TATTOOS: Cover easy, folks

When you apply for a job, you apply for the opportunity to be part of an establishment and become a component who assists them in increasing overall profit margin and therefore increasing your chances of reaping the monetary rewards. It’s that simple.

I don’t see the argument in promoting the visual display of tattoos and piercing.

I have tattoos on my back, chest, arm and leg. I do not regret them. I only have 10, but when I got them I made sure they were placed in “cover easy” parts of my body.

You do not get hired to express your “individuality” as some have described, but to execute a service needed. Simple.

If your individuality is determined by conveying tattoos and piercings then, you don’t have much individuality, but insecurity.

There is a reason why uniforms are often required and a guideline of basic appearance as to maintain continuity of the establishment and ensure equality.

I don’t need my tattoos to express who I am. I do that with my personality.

My tattoos further convey that — at the appropriate place and time.

As in all things, moderation is another factor.

I am aware of the acceptability of the display of tattoos in the marketplace, but still cannot in good faith promote the movement in principle.

Call me old-fashioned, but at some point you have to start looking through the lenses of management and ownership and realize you want to further the image of your establishment and not you and your passions.

Tattoo upon your heart a lasting contentment for life and engrave upon your lifestyle a continuing joy and love of life that will radiate through you, and people will always appreciate that and remember that far more than any one of your tattoos.

SASHA FISHER

Coeur d’Alene