx.xxx

The USMC revised its tattoo policy several times, the most recent being in 2020. Before that the regs. were revised in 2007. Prior to 2007 we were allowed to have “sleeves”, after 2007 “sleeves” that were visible below the standard issue green on green PT uniform were no longer allowed, individual tattoos that were not “sleeves” were allowed. The new regs. for 2020 have no restrictions for tattoos that can be completely hidden under a PT uniform, with the exception that all tattoos whether visible or not, cannot be racial, vulgar, gang related, bring discredit to the naval service, etc, etc. Visible tattoos must be no larger than the Marines hand, and they can have only a total of 4 visible tattoos with a PT uniform on. No tattoos are allowed on the hands, within two inches of the wrist bones on the arm, or within two inches of the elbow or knee. Obviously that’s only a quick summary of the new regs. --173.48.xxx.xxx