Man feels misled, frustrated that tattoos cost him job

[tabbycat31]

17. I'm of the generation that has tattoos

And I agree with this employer.

I personally don't have any and every now and then I see a really cool one and think that I'd love to have something like a cat on my back. But when I was a little kid, my dad and I were driving by a tattoo shop (not intentionally, it was on our way somewhere) and he explained to me exactly how tattoos were applied. I'm afraid of needles, so naturally I was turned off from that day forward.

Some tattoos are very tastefully done and look great. But I'm of the school that less is more. You're better off making a statement with 1-2 than with your whole body covered.

I guess I'm still old-school when it comes to them though. If the dude has his arms covered, I'd expect him to be wearing long sleeves to work. You can also still have tattoos that an employer would not see (such as the song lyrics on his back instead of his arm).

(Now if he wanted to work at say Hot Topic, that's a whole new ball game).