I also would not hire someone who looks like they fell face-first into a tacklebox.
It's not criminal to wear shorts, either, but surely an employer is within its rights in banning shorts from the office. A long sleeve shirt will cover up the tats nicely, so what's the big deal? Is there no air conditioning?
She looks like the woman who used to do my hair (she was a law student working PT in a salon).
AND she looks like 90% of the SCAD students here in town, plus a lot of tribal chicks I've met.
I guess I just don't see it as odd anymore.
Buy a clue.
How hot can it be in England, that she couldn't wear a blouse? And a hijab, I guess, to cover that thing on her neck ... but it's not like Pakistanis are dropping over from the heat in Hertfordshire.
Yeah, sure. Maybe on her ankles.
show up smelly...see if that gets a different reaction.
Art, shmart...yadda, yadda, yadda.
Tats to that extreme are ugly, IMO.
Get a clue! People are judged on their appearance every second of every day. If you want to work as a long shoreman or some other "manly" job, then yes, your tattoos are lovely. < gag > But when you're working in a professional office you need to .... oh for crying out loud, what am I saying?!?!?!? You look stupid! Get away from me!
Are the Ubangi's still around?
She been tested for Hep C yet?
I suppose she thinks she looks unique, but she looks exactly like hundreds of girls I've seen hanging around Little Five Points in my city (Atlanta); that winged heart tat on the chest seems to be very popular right now, as is the dyed black hair and Cleopatra makeup.
OM MY GOD, SHE'S HOT!!!
Choices have consequences.
Those 'toos will look awesome when she's sixty! :)
I once met a woman with considerable body art. She gave me the same reasoing - the art 'expresses' herself. I listned intently and then (innocently) asked what about her it expressed.
I got a blank stare. Serves me right - I learned a long time ago no good comes from asking real questions, or giving real answers to questions, for that matter. :-)
Men at our office must wear ties (even when not customer-facing) and women must wear hose and no sleeveless shirts, amongst rules about fabric type and so forth.
It is left up to the manager's discretion what other rules might be applied in specific circumstances, but the "professional dress" extends across our company, no matter whether you're a sales-person or just a computer geek in the basement.
Sorry, but you know what you sign up for when working in a professional environment.
Sorry, sweets, life just ain't fair. Most people are aware that extreme tattoos do not get you hired except at a "body art" shop (unless you're good enough to get into the NBA or the NFL). Stop whining and lose the tattoos or be stuck forever in crappy jobs!
Kids do such crazy things to get attention and affection. She looks like a sweet kid - if she got rid of the nonsense.
Fortunately in a couple of years she'll be able to get that stuff removed. It won't be cheap though.
its not that hard to cover tats. i have 12. i was out a a fair saturday in a sleeveless shirt and shorts and had a couple people, who had only seen me at work, stop me and ask when i got all the tattoos.