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Originally Posted by hunnychile
Plus, I know 2 different guys who've missed out on great jobs because the company owner said he doesn't want anyone with tats on the neck, face or hands ( i.e. that show) while working at his company.
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Turns out I don't see any problem with this. It's part of the uniform, essentially. Getting tattoos all over your body is no different than insisting on wearing a ratty Motley Crue t-shirt to every important social function or maybe sporting that dreaded VPL. Ya gotta fit through the cookie cutter sometime.
As punktacular as I wanna be, I'm still a sellout to The Man's needs for uniformity... no tattoos below my knees, beyond my shoulders down my arms. Nothing above the collarbones or base of the neck. That leaves the thighs, shoulders, chest and back as art space without looking like a "druggie outlaw gangsta biker emo kid." I may end up having an extensive amount of ink done by the time I'm 40, but as someone who is looking at a federal law enforcement career, I'm not going to kick myself to the curb with garish tattoos. I can do Agent Smith as well as the next guy even if I'm a goofball inside.
So much of tattooing is old hat anyway. Seems like they've become whimisical, McDonalds'ized fashion statements... vain garish decals on our flesh.
And I say this as a guy with one of the most garish tattoos on TFP.