The freaks are gaining ground

[aquaphase]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_ ... ss_of_life


Yay freaks!

[Irock]

And here I just took out my piercing in May.

This is funny: "Do whatever you want to your body, but I don't want to be subjected to it in the workplace."

Other than holding them down and tatooing them, how do you SUBJECT someone to your tatoos?

[Irock]

Also,

Michael Sacks, 24, who works at the public relations firm SheaHedges Group in McLean, Va., has three tattoos: on his stomach, the initials of a friend who died; on his back, the word "Persistence"; and on his ankle, his fraternity letters,

Snicker.

[monet2u]

SF has been ahead of the curve on body art....I have a friend at the SF Library and she's covered too. I remember when I had to cover my wrist tat and wear my hair down over my piercings just to do the interview...then once I got the job....WHATEVER!

[mere1975]

adding that she thinks academia has been more accepting of her body art than the corporate world would be.

Reason #17 that Squeezle ditched the corporate job and went back to school.

- Mere "jealous" 1975

[ifihadahifi]

So, Justin... how is it for you at work?

[aquaphase]

I take out my piercings every morning (just like I've done for the past 8 years), and I haven't worn a short-sleeved shirt in about 5 years. The stuff near my wrist peeks out often when I'm gesturing or slamming heads against walls, but there I still run into people who have no clue that I have tattoos.

I'm pretty sure there is a policy here against men wearing earrings, but nothing implicitly defined for tattoos. My uber-uber-boss, however, would probably come unglued (even though he's seen them several times).

[Steveums]

I take out my piercings every morning (just like I've done for the past 8 years), and I haven't worn a short-sleeved shirt in about 5 years. The stuff near my wrist peeks out often when I'm gesturing or slamming heads against walls, but there I still run into people who have no clue that I have tattoos.

I'm pretty sure there is a policy here against men wearing earrings, but nothing implicitly defined for tattoos. My uber-uber-boss, however, would probably come unglued (even though he's seen them several times).

People think you're ordinary?

[aquaphase]

well, my winning personality convinces most that I'm extraordinary, but, yes, some thing that I'm a normal run-of-the-mill office type worker.

[monet2u]

sure they do.

[Sybil]

I work with a lovely young woman who has a small, nearly invisible tatoo on the side of her neck, and another similarly discreet one on her ankle. She is so self concious about both of them that she rarely wears her hair up, and she only wears a skirt if she can wear boots with it.

One day she was telling me about her discomfort, and I was like
"Damn, that's nothing, girl! You should see my friend Justin! And he works at the airport - I'm surprised he hasn't been detained and sent to Gitmo by now!"

She was amazed by my graphic description of Justin's body art, and a little bit afraid too I think.

Sybil

[aquaphase]

yeah. I'm really the total embodiment of fear. hehehehehe

[froggorino]

I work with a lovely young woman who has a small, nearly invisible tatoo on the side of her neck, and another similarly discreet one on her ankle. She is so self concious about both of them that she rarely wears her hair up, and she only wears a skirt if she can wear boots with it.

One day she was telling me about her discomfort, and I was like
"Damn, that's nothing, girl! You should see my friend Justin! And he works at the airport - I'm surprised he hasn't been detained and sent to Gitmo by now!"

She was amazed by my graphic description of Justin's body art, and a little bit afraid too I think.

Sybil

yeah. that's funny when you talk to people that have gone to the trouble of getting tattoos, and then stress about it. i do, however, have one at the base of my back that is totally red with no other color -- it's a painting that dolan did in kindergarten -- and once in a while if i lean over and my shirt comes up in the back, people are all like, "dude! you're bleeding!"

frog"and every time i'm like, 'holy shit! where????'"gy

[sam]

Can you get more vague than this:

Unprofessional dress habits specifically including clothing or accessories which display slogans or images which might be offensive to co-workers or the public.