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Exposed tattoos and employment
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Tattoos have come a long way from the old days. I've seen pieces of art and pieces of trash. You can definitely tell a lot about a person by looking at their tattoos. A large, complete tattoo shows dedication and most likely financial investment. That person cares enough about some things. However, a guy with a ton of smaller, random bad tattoos spread out over every inch is usually fairly impulsive and prone to questionable decision making.
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beastmaster
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I normally hide my tacs by wearing long sleeves. But 30 years ago tattoo's had a stigma about them. Their a lot more socially excepted these days. It'd be nice if your whole crew looked like Mormons, But out here anyway lots of crews look pretty rough sometimes. Costumers don't as a rule socialize with the crews much anyway. I try to be pretty clean cut looking these days, but I have a fowl mouth at times. Seem to really bother bosses when you let out a loud"" mother f ing" in a quit neighborhood.
Youngbuck20
ArboristSite Guru
What about the good ole boys with tats? Wouldn't hire them either? Think they regret them? I know firefighters that are 60 still getting tattoos, on their neck! Are they not hireable because of their tats. Seems to me the fad has been around since, well forever, and doesn't change a person and if someone wants to judge them for them then that person doesn't deserve to have a potential great employee.
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Toddppm
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Did you see where I said anything about not hiring them? I think this job its almost expected! It used to be a lot less common to be tatted up, now every dork, schoolboy, mommas boy and wannabe tough girl has them. Fad. I went in to my insurance company to do some paperwork and the front desk girl has purple/pink hair, kinda cute. Talked to her for a couple minutes and she was telling me how it would be a shame to be judged by the way she looks.
Typical attention whore generation, look at me, look at me but don't judge me. 
Now a lip diskus would show some real dedication!!!
Youngbuck20
ArboristSite Guru
Haha I think your getting attention whore, dork, schoolboy and mommas boy mixed up with people who just like tattoos. Their are some dummies out there who like you said don't want to be judged but are outfitted with **** to make people judge them. I agree that a good percentage of arborists/fallers/foresters have tats that's why I'm kinda surprised by the general consensus of this thread.Did you see where I said anything about not hiring them? I think this job its almost expected! It used to be a lot less common to be tatted up, now every dork, schoolboy, mommas boy and wannabe tough girl has them. Fad. I went in to my insurance company to do some paperwork and the front desk girl has purple/pink hair, kinda cute. Talked to her for a couple minutes and she was telling me how it would be a shame to be judged by the way she looks.
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treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Calling them tats is gay !
Youngbuck20
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treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
I call them little brown people
Youngbuck20
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Pelorus
Uva uvam vivendo varia fit
So would a big nose ring! Something about the size that gets put on a bull.
Nemus Talea
ArboristSite Operative
Is this about tattoos and employment, or how cool ink is?
Most employers dont care, if ya do your job. However, every crew member visible to customers represents the business. A contractor buddy of mine missed out on a big money job because delicate past customer wasn't comfortable with his two employees with tats and piercings. (potential repeat customer told me herself)
Customer relations has an impact on a service business.
Many customers grew up in an age when only ex-military and criminals had tattoos. If looking for an argument, give them grief.
Most employers dont care, if ya do your job. However, every crew member visible to customers represents the business. A contractor buddy of mine missed out on a big money job because delicate past customer wasn't comfortable with his two employees with tats and piercings. (potential repeat customer told me herself)
Customer relations has an impact on a service business.
Many customers grew up in an age when only ex-military and criminals had tattoos. If looking for an argument, give them grief.
futbalfantic
ArboristSite Member
I'm all for tats but my thinking is this. If someone gets a tat that cannot be easily covered (ie: hands, neck, face) they are making the statement they do not care what society thinks about them (or likes it) and will act accordingly.
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Nemus Talea
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Oh yeah. My great uncle had a blurry globe and anchor on his forearm. (got it in China in the 1920's) As I was a kid, it was explained to me it meant he was a more important citizen than most. Can still see it on the big forearm as I sat on his lap.
A scorpion tat on the side of yer face means something too...
My father and uncle didnt get any while they were in the navy and air force. Didnt want to be getting into bar room scraps over service branch "pride" they said. They still did though.
Close friend of mine is covered in tattoos. Hes a tattoo artist and night club bouncer. Confessed he didnt care much for receptionist at accountants office with lots of facial piercings and a gremlin that peaks out from her collar. She was only there a month.
Regarding employment - difficult to cry for a raise or bonus to fix car, feed hungry baby, with thou$and$ in body art. Priorities and judgement.
If a guys a jerk, he's a jerk. Most people don't need to read a tattoo to tell them if they are comfortable with a person. If somebody doesn't want to hire me because of my tattoos, I'm not necessarily dying to work for that person. I've turned down work, while starving, because it was unethical. Losing a job here and there, if ever, because of tattoos won't break me.
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CanopyGorilla
climber....sawyer
Whoever mentioned tattoos and dreds. Tattoos can't get stuck in a chipper or chain saw, and if they were white they shouldn't have dreads in the first place. I am covered in tattoos and almost nothing is visible if I have a short sleeve tee shirt on. All back chest and ribs. I do have one tattoo on my hand though. Its my wedding ring. This goes back to tattoos not getting stuck in the chipper/ saw/ large branch.
Well that's a dumb thing to say,you must be retarded
kyle goddard
Original HitchHiker
How about a frount porch. Anyone seen this before. One could inhale all kinds of crap.
