We have a difference of opinion. We do not live in Hollywood where people can get away with crap, and think that the opinions of entertainers matter. We live in the midwest, and the Bible Belt, where you can be judged and rejected for far much less than a simple tattoo.
You are right about people with success having tattoos, but that logic doesn't matter because it is not that is not germane to our theme. I am right about how people
may be- but not always - judged and rejected because of some tattoos, by some - not all - people. This does matter because it may affect how you are received or rejected by others.
It is a given that this will not matter to certain people, so be it. But their opinion is not relevant to the current discussion. The simple fact that discretion is a part of life should be obvious to everyone.
Personally, I attempt to always look at each person for what they are, not a tattoo or what they wear. But I also keep in mind that tattoos, behavior, and clothing tend to become the uniforms of how people want to be seen, and understood by others.
It is always advantageous to be discreet.
Being openly crude can loose you some business and some friends.
One of my best lady workers had many tatts and could not refrain from loudly saying shit in a nice restaurant when I took her for a business lunch. She just did not notice, or care about, the nasty looks she got from the other restaurant customers and staff. I did not take her out for a business lunch after that.
Nothing was said, and she would not understand, that everyone in the place thought she was an asshole. How much money one earns doesn't earn any respect if one is still thought of as an asshole. She was still a good worker, and great at quality control. The time of her life to stop thinking of herself as a punk rocker had long passed.
1 Corinthians 13:11
English Standard Version
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
Some people do not seem to understand the need for discretion.
discretion | dəˈskreSH(ə)n |
noun
The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.
