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Posted: 10/23/2014 8:16:45 AM EDT
Let's say you run a large auto body shop, a modern, clean place that gets lots of referrals from insurance companies in a small city. One of your good mechanics says his sister needs work. You vaguely remember the family from church but have not seen the sister in awhile. You agree to interview her for a receptionist/ clerical position where she'll answer the phone, do simple insurance paperwork, billing and greet customers when they enter.
She shows up appropriately dressed, is pleasant and has on her resume that she worked for some lawyer in town as a receptionist until he got caught smuggling 11 round magazines from PA and he fled to the Artic. However you notice she has a tongue piercing.... And has two studs in her tongue. Is this a twenty something fashion statesmen a tht as an angry old white guy you don't get? Does it mean she likes sucking cock? What about an ankle tattoo of like a heart and some sort of rose bushy things? What about pierced cheeks? Pierced nose with a hoop? Gauges?
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Ankle tattoo would be ok.
The "hey look at me I'm a fucking weirdo" piercings, no. |
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Sounds slutty.
Pics? I wouldn't hire someone with facial piercings or face / neck ink for a position interacting with customers. |
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Voted for the ankle tat. Small nose piercing without a ring would also be ok. Sleeves would be ok if they were covered while at work.
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Not if I have a equally qualified clean skin with the right number of holes (minus no more than two for pierced ears) applying for the job.
Now if I ran a salvage yard that would be a different story. Ex-cons and inkys go with salvage yards like bread and butter. |
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I met a female lawyer with a pretty visible ankle tattoo. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Ankle tattoo would be ok. The "hey look at me I'm a fucking weirdo" piercings, no. And how was she? ETA: Was the ankle tat like the ones you see on the fat broads going into the dollar store? |
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. . . and greet customers when they enter. View Quote Of course not. Anything that detracts from the customer's first impression costs me money. She's there to MAKE money, not cost it. Sorry honey, even with big breasts you need to apply elsewhere. |
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The location of the tongue piercing indicates her preference for cock or pussy.
If shebhas one in the front and one in the back she likes both. That being said, the more weird shit she has the less likely I am to give her a job. |
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no, I'd also not hire anyone that didn't look good/dress/talk nicely either. when you are the first face someone sees/talks to when they see my business....they are going to see/hear someone who isn't disgusting/distracting.
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Inside office yes, dealing with my customers nope. Unless she was smoking hot.
Sexist? Dam right |
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Ankle tat would be ok, all the other stuff is a no go tor me.
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I good with whatever, but that's likely because I don't give a fuck what people draw on, or stick into, their bodies. If she can do the job well then everything else is secondary.
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I worked for ATT and my boss had face tats and all the piercings etc. It was an office job environment, they made him "remove" the tattoos on his face for the management job there, I guess he had them laser removed or something, they just looked like old/faded tattoos.
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I've been in auto body and paint. Does she breath? Speak passably recognizable English? Shit, she'll fit right in. Most of us were stoned out of our minds on the fumes from the paint most of the time anyway.
Of course that was 30 some years ago. |
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Quoted: Of course not. Anything that detracts from the customer's first impression costs me money. She's there to MAKE money, not cost it. Sorry honey, even with big breasts you need to apply elsewhere. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: . . . and greet customers when they enter. Of course not. Anything that detracts from the customer's first impression costs me money. She's there to MAKE money, not cost it. Sorry honey, even with big breasts you need to apply elsewhere. |
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tongue and nose piercings, as long as they are nothing crazy, are fine and so are tatts as long as they are or can be covered
ETA: Exactally what he said ^^^ My fiance has 7 tattoos and close to 20 piercings but you would never know it unless..well...unless you're me |
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What about nipple rings and nether rings? How about a belly ring? Tramp stamp...I am good with all of them....
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Depends on the impression it all leaves.
I've seen younger women with a small nose stud or ring working in very professional settings. The rest of the package worked. Hell one of my exes was an executive secretary at a pretty big firm, she had a tongue stud, nose ring, all kinds of shit hanging out of her ears, and a bit of ink. She cleaned up real good other than the hardware, and she was hot with or without the shit. She was still perfectly acceptable office decoration. |
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Short answer; Yes. All of the above.
Same criteria as any other back office employee; do their references check out, are they dependable, are they trustworthy. Even the clean cut middle aged woman who drives a Camry and goes to church every Sunday can steal from you. The gay guy with full sleeves and gauged ears just might be the best employee you ever had. |
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Big ear gauges kill it for me no matter how hot the girl is or how good she would be at her job.
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A front of the house position like a receptionist needs to project the professional image you want for your business. If that includes un-closeted inkies or facial piercers so be it.
In the current job market it is my opinion that such adornments are a liability to the job seeker. |
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Short answer; Yes. All of the above. Same criteria as any other back office employee; do their references check out, are they dependable, are they trustworthy. Even the clean cut middle aged woman who drives a Camry and goes to church every Sunday can steal from you. The gay guy with full sleeves and gauged ears just might be the best employee you ever had. View Quote This isn't a back office job. The scenario as written is for a front desk receptionists. |
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Really depends on the person. This would be ok. http://piercingidea.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cute-nose-piercings-ideas.png This not so much. http://www.piercingtime.com/images/163/nose-nasallang-septum-and-bridge-piercing.jpg I'd be fine with tongue piercing and ankle tat as well. View Quote Single nose piercing can be hot on the right face. Face full of large gauge stainless steel: nope, nope, nope. |
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Of course not. Anything that detracts from the customer's first impression costs me money. She's there to MAKE money, not cost it. Sorry honey, even with big breasts you need to apply elsewhere. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
. . . and greet customers when they enter. Of course not. Anything that detracts from the customer's first impression costs me money. She's there to MAKE money, not cost it. Sorry honey, even with big breasts you need to apply elsewhere. What about big boobs in a halter top, a big ol' beehive of bleached blonde hair on top of her head, and a strip of eyeshadow wide enough for an over the road truck? That will bring in a certain clientele in droves. Add a cigarette hanging out of her mouth and some old school country music in the background and you'll have to move to a larger office. |
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Can they do the job? If they have to speak to other businesses or the public, do they have the social skills?
If yes, then yes, if no, then no. ETA: Ha, I didn't even read auto body shop. I am now thinking 90% of the people in this thread have never turned a wrench or mingled with auto types. And an auto body shop getting dealer and/or insurance work is shielded from the end customer anyway so it really doesn't matter. |
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It would be a case by case decision for me.
Everything in moderation. If she had some great big ring through her nose, hell no. Pierced tongue......in a body shop, yeah. That might attract business. Guaged ears, no. Absolutely not. Tats..........no face or neck. Anything else is OK as long as the subject matter was not out of control. I spent most of my adult life living and working in Las Vegas. Things that get people on here fired up were going on there 20 years ago and today I don't think anything of it. If someone on the streets in LV cut off their head I wouldn't have been the least bit shocked or surprised. So my answers may be jaded. I also worked in a profession where tats were so common that it would have been rare to find someone that didn't have them. In fact the whole city was pretty much like that: it wouldn't have even been on my radar screen to walk into any business and see people working there with everything you have on your list. Every day, every business. |
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Really depends on the person. This would be ok. http://piercingidea.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cute-nose-piercings-ideas.png This not so much. http://www.piercingtime.com/images/163/nose-nasallang-septum-and-bridge-piercing.jpg I'd be fine with tongue piercing and ankle tat as well. View Quote I agree with this guy. A small nose piercing can look nice. Neck tats and sleeves..........fuck no!! |
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Facial piercings, no.
Tats? METT-TC. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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The tongue thing was actually a PA at a doctors office View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Sounds slutty. Pics? I wouldn't hire someone with facial piercings or face / neck ink for a position interacting with customers. I would have tried to get my cock sucked by her.... |
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It's an auto body shop. Did she shower that morning? Does her hair look nice? Can she have a conversation without heavy use of slang? If so than she is already ahead of the game
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If they had the resume to prove they were kick-ass at the job, sure. Off the street? No.
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Quoted: And how was she? ETA: Was the ankle tat like the ones you see on the fat broads going into the dollar store? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ankle tattoo would be ok. The "hey look at me I'm a fucking weirdo" piercings, no. And how was she? ETA: Was the ankle tat like the ones you see on the fat broads going into the dollar store? This and trailer parks are what I associate ankle tattoos with. They're a really big turn off. Pasty white chicken legs with a big 32 pack Milwaukee's Best gut....gross. |
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If its just a phone/clerical job that is one thing if She is the public face of the company --the first person potential customers deal with I personally think that stuff like that can create a bad 1st
impression and potentially put a customer off. Especially older customers, way way back I was told no beards no visible tats and no piercing's most of our client is older homeowners and they associate tats and piercing with ex-cons and people you do not want in your home. We have had customers call up and say "nope don't want this guy" just because something like a mustache put them off. We had guy that applied at the one company that had neck and arm tattoos and the giant hole/shower ring thing in his ear lobe and was told sorry-- you might be the absolute best plumber in the world but we wont hire you. It was their policy --no visible tats or piercing period. You turn yourself into a Queequeg homage you may just put some people off.
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I was about to say no, unless it was an auto shop. Especially a custom auto body shop. That would be part of the décor.
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how are they at doing their job?
if they can knock it out of the park, I don't give a shit. |
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Tats are certainly more mainstream than a number of yrs ago but a professional environment is needed in an office/business setting. Having lots of or large tats or piercings all over does not at all look professional. Looks like someone with issues in many cases, esp. with females. There are some exceptions to this but if you are going to get shit loads of tats make sure you can cover them up with normal business attire or understand you may be relegated to only getting certain types of jobs. I am a manager for a large healthcare business. I'm also a soldier (NCO) and not apposed to tattoos by any means but you got to be smart about it. Piercing is same, use some freaking common sense and discretion. Get that shit all over your neck, face and hands and simply accept you will be working in tattoo shops, biker shops and bars or other places where that is common and accepted. It may not be all warm fuzzy and inclusive but it's reality. You may be a good person and an acceptable worker but based on your appearance I would not hire you anymore than I will hire anyone who comes in to an interview wearing pajama pants (yes its happened) or otherwise dressed like shit.
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Any ink or piercing (visible or not) makes them unsuitable for working with my customers. I worked hard to get here, and I do not hire people that I believe may offend or scare away customers. I also choose not to hire people that I do not believe are capable of making good decisions. Having ink or a piercing places them in that category.
As was said earlier, you may be the best at what you do, but I will not hire you. Lots of other places will hire you, good luck. |
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I don't have an office, but if I did I wouldn't.
I have always wondered what kind of family unit allowed self mutilation. Every now and then while flipping channels I pass through the Jerry Springer show and think, "Well"? Of course I'm old and frequently have gas. As I achieve more and more seniority I am reminded of how grouchy my grandfather became in his old age. It all makes sense to me know. |
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Quoted: I don't have an office, but if I did I wouldn't. I have always wondered what kind of family unit allowed self mutilation. Every now and then while flipping channels I pass through the Jerry Springer show and think, "Well"? Of course I'm old and frequently have gas. As I achieve more and more seniority I am reminded of how grouchy my grandfather became in his old age. It all makes sense to me know. View Quote |
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