I have a lot of tattoos, including my hands, knuckles, and neck. I understand that most professional places will never accept this form of self expression and i knew that when I got them. However, I'm a bartender or I work in retail. Those are the jobs I apply for, not jobs that I feel will deny me employment due to self expression. It sucks to not be able to work because I made a personal choice. I hate that because I chose to decorate my skin, people see me as a criminal/gang member/trouble maker (I'm not any of those, I promise). I also feel like it has something to do with the fact that I'm a woman. And I've actually been told that by interviewers. I got these tattoos for me and now I'm beginning to regret them... And I really shouldn't be.