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Tatt's not fair! Man with inking on face says it's sad nobody will give him a job
The Sun (U.K) ^ | May 17, 2013

Posted on 05/17/2013 9:20:48 AM PDT by Stoat

Tatt's not fair! Man with inking on face says it's sad nobody will give him a job

 

 

 

Yusuf Kashif Hameed with facial tattoos
Ink about it ... Yusuf wishes he'd never had his tattoos done

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.

Tattoo man can't get a job
Tatt's a shame ... Yusuf says his head tattoos put off employers

“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.”

Tattoo man can't get a job
Spot of bother ... Yusuf has a Buddhist symbol on his forehead



TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Miscellaneous; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: england; greatbritain; napl; tattoo; unitedkingdom
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To: shibumi

One more facelift and she’ll be sporting a goatee!


81 posted on 05/17/2013 11:33:07 AM PDT by MortMan (Disarming the sheep only emboldens the wolves.)
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To: Stoat

82 posted on 05/17/2013 11:50:32 AM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
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To: Slings and Arrows
The tatts bother me less then the fact a weasel crawled under his chin and died.

And the crazy eyes.

83 posted on 05/17/2013 11:59:17 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Join AAAA : Americans Against Acronym Abuse)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Ha!

BTTT


84 posted on 05/17/2013 12:14:22 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: All

85 posted on 05/17/2013 12:21:35 PM PDT by libertarian27 (FreeRepublic Cookbooks 2011 & 2012 - Click Profile)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

How judgmental.

;^)


86 posted on 05/17/2013 12:58:56 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Stoat
40? No way. Look at the depth of his forehead lines, the loss of lateral eyebrow hair. The red rimmed eyelids.

He looks like a demented Amish elder.

87 posted on 05/17/2013 1:15:51 PM PDT by boop ("You don't look so bad, here's another")
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To: dfwgator

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.


88 posted on 05/17/2013 1:53:35 PM PDT by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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To: Utah Binger

Well done! Thank you ;-)


89 posted on 05/17/2013 1:54:12 PM PDT by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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To: Stoat
Thank you, Freeper Nation, for another giant economy-sized serving of Blog Fodder

Today's entry in the Catalog of teh Burning Stoopid

90 posted on 05/17/2013 2:46:41 PM PDT by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border. I **DARE** you to cross it. . . .)
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To: shibumi

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!


91 posted on 05/17/2013 3:56:04 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Salamander

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.


.45 ACP doesn’t.


92 posted on 05/17/2013 9:53:02 PM PDT by S.O.S121.500 ( Nothing so vexes me as a thief above ground...ENFORCE THE BILL OF RIGHTS. (Its the Law))
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To: Slings and Arrows

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.


93 posted on 05/17/2013 11:24:44 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Chickens...comin' home...to roost!)
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To: dixiechick2000

*shrug* It’s Oregon. ;^)


94 posted on 05/17/2013 11:57:01 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Pharisee.


95 posted on 05/18/2013 6:20:20 AM PDT by EricT. (Another Muslim terrorist. Who saw that coming?)
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To: SampleMan

What was his response? (If any)


96 posted on 05/18/2013 6:32:31 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: FourtySeven

A dumb-struck look, like I’d just told him that he was adopted.


97 posted on 05/18/2013 6:44:07 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!

98 posted on 05/18/2013 9:47:15 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Resolute Conservative
It seems that no “yute” minister can be deemed cool and outreach to the youngsters without marking themselves up.

Because persons with tattoos are prejudiced against those who do not have them. Something they scarcely are willing to admit.

99 posted on 05/18/2013 9:48:41 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Stoat

Bad life choices come with consequences.

He wanted to make a statement with his body art and he did.

Live with it.


100 posted on 05/18/2013 5:53:44 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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