tattoos by jasmine

Tattoos
By: jasmine hill
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Why does it matter if you have tattoos or not? 85% of jobs today will not hire you if you have them. Some people think tattoos look very unprofessional in the workplace. I don’t think this is very fair because some tattoos have meanings. Like the old saying states never judge a book by its cover, today people judge people right off hand. This is very unfair to many people.
One of the most common tattoos people get would be when someone passes away and, they will put their love ones names on them. Also people get someone they love tattooed on them. Some tattoos tell stories. For example one of my friends had only god can judge me with praying hands. I think this is telling a story like saying that a lot of people put their judgment on people. I always like people that have a story behind their tattoos. It kind of takes you to where they where at the time and, you also can relate to them.
I think the reason that many jobs don’t like them is because they think that tattoos give off the wrong message. For example if you where working in an office building it would be a big distraction people at the job. At the same time when we think about, this is another from of prejudice. What if someone said you couldn’t work because you where too small or too fat. How would that make you feel? Maybe the people who think that tattoos are a distraction don’t know the history.
The first tattoos were made over 5000 years ago by the Polynesians. The desertions of tattoos is marking made by inserting ink into the layers of skin. Why do you think people would want too do this to their skin? In the ancient time a lot of mummies had them. This was said to show who you are and how powerful you where. Some people are still this way today.
People who don’t like tattoos say they look too unprofessional and that it’s not good for the work force. I really think tattoos should be ok if you hide them but, if you are working with people all-day I think they could be put away. But it all just depends on the job you have to do. For example if you are working where you have to see people all-day they could be put up. But it you are doing a job such cooking or picking up phone it should be fine.
Tattoos are a form of art that help define a person. I think if I where to hire someone they would have to be more artistic, because I think they would be more creative then others. I think that for jobs like hair dress and painter’s people that have tattoos would be the best for the job because of their style. For example all of theses job required a form of creative. Just ask your self would you want someone to do your hair if the had no style their self.

Now you have some facts about it would you say it’s a bad idea? Hopeful it’s not because it makes you who you are. If nobody wants to stand out then we would all be the same. This to me sounds kind of lame. Everyone should want to be different in their own kind of way. So this is why I say tattoos shouldn’t matter at the job. Because it’s all about how you work not what you look like.