[anthropos]

I’ve thought about tatoos for many years, and have often been in positions to have them done. What keeps me from having one? I’m safe and secure in the knowledge that some day, I’m going to be old and wrinkly and no matter where I have one done, it will look hideous!

Beyond that, I’ve known individuals with tatoos who were obviously ashamed of them only a few years later, and I’ve seen plenty of people who have them visible beyond the standard realms of Western work-place clothing, and I can tell you that if I were the one interviewing that person for a job, I would take that into consideration. I might still hire them, but they would have to go an extra mile to get that job, because it just does not look professional.

[Caesar Soze]

I’ve thought about tatoos for many years, and have often been in positions to have them done. What keeps me from having one? I’m safe and secure in the knowledge that some day, I’m going to be old and wrinkly and no matter where I have one done, it will look hideous!

When you're old and wrinkly, you'll look hideous regardless of tattoos.

To the OP, hopefully you are gathering information on body art from a diverse group of sources? You might try BMEzine or its spinoff site, BMEInk. More about piercing than ink, but there's stories and pictures and whatnot. There's a tattoo FAQ here.

[MotleyGirl70]

You mean you wouldn't like something like this on a woman? It's a very classy tattoo.

[Eagle Eye]

have often been in positions to have them done.

I sat in a chair for mine.

What positions were you in?

[Quix]

because it just does not look professional.

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That’s simply a FACT.

And when folks think something is not professional—whether consciously or unconsciously . . . they are concerned that they won’t be treated sufficiently well to give the establishment repeat business.

No one likes to pay to be treated UNprofessionally.

[Quix]

It’s an issue of JUDGMENT. And that aspect of looking unprofessional convinced most people that the person with the tattoo lacks sound, mature, wise judgment. Therefore, they are not interested in such a person serving them in what should be a more professional way for what they, the customer are paying for.

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because it just does not look professional.

= = =

That’s simply a FACT.

And when folks think something is not professional—whether consciously or unconsciously . . . they are concerned that they won’t be treated sufficiently well to give the establishment repeat business.

No one likes to pay to be treated UNprofessionally.