Unpopular Culture

A popular idea of tattoos and body piercings are that they are ugly and everyone is going to regret in when they get older. I agree with what people have to say about the negative effects tattoos and body piercings are going to have on a person when they get older, and I have tattoos.  Most of these opinions of tattoos and body piercings being a negative popular culture are from old people that don’t understand the expression that tattoos can have for a person, but it is also from the managers from many companies.

 A lot of jobs and employers don’t hire people with visible tattoos and many piercings; this is because they believe they are not professional for the work place. There is starting to be less of a problem with tattoos being a problem with getting a job but it still has an effect with some businesses and their personal beliefs of tattoos. In this article “Are Tattoos in the Workplace Still Taboo?” a women named Jordan Moore has to cover up her tattoos in the doctor’s office she works at. The doctor says that they don’t want people to be offended or make the office seem unprofessional.  Moore says that she probably will have to cover up her tattoos since they cover most of her arms and thighs, but she is ok with that until this generation can take over most of the businesses.  http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/ccp/are-tattoos-in-the-workplace-still-taboo

There aren’t any laws to protect anyone that has been fired from a job due to the fact that they have visible tattoos. The legal system is not the place to look when you need help with this situation; they haven’t caught up with the popular culture of tattoos and body piercings. Companies are too terrified of how people will view them if their employees have tattoos and piercings.  To my surprise, Starbucks doesn’t allow their baristas to show tattoos or piercings; all tats must be covered up and piercings removed. They want the crisp, clean look and want to let their coffee show what their all about instead of their employees.  http://www.workingworld.com/articles/tattoos-and-piercings-in-the-workplace

Many people believe that the people that get tattoos are soldiers, lowlifes, and convicts. It’s the old view of how things were back in the day when those were the only people that did get tattoos but now a day everyone has a tattoo. It can be super simple like a small quote on their ribs where no one can see it. But there are people that are 18 years old with multiple tattoos covering most of their body already. That’s the thing though, so many teens and young adults are getting tattoos that express what they thing and how they feel and don’t care if it shows and don’t realize what that tattoo could do to them in the future and their life. But many places are starting to realize that they can’t fight people with tattoos or body piercing they are just trying to get past it the best they can.