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.”
One more facelift and she’ll be sporting a goatee!
And the crazy eyes.
Ha!
BTTT
How judgmental.
;^)
He looks like a demented Amish elder.
One thing that huge amounts of power and control give a person is an absence of close friends who will kindly take you aside and privately suggest various changes relating to your appearance. In Pelosi’s case, however, I’m doubtful that anything can really be done. I’m no beautician or plastic sturgeon but I’m guessing that her appearance is mainly a reflection of how the cancer of the Left eats away at a person throughout life and turns them into a hideous monster....both on the inside as well as the outside.
Well done! Thank you ;-)
One more facelift and her eyebrows are gonna be touching the tops of her ears.
One more facelift and she’s gonna have a goatee!
Ask me about my clean cut, well dressed, short haired, tat-free, pillar of the community, church-perching pedo uncle.
Shallow sometimes runs so deep.
Shallow sometimes runs so deep.
In my neck of the woods...pun intended...it’s not a matter if you have tats, just how many? And, where?
Most businesses have a tat and piercing dress code, but they are allowed.
Except for Nordstrom.
*shrug* It’s Oregon. ;^)
Pharisee.
What was his response? (If any)
A dumb-struck look, like I’d just told him that he was adopted.
Because persons with tattoos are prejudiced against those who do not have them. Something they scarcely are willing to admit.
Bad life choices come with consequences.
He wanted to make a statement with his body art and he did.
Live with it.
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