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Sep 07, 2012, 10:06 AM
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Member Since: Apr 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,794
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Originally Posted by cocoabeans
At what point did I imply tattoos equal uneducated? I said OP is going for jobs that require no special skills or education, retail and bartending. Would you like fries with that? My reasoning may not always be perfect but, how about your reading comprehension?
3 tattoos is hardly the excessive quantity that would have an effect on getting a job. Heck, I have a tattoo.
Tattoos do not make someone creative. That's just silly.
OP needs to get some education, develop some marketable skills and perhaps then she can overcome her issues with self expression and boundaries.
People who can stock shelves and mix drinks are a dime a dozen. Clearly a woman with pictures of her mental health issues all over her body (excessive tattoos signal this and if she really is expressing herself through tattoos, they will reflect her mental illness) and no special skills is going to have a problem getting a job over any other unskilled labourer who presents herself well.
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The issue is and anyone feel free to correct me if I am wrong, is some of your comments or opinions are bordering on personal attacks....so you should tone it down a little bit.
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Sure, creativity and thinking are a good thing in some positions but your tattoos don't even show that. They show the equalivelant of a 3 year old holding a tantrum "but I don't wanna fit in!!! I wanna be an individual waaaaa!"
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I also wonder, if the tattoos are being looked at as a sign of mental illness and thus a reason not to hire someone.
Personally, if I was choosing between two equal candidates, and let's face it, the type of jobs OP is applying for require no special skills or talent, anyone who can fill out an application can mix a drink or put up a display, I wouldn't be choosing a person with signs of mental illness.
Now I know tattoos, perhaps even in excessive amounts, are not necessarily markers of mental illness but, out OP is marked up and mentally ill, so assumptions woud be correct. Is she the most desirable applicant? Doubt it.
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Why do you feel any of that is appropriate?
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