Tattoos in the Workplace. Your Thoughts?

TATTOOS IN THE WORK PLACE! WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THEM??? I HAVE 14 TATTOOS MOST OF THEM ON MY ARMS IS THAT BAD????

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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on May 25, 2011 at 9:57pm

LMAO. Nicely done.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Oomkes on May 27, 2011 at 9:56am

Nice Jack, real nice.

ROTFLMAO

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Permalink Reply by Patti Walz on May 27, 2011 at 9:59am

Nice... Kinda speechless here...

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Permalink Reply by E4 on May 28, 2011 at 1:39pm

Yes horror, to their partner and the public.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on June 4, 2011 at 4:44pm

There's a big difference between the military and local public safety organizations.

If a soldier comes into contact with a member of the public who doesn't like the soldier's tattoos, there's nothing the member of the public can do about it that will affect the soldier's employment, the Army's budget, etc.

In the case of a local fire department, the member of the public can complain to the fire chief's boss (Mayor, Council, Board of Directors, or whomever), conduct a public campaign to cut the FD's budget, etc.

The other thing is that the military still screens out people with tattoos that are gang related, offensive, etc. Even the Marine Corps recently added a policy that restricts new visible tattoos. Some of their members had to go so far as to docement their existing tattoos photographically and file the photos with the USMC.

The Army tattoo policy is less restrictive, but still has many restrictions. Soldiers can't just ink up wherever they like.