Anonymous #4 5w

my cousin actually just started a job at one and they said she could keep her nose piercings, but she had to put spacers in at work. but she can’t have her ear piercings, not even spacers 😭 just her regular lobe piercings. she had her tragus, 1st and 2nd helix, and some other cartilage piercings i don’t remember the names of

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Anonymous #5 5w

hence why i said when are we going to stray away from viewing those things as unprofessional. they don’t HAVE to be unprofessional because they don’t hinder anyone from being good at their job and maintaining a professional attitude. it’s ink and jewelry…i hardly see an issue with that. as long as they do their job, why does it matter?

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Anonymous OP 5w

It depends. In certain formal business settings, yes they are unprofessional. In others (like baristas, waiters, etc) they’re perfectly fine

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Anonymous #5 5w

what makes them unprofessional?

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Anonymous #5 5w

i mean yeah…i know. i was asking why it matters tho

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Anonymous #5 5w

its only unprofessional because ppl consider tattoos and piercings unclean and "getto" (idk how to spell getto, dont come for me)

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Anonymous #2 5w

When people have excessive tattoos/piercings it’s just distracting. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but when you’re working for a certain company or in a certain place, most workplaces have a dress code in order to make sure that no one is out of place and could be distracting for clients, and having those (at least not covered) is not okay. Imagine you go to court and your lawyer looks like they just fell into a pit of ink and needles… you wouldn’t want that representing you lmfao.

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Anonymous #3 5w

Ghetto. It takes literally two seconds to look that up and educate yourself. And yes, they are considered that.

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Anonymous #5 5w

fell into a pit of ink and needles is very exaggerative and doesn’t change my view bc i know you’re letting your personal opinions sway your stance. i think as long as my hypothetical lawyer does their job and helps me out, i wouldn’t care

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Anonymous #5 5w

AND you’re rude. smh

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Anonymous OP 5w

That’s where we’re different, because I would 🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous OP 5w

Am I wrong?

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Anonymous #5 5w

but they don’t stop anyone from doing their job or being good at it. and 9/10 it’s not someone with excessive anything, it’s just like. a nose ring. the whole point of destigmatizing tattoos and piercings is that they say nothing about a person ability to perform at their job and everythinggg about preconceived notions about what ‘type’ of person would get stuff like that done. i can promise getting something done does not change someone work performance if they’re already good at their job lol

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Anonymous #2 5w

Did I say anything about it just being a nose ring? I said excessive. But go off girl!

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Anonymous #5 5w

i think you’re partaking in the discrimination of individuals based on their appearance. i’ll let you think about that one

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Anonymous #5 5w

im good, id rather not educate myself on a word created to deminish and demonize the black and poc experience

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Anonymous #3 5w

how to spell it** specifically

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Anonymous OP 5w

Nope! Actually not how that works- appearance is considered the unchangeable qualities you are born with (ie. face shape, nose size, etc.), not tattoos or piercings which is controllable! ☺️

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Anonymous #5 5w

you’re dtm now. go ahead and get out of my comments 😭😭 LMFAO

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Anonymous #5 5w

so… do you think have tattoos and piercings CAN be professional then, but only if it’s not excessive? who gets to define what excessive is? what if someone has a full sleeves and a back tattoo done but wears a suit every day - is that excessive? does that impact how they’d perform at their job?

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Anonymous #5 5w

friend you need to take a step back and really think about what ur defending rn. up till a couple years ago, wearing ur curly hair out was seen as unprofessional and still is for ppl who have type 3b and curlier patterns than that. just because something is considered unprofessional doesnt mean it is

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Anonymous #3 5w

Yea so that makes no sense. “Oh I would rather not learn how to spell bc I’m sensitive and don’t want to upset people!!” Lmfao please. Learning how to spell things does not affect your views or values.

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Anonymous #5 5w

thats not at all what i said 💀 i just meant that googling how to spell getto is a waste of my time rn

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Anonymous #2 5w

Yes, they can be professional. I stated that earlier. As long as they are covered, it’s perfectly fine!

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Anonymous #5 5w

just bc they’re not a legally protected class, doesn’t mean it’s not a form of discrimination…for example, ageism in the workplace is illegal when the individual being discriminated against is 40 and up. those laws don’t protect young people from discrimination in the workplace (except in michigan). so does that make it okay? food for thought

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Anonymous #3 5w

How is curly hair unprofessional? That is a quality someone was born with. Unchangeable. Please read what I’ve stated if you want to argue with me, next!

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Anonymous #5 5w

man ur stupid as hell

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Anonymous #5 5w

so if you agree that tattoos and piercings CAN be professional… and if you think that covering them up makes it okay… you do understand that means the only difference is your OWN perception of someone once you see they’ve had something done. it has nothing to do with their own work performance

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Anonymous #3 5w

Educating yourself is considered “a waste of your time?” wow.

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Anonymous #5 5w

learning to spell getti isn't educational

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Anonymous #2 5w

Exactly! Certain workplaces have standards. 🥰

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Anonymous #3 5w

Doesn’t matter what word you are spelling. Learning how to spell is educational, sorry

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Anonymous #5 5w

…which are completely arbitrary and based on personal opinion and not work performance 😭

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Anonymous #5 5w

id rather actually understand concepts than pretend to cause i know how to soell some bs like geto, sorry

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Anonymous #2 5w

Right. Did I ever say anything about work performance? Or are you arguing with your own assumption that I thought that?

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Anonymous #5 5w

u did

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Anonymous #3 5w

where :)

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Anonymous #5 5w

you literally did when you brought up the weird hypothetical about not wanting a lawyer w tattoos and piercings to represent you 😭😭

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Anonymous #3 5w

Right… and if you ACTUALLY understood the concept and educated yourself about the meaning behind ghetto (even if you were against it), you would still know how to spell the word as you’ve done your research behind it, no? 😂

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Anonymous #5 5w

when u opened ur phone to argue, thats what u implied. I know this is ur first time figuring out reading comprehension but please try a little harder babe

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Anonymous #5 5w

thats not how it works, hope this helps!

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Anonymous #5 5w

my comment is still waiting for your rebuttal btw 🤍 or are we still gonna watch you argue about how to spell a word?

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Anonymous #3 5w

It actually is, lol! Whether you like it or not 😘

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Anonymous OP 5w

LMAO

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Anonymous #5 5w

its not, and u would know that if u weren't too busy failing the only writing course u have to take

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Anonymous OP 5w

she cant rebute u girl, she's too busy making sure all the words she's typing are spelt correcty so she doesnt look stupider

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Anonymous OP 5w

Ya’ll I don’t gaf about tattoos and piercings and I certainly don’t gaf about them in the workplace. I just love arguing with people on here bc ya’ll are so sensitive and get so up worked and angry so easily. Bye! 😂

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Anonymous #5 5w

i wasn’t angry…but yeah probably for the best :p see ya!

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Anonymous #3 5w

I actually have a 100 rn, but thank you for your utmost concern love!

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Anonymous #5 5w

and now ur running away lmao typicall

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Anonymous OP 5w

Wasn’t talking about you 😊

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Anonymous #5 5w

i love when people lose an argument they started and act like they don’t care anymore <3 i want to study you like a bug

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Anonymous #5 5w

lmao i know damn well not even u believe that

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Anonymous #3 5w

Because I’ve spent enough of my time arguing with pea sized brains 🥰 You can’t have a productive conversation with someone who is unwilling to be open. Thanks!

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Anonymous #2 5w

shes so mad she had to pull out the "love" and 🥰😊

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Anonymous #5 5w

for u to be part of the argument u need to have an argument btw

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Anonymous #3 5w

Hm mad and those emojis don’t go together. Try again 😆

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Anonymous #5 5w

how many byes does it take for a loser to leave the argument they're losing? 🤔

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Anonymous #5 5w

It’s happening, slowly but surely! I work at an engineering firm and have purple hair, most of my coworkers have a decent amount of tattoos, and there’s many many nose piercings. No gauges or other facial piercings that I’m aware of, but I don’t think there’d be much problem w it

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Anonymous #5 5w

Ah fuck I didn’t mean to respond to yall

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Anonymous #6 5w

eyy no worries, 🙂‍↕️🙏 glad to hear there's some changes going on

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Anonymous #6 5w

ok purple haired engineering baddie. we love to see it

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Anonymous OP 5w

Dang whaaat. I have like 7 piercings both sides and they do not care

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Anonymous #4 5w

well ykw it’s still progress even if it doesn’t reflect where i live yet. a win is a win and i love that for you

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