# Facial and neck tattoos. Do they have problems finding jobs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307 "2011-01-28T16:50:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/221 "2011-02-05T07:06:34Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > ..snip.. > It’s like the hideous sweat-pant. If a [multi-millionaire](http://www.hownottoactold.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/britney_spears_in_sweatpants.jpg) can’t make them look good, you’re deluding yourself if you think you can. And yes, this is gross, even for the grocery store. But…but…it’s the grocery store. SPUTTER! swooooooooooooon! The GROCERY store! Probably the tackiest “normal” place we humans have to go in a day, so how does IT rate attire above its own tackiness?.. The G R O C E R Y store! argh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/222 "2011-02-05T08:02:04Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Hey. I _like_ Faygo. Their ginger ale is damned good. > > :mad: I’m sorry, but you’re obviously a deviant who can’t be trusted in polite society. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/223 "2011-02-05T15:08:42Z")
I wonder if **DianaG** would hire me if I had sweatpants tattooed on my face. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/224 "2011-02-05T17:13:22Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > I’m sorry, but you’re obviously a deviant who can’t be trusted in polite society. That may be, but I don’t think it has anything to do with the Faygo. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/225 "2011-02-05T17:21:13Z")
Yeah, that’s just disgusting: [http://www.portwallpaper.com/imgcel/Naomi\_Watts/Naomi-Watts-34.JPG](http://www.portwallpaper.com/imgcel/Naomi_Watts/Naomi-Watts-34.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/226 "2011-02-05T19:35:37Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > But…but…it’s the grocery store. SPUTTER! swooooooooooooon! The GROCERY store! Probably the tackiest “normal” place we humans have to go in a day, so how does IT rate attire above its own tackiness?.. The G R O C E R Y store! argh. > > 😃 So because it’s the grocery store it’s ok to look like you fell off a turnip truck? Really, I don’t think combing your hair, putting on a bra and wearing pants that fit is really all that much to ask. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/227 "2011-02-05T19:36:39Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Yeah, that’s just disgusting: [http://www.portwallpaper.com/imgcel/Naomi\_Watts/Naomi-Watts-34.JPG](http://www.portwallpaper.com/imgcel/Naomi_Watts/Naomi-Watts-34.JPG) And clearly the pictures are identical. How sill of me. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/228 "2011-02-05T19:38:23Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > Sure. If you want a “famous person” example, I like the stars on Kat von D’s face. Um, I don’t think anyone is suggesting that facial tattoos are an impediment to getting work as a _tattoo artist_. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/229 "2011-02-05T20:29:17Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > If you show up at the supermarket in sweatpants, I assure you, I’m making a call on what kind of person you are, and I absolutely question your judgement. > > I’m not defending facial tattoos, or ignoring the fact that tattoos are permanent, but anyone who defends sweatpants outside the house but decries neck tattoos is fooling themselves if they think they’re talking about a difference of quality as opposed to degree. The difference is a normal person really shouldn’t care what a random person they’ve never seen before and will probably never see again thinks of them as a person shopping in a super market. Unless you’re independently wealthy you do need to have some self awareness when going to a job interview. So even if someone doesn’t give a shit what they look like on a Saturday afternoon at Wal-Mart, that same person _can_ recognize they need to put on a nice pair of clothes and take a shower before going to a job interview. By putting a tattoo on your face you’re essentially saying you don’t care what people think about your appearance 24/7, because unlike a pair of sweat pants you can’t decide with a facial tattoo when to wear it out in public. ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/230 "2011-02-05T23:03:53Z")
I think I can settle this in one sentence: Mike Tyson looked even crazier after he got a facial tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/231 "2011-02-06T01:57:17Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Um, I don’t think anyone is suggesting that facial tattoos are an impediment to getting work as a _tattoo artist_. Um, the question you _actually asked_ was this: > [@](#): > > Have you ever seen a FACE tattoo that wasn’t an abomination? If you had wanted to omit tattoo artists from consideration, you should have considered adding a qualifier. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/232 "2011-02-06T02:18:16Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > Um, the question you _actually asked_ was this: > > If you had wanted to omit tattoo artists from consideration, you should have considered adding a qualifier. True, true. I realized after I posted that what you were responding too wasn’t what I was responding to. And to be fair, if I was getting a tattoo and the person doing it had a Kat von D style face tattoo it wouldn’t bother me a bit. I think if I were applying for a loan, it may give me pause but I suppose if the person was very professional, or had arranged her hair so the tattoo wasn’t visible or only slightly visible, I would get over it. Any of the actual facial tattoos I’ve seen in person? I would prefer not to interact with those people at all, for any reason. Not only do they apparently have rather bad judgement, they are racist to boot. \* \*Hollywood kind of gets to do it’s own thing in this regard as far as I’m concerned, but I don’t interact with Hollywood starlets…well, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/233 "2011-02-11T15:44:30Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > Sure. If you want a “famous person” example, I like the stars on Kat von D’s face. In real life, I’ve seen a number of well-done designs that worked into the eyebrows or jawline. (snipped) Even though hers are as tasteful as possible, and even considering her being a tatoo artist, [all the tattoos only make a really hot hick look bad](http://www.blog-city.info/en/img9/9094_KatVonD.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/234 "2011-02-11T16:44:36Z")
I disagree…I think it can take a ‘6’, and make her look like a ‘4’ to some people, and an ‘8’ to others. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/235 "2011-02-11T17:46:02Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > They’re all long, flat, and saggy, like an old woman’s boobs (which is normal on an old woman). She obviously doesn’t mind going out in public without a bra and her boobs looking like that; I think she needs a proper support garment. Clearly, you have not seen many unsupported breasts in your lifetime. Maybe yours are perky and always have been; I had girlfriends when I was 14 who were much saggier than Britney. And that is normal for women of all ages, even girls barely through puberty. Youth is not a guarantee of perky boobs. I agree that she would look better with a bra on. And also new hair, clothes, and make-up. She looks like hell there. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/236 "2011-02-11T17:56:54Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > \really hot hick look bad\ Best. Typo. Ever. Yeah, you’re right, **rhubarbin** , I shouldn’t have associated sagging boobs with age (although that it is a reality for most of us - the girls head south as we get older) since women of all ages can have saggy boobs. It is of course Britney’s choice to wear or not wear a bra, and it is my choice to mock her when she chooses to not wear one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/237 "2011-02-12T02:13:44Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > (snipped) > > Even though hers are as tasteful as possible, and even considering her being a tatoo artist, [all the tattoos only make a really hot hick look bad](http://www.blog-city.info/en/img9/9094_KatVonD.jpg). Actually, I gotta agree with you on that one; her facial tattoo is the only one that I really like. Still, what she chooses to do with her body is her business and not mine. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/238 "2011-02-12T22:59:44Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > Actually, I gotta agree with you on that one; her facial tattoo is the only one that I really like. Still, what she chooses to do with her body is her business and not mine. First you steal my reply where I was gonna say that Kat Von D’s facial stars are cute (IMO obviously). Then you steal my second post where I was gonn reply to **Ají** saying that I only really like her facial tattoo. 😛 For the record, here is a picture of the facial tattoo: [![](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/2982109896_3974877001.jpg) ](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/2982109896_3974877001.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/239 "2011-02-13T14:25:46Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Really, I don’t think combing your hair, putting on a bra and wearing pants that fit is really all that much to ask. What if you’re a guy? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/240 "2011-02-13T15:16:02Z")
Same thing…unless it’s Optional Pants Tuesdays! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307.md?page=13)