Appearance of theme park workers - does it matter?

[tomahawk]

See, while we, the younger (for the most part) demographic don't care, the adults and parents taking their young children/impressionable young teens DO CARE what they look like. Personally, I like to see someone who looks presentable operating a machine that can kill, essentially. Tattoos are no issue to me what so ever, as long as they are not bad in nature, in other words ones that say "**** YOU" or anything offensive, I don't mind, but I know my parents generation absolutely despise tattoos, Piercings need more control than tattoos in my opinion, since they can go from fine to trashy real quick.

 

[Ben]

Equating it to a civil rights movement is going a bit far, but not being able to even fully apply for a job because you've got a tattoo that means something to you, is absolutely pathetic.

An example I know of is below; A friend of mine went to promote my friend's business at an open day in a Costco near my house. Costco refused him entry to the building to promote because he had a large tattoo that was visible. They wouldn't allow him to promote because, "There was Children present in the room and their policy is to not openly promote skin art of any kind to minors". This is all a 100% factual story. The thing is, what they don't know it, the guy was actually a Guard at Buckingham Palace. After a LOT of fuss between my friend and Costco, they managed to get the policy over-written at Costco, just for a moral stand-point.

I totally agree with you Gavin about the subject of opinion on a piece of art and total piece of ****. I've got enough to know both kinds of tattoo

You and your example were (hopefully) 18 when you got these tattoos. More than old enough to realise it might affect your job prospects, and you went for it. That is no-one's choice but the person's who gets the tattoo. I'd quite like a wrist tattoo, they're secretly sexy, but, I want a job in the financial sector of London one day - so I won't get one. I make the mature choice between my goals and my short term fashion fix.

It's funny cause you posted a photo of someone whose uniform covers up all their visible tattoos. So, not a visible tattoo. So not at all applicable. I don't know if it's hospital-specific or not, but, my sister isn't allowed any visible tattoos or any piercings that aren't in the ear. But, oddly, in that sort of job, sometimes you value saving lives over ink.

Tattoos ARE becoming more acceptable, that doesn't mean they are acceptable everywhere yet. Every mature adult worthy of a job knows this and makes the decision to get a tattoo or not. Their choice, so don't bitch.

I've worked places where I've had to remove my piercings, but it's never bothered me. It's part of the job. In the same way that, if I'm required to wear black trousers and shoes at that workplace, then I wouldn't dream of turning up in jeans and white trainers, for example.

This. If you were required to wear black shoes to work, but you'd chosen to glue brown shoes on, for fashion, then that was your choice and don't bitch that work wants you to wear black shoes.

Anyone that gets a tattoo, dyes their hair a stupid colour, gets unacceptable piercings or anything else that stops them getting a job, out of choice deserves what they get, and if I was running a business based on interacting with the public, I would not let them work for me.

 

[nadroJ]

^Oh yh, I totally get that his tattoos are completely coverable, I think the point I was trying to make was that people with professional jobs can, and do have tattoos and that having them doesn't make you some kind of cretin.

I'm like you Ben, I'd love something like a wrist or foot tattoo, but in the long term I want a professional job that won't allow that kind of thing, so I choose not to have it. Same reason I grew out the side of my head I shaved, because by the time I'm applying for jobs it'll be completely grown out and I'll fit the bill in terms of how I look.

I think the main issue is that jobs differ in professionalism, therefore appearances and what is acceptable does too, and strict dress codes in offices, etc, don't necessarily make as much sense in a place like a theme park as opposed to the office kind of working environment.

 

[Gavin]

^You could argue that dress codes actually make more sense in a theme park because you're potentially coming into contact with thousands of different people every day, as opposed to the same people you see in the office day in, day out.

 

[SaiyanHajime]

Dress codes in office jobs make absolutely no sense.

 

[nadroJ]

Yeah, you could argue that, but I'm talking in terms of how the world IS and not how it should be. Therefore, less professional jobs, such as working in a theme park, could call for less severe restrictions on hair/tattoos/body mods as opposed to an office job where it is expected that you wear a suit.