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[Just Plain Ruff]

I think we agree... at a hospital I'm familiar with, apparently there was a hiring person that wasn't at all uncomfortable with visible tattoos, odd hair and piercings of all types. The position was 'internal transport', what we used to call orderlies. There were several so adorned internal transporters. Apparently the medical staff, patients and their families disagreed with the hiring practices of said hire-er and those internal transporters are now no where to be seen. In fact, the group as a whole now could work for Disneyland, they're so squeaky clean.

Well that just sucks, what a way to be a group of ASSHOLES to do that

[paramedicmike]

Here's the thing.  Appearance matters.  Image matters.  It's important.  It always has been.  It always will be.  This is true for all cultures, subcultures and underground movements.

Dress for success.  Dress and present yourself for the the job you want... not the job you have.  It is better, in a business or interview setting, to be over dressed than under dressed.  Image and appearance is what people notice first.  Want to be taken seriously?  Then present yourself in such a way so as to give others a reason to take you seriously.

Employers are free to put whatever kind of restrictions they want on their employees.  No tobacco policies, no drug policies, no visible tattoo policies and more are all well within the rights of employers to enact.  These policies are not a violation of anyone's individual rights.  Employers are free to present an image that makes their customers take them seriously.  If that means no tats, no facial hair, no <fill in the blank> then it isn't a matter of the employer being unreasonable.  Rather, it's more a matter of how badly the potential or current employee wants to work there.

[Just Plain Ruff]

Here's the thing.  Appearance matters.  Image matters.  It's important.  It always has been.  It always will be.  This is true for all cultures, subcultures and underground movements.

Dress for success.  Dress and present yourself for the the job you want... not the job you have.  It is better, in a business or interview setting, to be over dressed than under dressed.  Image and appearance is what people notice first.  Want to be taken seriously?  Then present yourself in such a way so as to give others a reason to take you seriously.

Employers are free to put whatever kind of restrictions they want on their employees.  No tobacco policies, no drug policies, no visible tattoo policies and more are all well within the rights of employers to enact.  These policies are not a violation of anyone's individual rights.  Employers are free to present an image that makes their customers take them seriously.  If that means no tats, no facial hair, no <fill in the blank> then it isn't a matter of the employer being unreasonable.  Rather, it's more a matter of how badly the potential or current employee wants to work there.

I think some people might need a safe space set up after they read this.