I myself have 5, and plan on getting more. For me I just like having cool art on myself and some of them have meanings, some of them don't. It's my way of 'being and adult on the surface but underneath still a little young at heart'.
The common words you will hear from those against are: "But when you're 80, how will you look then?!" - in my opinion, I will probably look a little weird, but I won't care, it'll remind me how awesome I was growing up! And I'll look back at some of my tattoos (for example my Rolling Stones one) and go; " Oh yeah, they were an awesome band".
It's someone's personal choice as to whether they have them, and obviously tattoos aren't to everyone's taste. But they are extremely popular, especially since we are in the 21st century and I can guarantee you that if you take 20 people randomly off the street - at least 15 of those will have one tattoo.
So, you take the popularity, you take the fact that people will have obvious mixed views, you take the fact that just because someone has tattoos doesn't mean you judge them as a person (the whole prison/tattoo thing)
Do you allow people to show their tattoos while working? (and I am talking the standard retail job)
I asked around...
Laura Stacey, a manager of a retail shop said: "I don't mind small tattoos being on show, if they are on show whilst wearing respectable uniform that I think it's ok. I think a smart appearance and great service are more important. I.e I wouldn't want someone bending over and being able to see a tattoo on their lower back..."
Jessi Rabicano, who works in retail says she "doesn't see why they can't be [seen] to be honest" she argues that having tattoos doesn't make a person incapable of doing their job and that "people are quick to judge others with tattoos with stereotypes."
An argument is that piercings are somewhat overlooked compared to tattoos. You can have multiple piercings in the ears, you can have stretchers in your ears and various facial piercings, which are a lot harder to cover up!
Danica Goldsmith, a retail employee, says she was hired with tattoos on her wrists and arms which (on the wrist) you would have clearly seen while being interviewed - and despite the guidelines of her job stating that they need to be covered up, she argues that she was hired with them so refuses to cover them up.
Me for example, I want to be a journalist, I know this is a professional environment and I could well get sent to do court reporting. So I make sure that any I get/have got are ones that you can cover up. They aren't plastered on my wrists for everyone to see, because I understand that people in my industry might judge me for my lack of professionalism - a wrong as I think that is.
A lot of responses I have had tend to fall with siding for showing tattoos, along with comments such as; "it's fine with certain boundaries" or; "as long as they're not offensive". So employees know full well not to get offensive tattoos, and if for someone reason you do, then you cover it up - there is a responsibility with tattoos.
It will at the end of the day it depends on the employer and whether they want them on show, but I think that tattoos are very widespread (and have been for years) and as long as you stay within the lines, why shouldn't you?
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