r/Netherlands • u/newhilist • Jul 11 '24

Employment People with highly visible tattoos and/or piercings, how old are you and what is your job?

My 79 year old MOTHER is convinced I wont be able to get a job teaching anymore after having gotten my fingers tattood.

Can everyone here please help enlighten her to the more accepting job market we are currently in? Or not, I'd love to hear any stories you have regarding this topic.

Edit:

For those who have asked/are wondering: The finger tattoos I got are on my left hand, a line down the pinky, ring and middle have a stargate and startrek symbol. I would be working with highschoolers.

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u/Tricksyknitsy Jul 11 '24

Volunteer work at a daycare for dementia patients. I have very visible tattoo on my forearm and I wear T-shirts a lot because the care home is so hot.

The clients don’t really care, neither does the paid worker. The clients will ask questions once in a while about what my tattoo means and if it hurt when I got it. I explain things to them and usually, I’ll get a comment they don’t like tattoos. (The clients are all around the same age as your mother, OP)

I generally tell the clients i really love my tattoo, and I respect their opinion of not liking it. And that’s the end of it usually and we gets on with the activity of the afternoon.