Discriminating about body art, is as bad as discriminating about race or colour!
I personally haven’t had anything like that happen to me, but one off my good friend’s applied to work under me at a care home for the elderly & disabled.
He had more than enough qualifications & 3-4 months prior experience, along with a shining reference!
He went through the whole interview fine, all was well. Then the interviewer noticed a band off star’s going round his neck (like a half moon, gap at the front).
Needless to say, she said that she couldn’t hire him due to his tattoo’s, she then proceeded to belittle him in saying that only scum scar there body with tattoo’s.
He came back to the flat & he explained all that, he was in tears, sobbing through his hand’s telling me how she had been to him.
After i heard it all, I drove directly over to my work & gave her a very large, very smart (and angry) peice off my mind. I quoted some law, told her about the contract & it not saying anything about body art not being allowed etc…
In the end my friend got the job, after i talked to her supervisor’s, she got a leave off absence & demoted (not fired sadly).
I know that was long but i wanted/needed to share it with you all!
Did you think i did the right thing? Would you do the same?
If this has been off some inspiration to you, feel free to let me know :).
As always <3 Big Andy
