Ink about it ... Yusuf wishes he'd never had his tattoos done
Posted on 05/17/2013 9:20:48 AM PDT by Stoat
But the 40-year-old from Batley, West Yorks, says the feedback is always the same — employers are turned off by his body art.
As well as the Buddhist symbol on his face, Yusuf has two Thai boxing designs and a yin yang symbol on the back of his head.
But he believes potential bosses should be more open-minded about his inkings.
Yusuf said: “It is really getting me down and it is so hard to think that these tattoos are such a strong barrier against me getting a job.
“I’ve been doing everything the job centre has told me and attended all my interviews but they take one look at my tattoos and won’t give me a chance.
“I can just see the person opposite me lose eye contact and focus on my tattoos.
“I’m more than qualified for a lot of the jobs I have been for but they all tell me my tattoos do not fit the company image."
Yusuf got his first tattoo at the age of 14, but says he now wishes he had never had them done.
He added: “I used to hang around with a lot of lads older than me and they started getting them.
“I suppose it was peer pressure, but as a mature person I would not have got them, especially seeing the reaction from strangers."
However, Yusuf remains hopeful that an employer will eventually look past his body art and give him an opportunity.
He said: “People generalise and think I am not bothered about working and that I am a freeloader.
“I want employers to judge me on my skills and they will find out I’ve got lots to offer.
“Even if it is a week's trial, I just need that chance.”
Haven't thought of makeup to cover any of it, eh?
Somebody dumb enough to do this to themselves has lots of others problems that I suspect are why he is a turnoff. It ain’t the ink.
I am thankfully married to a beautiful woman and therefore don’t even have to think about the dating scene. Sorry, but a tat on a woman tells me all I want to know...and those things just aren’t pleasant.
As far as hiring a tat dude or dudette....fegettedabowdit!
Tattoos have always had a stigma attached to them. In Christian circles, tattooing is seen as mutilation. While it’s become socially acceptable to have tattoos and much more visible ones at that, it is NOT acceptable in most social nor in any Christian or professional circles to have visible tattoos from the neck up.
I know some guys who have tattoos on their neck and some on his head that are covered by hair, but ANY tattoos on the face will never be acceptable in the western world.
“Here’s your sign.”
Poor Yusuf. He’s a mentally disturbed tattoo parlor simpleton who needs to find a tattoo eradicator, but first he’s going to have to find out what happened to his life.
Hey Yusef. I wouldn’t hire you to now my lawn. You look like a psycho
Leni
Tats aside, he looks pretty rough for 40.
Maybe he’s not getting hired because he is 60 and pretending to be 40. :)
Dumb decisions=dumb results. Then you blame everybody else. And, if you really want a tat on your forehead, at least get a real shop to do it for you. (Ever wonder how these down and out folks can afford all the tats they want plus multiple piercings? The real stuff ain’t cheap. Gotta love them HUGE holes in the earlobe. Guess the want to be individuals and not like everybody else. Not really working there is it sport.)
Tattoo - The Who
Me and my brother were talking to each other
‘Bout what makes a man a man
Was it brain or brawn, or the month you were born,
We just couldn’t understand
Our old man didn’t like our appearance
He said that only women wear long hair
So me and my brother borrowed money from Mother
We knew what we had to do
We went downstairs, past the barber and gymnasium
And got our arms tattooed
Welcome to my life, tattoo
I’m a man now, thanks to you
I expect I’ll regret you
But the skin graft man won’t get you
You’ll be there when I die
Tattoo
My dad beat me ‘cause mine said “Mother”
But my mother naturally liked it and beat my brother
‘Cause his tattoo was of a lady in the nude
And my mother thought that was extremely rude
Welcome to my life, tattoo
We’ve a long time together, me and you
I expect I’ll regret you
But the skin graft man won’t get you
You’ll be there when I die
Tattoo
Now I’m older, I’m tattooed all over
My wife is tattooed too
A rooty-toot-toot, A rooty-tooty-toot-toot
Rooty-toot-toot tattoo too
To you
Personally, I find the pseudo-Amish beard and the crazed axe-murderer eyes far more disconcerting than the ink.
But that’s just me.
How about a cheap rug?
Good idea !
I was in line behind a face tatted, fully pierced, straggly young man at Target. Apparently my disgust wasn't well hidden and he decided to confront me with, “You shouldn't judge people by the way they look.”
That was just too ironic for me, so I gave him a reply he wasn't expecting, “I don't judge people by the way God made them, but God's not responsible for the way you look. You've spent a considerable amount of time and money precisely to be judged by the way you look. You're just unhappy with the judgment.”
I have a cousin whose daughter is covered head to toe in tats, except the face. She was a gorgeous gal and now all anyone sees are the tats.
Yep. Grow hair on the head to cover up some of the tattoos, and shave the beard or grow a more typical beard, and he won’t have a problem. He wants his tats and a job too - not likely.
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