Dan writes me, saying, “I’ve run into some what I feel is an unfair treatment in my work place recently,” with the following picture attached:
I couldn’t agree more, and he explains,
I work at a grocery store as a cashier and have been working there for almost two years. I was hired with my lip pierced, and up until recently has never been a problem. We recently received two new managers and a lot of things have started to change — one of these things is the enforcement of a “NO FACIAL PIERCINGS” policy. We are forced to take them out or cover them up while at work. Taking them out is not a convenient solution since I have seamless rings, and as anyone who has used them in the past, they are a bitch to remove. I am forced to cover my rings with a disgusting band-aid or medical tape. This draws even more attention to them than not covering them at all. The band aid barely even covers anything and irritates my skin terribly. I feel that they are trying to humiliate us into taking our piercings out. I talked to the union and human resources about the issue and apparently the piercing rule was in the employee handbook that we signed when we were hired, though I have yet to see one of these handbooks.
You know, outside of “right and wrong” issues, and in my view of the world, the store is very much in the wrong here, there’s a real aura of idiocy that embraces this policy. As Dan points out, a couple piercings with an obnoxious bandage placed over them is far more upsetting looking to customers (whether they like or dislike piercings) because it sends the message that there’s something wrong with the piercing. And, as he also points out, being forced to do this daily endangers his health, so it’s ridiculous, offensive, and counter-productive on every level… but, sadly, in most States, it’s a fact of life for all-too-many people.
Finally, Dan asks,
I just wanted to know if anyone else has had similar problems in the workplace with their mods, and if anyone else has any more ideas that I could try to sway their policies?
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436 responses to “Oh, that’s much more appealing…”
I have worked at a small, non-profit, family-oriented museum for almost 3 years. From the start I was not allowed to wear my little 14g septum ring, but nostril studs (not rings) were ok. Last summer our dress code policy was revamped, so now piercings and [non-offensive] tattoos are considered ok, except for staff who have consistent face-to-face interaction with the public, in which case it is up to their manager to decide. I still can’t wear my septum ring, and lately have recieved comments about my slowly growing lobe size possibly becoming an issue, but nostril and lip/labret studs are ok as long as they are tiny. It does not make any sense to me and I find it a little offensive personally that they would continue to perpetuate the idea that one type of piercing is acceptable because it is more “common” and another isn’t. So I guess when some high-profile celebrity starts sporting a septum ring and it becomes that much more mainstream, it’ll be ok, right? Grr. /angst!
I have worked at a small, non-profit, family-oriented museum for almost 3 years. From the start I was not allowed to wear my little 14g septum ring, but nostril studs (not rings) were ok. Last summer our dress code policy was revamped, so now piercings and [non-offensive] tattoos are considered ok, except for staff who have consistent face-to-face interaction with the public, in which case it is up to their manager to decide. I still can’t wear my septum ring, and lately have recieved comments about my slowly growing lobe size possibly becoming an issue, but nostril and lip/labret studs are ok as long as they are tiny. It does not make any sense to me and I find it a little offensive personally that they would continue to perpetuate the idea that one type of piercing is acceptable because it is more “common” and another isn’t. So I guess when some high-profile celebrity starts sporting a septum ring and it becomes that much more mainstream, it’ll be ok, right? Grr. /angst!
I also work as a cashier in a grocery store, and I have my lip pierced twice, and nobody gives me any shit about it. however, the store I work in is small and locally owned & operated, it’s not like Kroger’s or Meijer’s or whatever else. Another one of our employees has double nostril piercings and her eyebrow pierced, and still another employee has tattoos all over the place. We just happen to live/work in an accepting community…
good luck to you! my only advice would be to maybe put in labret studs so they aren’t as glaringly obvious as the rings? I dunno…
I also work as a cashier in a grocery store, and I have my lip pierced twice, and nobody gives me any shit about it. however, the store I work in is small and locally owned & operated, it’s not like Kroger’s or Meijer’s or whatever else. Another one of our employees has double nostril piercings and her eyebrow pierced, and still another employee has tattoos all over the place. We just happen to live/work in an accepting community…
good luck to you! my only advice would be to maybe put in labret studs so they aren’t as glaringly obvious as the rings? I dunno…
Just as an afterthought… I know for sure that Target allows facial piercings, because I worked there for a couple weeks on the sales floor. 🙂
Just as an afterthought… I know for sure that Target allows facial piercings, because I worked there for a couple weeks on the sales floor. 🙂
I work at the ups store and we too have the no facial piercings rule. However, i do get away with an 8g tongue bar and my septum is pierced. I do deliberately wear a horse shoe in my septum so i can just flip it up while at work. I also have 5/8 lobes, upper flats and my tragus pierced. I definitely get away with more than what i am supposed to have, and my manager is very understanding on the subject.
I work at the ups store and we too have the no facial piercings rule. However, i do get away with an 8g tongue bar and my septum is pierced. I do deliberately wear a horse shoe in my septum so i can just flip it up while at work. I also have 5/8 lobes, upper flats and my tragus pierced. I definitely get away with more than what i am supposed to have, and my manager is very understanding on the subject.
check this– I’m a graphic designer. I work in a cubicle. Some days I never see the SUN, much less an actual customer. But I am still not allowed to have visible mods. They even outlawed tongue piercings, but I have kept mine because nobody has noticed except for another coworker who also has a tongue piercing. LOL. I just don’t understand why they care about how I look when I am not even in a customer-service-oriented job. Furthermore I don’t see what is inherently “unprofessional” about some metal in my face. ugh.
check this– I’m a graphic designer. I work in a cubicle. Some days I never see the SUN, much less an actual customer. But I am still not allowed to have visible mods. They even outlawed tongue piercings, but I have kept mine because nobody has noticed except for another coworker who also has a tongue piercing. LOL. I just don’t understand why they care about how I look when I am not even in a customer-service-oriented job. Furthermore I don’t see what is inherently “unprofessional” about some metal in my face. ugh.
I worked briefly at a McD’s (until i left for school) and they were very letter of the law strict. I had to take out my labret to work. Later I went and had my ears punched at 2g (6mm) [now 20mm] and so i went to talk to the store manager before work about to see if they were going to make me do something silly like cover them with bandaids, like several of my co-workers did with their eyebrow rings. The response was that it was fine if i took out the upper conch ring i wore, because the employee hand book say one piercing per ear is acceptable – making no provisions for size. So in McD’s land it is bad to have a tiny bit of metal in my lip but ok to have relatively large holes in my ears…..go figure.
I worked briefly at a McD’s (until i left for school) and they were very letter of the law strict. I had to take out my labret to work. Later I went and had my ears punched at 2g (6mm) [now 20mm] and so i went to talk to the store manager before work about to see if they were going to make me do something silly like cover them with bandaids, like several of my co-workers did with their eyebrow rings. The response was that it was fine if i took out the upper conch ring i wore, because the employee hand book say one piercing per ear is acceptable – making no provisions for size. So in McD’s land it is bad to have a tiny bit of metal in my lip but ok to have relatively large holes in my ears…..go figure.
I work at a grocery store and I have facial piercings. I got hired with a tongue ring and 1″ lobes. I knew the dresscode when I took the job. Although I was hired with piercings, I knew and prepared myself that one day it may not fly any further. Eventually someone will ask me to follow the dresscode and I didn’t and don’t feel there is anything wrong with that. Why do I get to break the dresscode in that area and others don’t get to break other dresscode rules?
I got my tongue split and added an monroe piercing over the next few months of being hired. I have also been promoted to an assistant manager at work. I think of my year and a half of my employment I was asked once to remove my piercing. That was when corporate came in town. I forgot to take it out and spoke one on one with the district manager with no issues.
I know that I have it made because I am allowed to break the rules and others are not. I’m not going to bitch when or if they ask me to “cover up” or remove. Like I said before, why do people with piercing get to break a dresscode rule and other can’t choose which rule they want to ignore?
I work at a grocery store and I have facial piercings. I got hired with a tongue ring and 1″ lobes. I knew the dresscode when I took the job. Although I was hired with piercings, I knew and prepared myself that one day it may not fly any further. Eventually someone will ask me to follow the dresscode and I didn’t and don’t feel there is anything wrong with that. Why do I get to break the dresscode in that area and others don’t get to break other dresscode rules?
I got my tongue split and added an monroe piercing over the next few months of being hired. I have also been promoted to an assistant manager at work. I think of my year and a half of my employment I was asked once to remove my piercing. That was when corporate came in town. I forgot to take it out and spoke one on one with the district manager with no issues.
I know that I have it made because I am allowed to break the rules and others are not. I’m not going to bitch when or if they ask me to “cover up” or remove. Like I said before, why do people with piercing get to break a dresscode rule and other can’t choose which rule they want to ignore?
I worked in a bank that had that kind of rule. At the time I had my eyebrow pierced and a few ear piercings (rook, helix, industrial, tragus and a few standard size lobes). To get around taking things out, I’d wear a retainer in my eyebrow and just keep my hair down to cover my ears, but I was finding that changing my eyebrow bar so often was irritating it, and I have thin hair, so leaving it down all day was meaning it would be pretty straggly-looking by the end of the day, so I just gradually brought everything in. I forgot to change my eyebrow bar one morning, and found no-one said anything, so I tried that a couple of times until I eventually started just wearing my normal bar. After that, I started wearing my hair tied up more often until people were used to it, without even realising they were. Then I started stretching my first holes in my lobes, and would even talk with my manager about other piercings I was getting and no-one minded.
I worked in a bank that had that kind of rule. At the time I had my eyebrow pierced and a few ear piercings (rook, helix, industrial, tragus and a few standard size lobes). To get around taking things out, I’d wear a retainer in my eyebrow and just keep my hair down to cover my ears, but I was finding that changing my eyebrow bar so often was irritating it, and I have thin hair, so leaving it down all day was meaning it would be pretty straggly-looking by the end of the day, so I just gradually brought everything in. I forgot to change my eyebrow bar one morning, and found no-one said anything, so I tried that a couple of times until I eventually started just wearing my normal bar. After that, I started wearing my hair tied up more often until people were used to it, without even realising they were. Then I started stretching my first holes in my lobes, and would even talk with my manager about other piercings I was getting and no-one minded.
I got my lip pierced in my last year of high school. I was the first person ever on my school that had a facial piercing.. I tried to hide it behind my long hair but eventually my teachers noticed it. I had to cover it with a band aid.. it was horrible since it hadn’t healed yet and the stud poked into the band aid.. All of the teachers were annoying about it. But a couple of kids also got pierced a couple of weeks later. haha
I got my lip pierced in my last year of high school. I was the first person ever on my school that had a facial piercing.. I tried to hide it behind my long hair but eventually my teachers noticed it. I had to cover it with a band aid.. it was horrible since it hadn’t healed yet and the stud poked into the band aid.. All of the teachers were annoying about it. But a couple of kids also got pierced a couple of weeks later. haha
Ughh, i don’t see what the point is in covering them/taking them out in places like that.
A few weeks ago i was faced with ‘take out your snakebites by tomorrow or stay home’ in school.
Wtf? I’ve had them for 2 years and nothing was said to me during that time. Then suddenly i get told that. I was pissed off to say the least. I had no explanation why so after a few phone calls to the school my mother finally found out why i’d been told to take them out. The guy is ‘trying to improve the standards of the schoool’.
I’m sorry but my school will never get any better. It’s a shit hole.
I think i’m the only person who’s been told to take my facial piercings out. No-one else i know of has been told to.
People need to realise that most people will be more offended/disgusted/whatever by a big plaster on someone than they will be if it’s just the jewelry.
Ughh, i don’t see what the point is in covering them/taking them out in places like that.
A few weeks ago i was faced with ‘take out your snakebites by tomorrow or stay home’ in school.
Wtf? I’ve had them for 2 years and nothing was said to me during that time. Then suddenly i get told that. I was pissed off to say the least. I had no explanation why so after a few phone calls to the school my mother finally found out why i’d been told to take them out. The guy is ‘trying to improve the standards of the schoool’.
I’m sorry but my school will never get any better. It’s a shit hole.
I think i’m the only person who’s been told to take my facial piercings out. No-one else i know of has been told to.
People need to realise that most people will be more offended/disgusted/whatever by a big plaster on someone than they will be if it’s just the jewelry.
wow guys, thanks for so many replies!
alittle more explaining for the people who dont think this is wrong.
i understand that business’s have the right to enforce whatever rules they want, but i am working in an enviroment that piercing do not effect the job in the least. i scan food, im not doing anything that could make the piercings a health issue. they have long been healed and theres is nothing that could be hooked on them or anything.
wearing the band aid of my lip makes me have to answer the same questions all day:
Q: new piercings?
A: no ive had these for 2 years
Q: got infected?
A: no they are perfectly fine
Q: someone tear ur lip ring out?
A: no they are fine
then when i explain that we are being made to cover our piercings out, 95% of the customers think its the stupidest thing ever, and they tell me that the bandaid just makes it so much worse. ive gotten more attention to my lip rings in the first 2 hours of having them covered the first day, then i had in the whole time ive been working there. ive actually had regular customers and other employees asking me when i got my lip pierced.
everything time i get the response from customers who think its stupid, i tell them to say something to the general manager. i know one lady has actually written a letter. im gonna try talking to the general manager face to face. he is a really cool guy and he has never been the one to cover my piercings, its always the shitty new managers trying to make a name for themselves.
if this is a business run to keep the customers happy, it seems that they didnt mind the piercings. hopefully the negative attention to the covered piercings could sway their decision.
thanks alot
dan
wow guys, thanks for so many replies!
alittle more explaining for the people who dont think this is wrong.
i understand that business’s have the right to enforce whatever rules they want, but i am working in an enviroment that piercing do not effect the job in the least. i scan food, im not doing anything that could make the piercings a health issue. they have long been healed and theres is nothing that could be hooked on them or anything.
wearing the band aid of my lip makes me have to answer the same questions all day:
Q: new piercings?
A: no ive had these for 2 years
Q: got infected?
A: no they are perfectly fine
Q: someone tear ur lip ring out?
A: no they are fine
then when i explain that we are being made to cover our piercings out, 95% of the customers think its the stupidest thing ever, and they tell me that the bandaid just makes it so much worse. ive gotten more attention to my lip rings in the first 2 hours of having them covered the first day, then i had in the whole time ive been working there. ive actually had regular customers and other employees asking me when i got my lip pierced.
everything time i get the response from customers who think its stupid, i tell them to say something to the general manager. i know one lady has actually written a letter. im gonna try talking to the general manager face to face. he is a really cool guy and he has never been the one to cover my piercings, its always the shitty new managers trying to make a name for themselves.
if this is a business run to keep the customers happy, it seems that they didnt mind the piercings. hopefully the negative attention to the covered piercings could sway their decision.
thanks alot
dan
I worked at Denny’s and was allowed one earring per ear, and they were strict about it.. I showed up with an orbital, and was told, one earring per ear. I kept my venoms in. I also have a split tongue.
I was hanging out back with everyone one day and I was wearing long sleeves because I had to cover my tattoos and implants and someone mentioned how hot it was and I said “Yea, it is hot..” and my supervisor was like “Well, you’re the one who made the bad choice to get tattooed” and my jaw just dropped.
Because of the one earring per ear rule, I took my 1/2″ lobes out and put labret studs in my tragus’s. This grossed out my supervisor and they told me to come in with something in my earlobes because they didn’t want to be looking through them.. so I had to take my tragus piercings out, which sucked.
I eventually quit one day because I was fed up with the way they were treating me, so I walked out.
I worked at Denny’s and was allowed one earring per ear, and they were strict about it.. I showed up with an orbital, and was told, one earring per ear. I kept my venoms in. I also have a split tongue.
I was hanging out back with everyone one day and I was wearing long sleeves because I had to cover my tattoos and implants and someone mentioned how hot it was and I said “Yea, it is hot..” and my supervisor was like “Well, you’re the one who made the bad choice to get tattooed” and my jaw just dropped.
Because of the one earring per ear rule, I took my 1/2″ lobes out and put labret studs in my tragus’s. This grossed out my supervisor and they told me to come in with something in my earlobes because they didn’t want to be looking through them.. so I had to take my tragus piercings out, which sucked.
I eventually quit one day because I was fed up with the way they were treating me, so I walked out.
i am an RN and i am sleeved, the back of my neck is tattooed, my knuckles are inked, i have 2 industrials, each ear lobe, septum and tongue done. only very rarely has anyone said anything to me.
most people seem to like the tattoos. i put a retainer in my septum just because i don’t want to give a crazy patient something to grab. all the handbooks state that you cant have visible piercings including oral cavity piercings and all tattoos must be covered.
i have been told by a few people to wear long sleeves and wear band-aids over my fingers. i just remind them that it is not hygienic for me to have long sleeves that can dip into things that i cant wash off and band-aids would harbor infection and i couldn’t properly wash my hands like i need to. i remind people that none of these things effects my ability to my job properly and professionally. that if they are going to discriminate about about make up, earrings, rings, jewelery, nails, etc…
after going through all of that i am usually left alone. i think thats the benefit about being an ICU nurse though – they need us too badly to fire us over trivial things. if they hired me with it, than it shouldn’t be a problem now. 🙂
i am an RN and i am sleeved, the back of my neck is tattooed, my knuckles are inked, i have 2 industrials, each ear lobe, septum and tongue done. only very rarely has anyone said anything to me.
most people seem to like the tattoos. i put a retainer in my septum just because i don’t want to give a crazy patient something to grab. all the handbooks state that you cant have visible piercings including oral cavity piercings and all tattoos must be covered.
i have been told by a few people to wear long sleeves and wear band-aids over my fingers. i just remind them that it is not hygienic for me to have long sleeves that can dip into things that i cant wash off and band-aids would harbor infection and i couldn’t properly wash my hands like i need to. i remind people that none of these things effects my ability to my job properly and professionally. that if they are going to discriminate about about make up, earrings, rings, jewelery, nails, etc…
after going through all of that i am usually left alone. i think thats the benefit about being an ICU nurse though – they need us too badly to fire us over trivial things. if they hired me with it, than it shouldn’t be a problem now. 🙂
By and large I can guarantee you that the ratio of outward mods is directly proportional to how much you will be offered in salary and therefore how much you will have in the bank (that is for those of us who actually have to work for a living . . . *you know who you are * ).
The choice is yours. But for me I’d much prefer be a 9-5 clean cut idiot and then go home and be as freaky as I wanna be. At least I got something in the bank for a rainy day, health issues and MUCH more importantly cash for vacations.
I’m just sayin.
By and large I can guarantee you that the ratio of outward mods is directly proportional to how much you will be offered in salary and therefore how much you will have in the bank (that is for those of us who actually have to work for a living . . . *you know who you are * ).
The choice is yours. But for me I’d much prefer be a 9-5 clean cut idiot and then go home and be as freaky as I wanna be. At least I got something in the bank for a rainy day, health issues and MUCH more importantly cash for vacations.
I’m just sayin.
I’m a typist for a law firm, and I work in a cubicle. The only social interaction I have is with other secretaries – I only communicate with the lawyers via email, and my floor isn’t accessible to the public, so I definitely don’t deal with clients. I have multiple steel tunnels in my lobes, as well as industrials, helixes, a sideburn and so on, two nose studs, a third eye microdermal and a tongue stud. When I was interviewed for the job I was advised to change the tongue stud to a retainer, which I did, until it broke and I put my normal one back in. No one’s said anything. I leave my hair out all the time to cover my ears, and I hairspray my bangs into place to cover the third eye. My nose studs are minuscule. I otherwise dress sensibly, cover my tattoos with long sleeves, work hard and volunteer for overtime, so I remain un-harassed.
However, I dyed my hair blue and black over the holiday break, and failed to ‘normalise’ it before I returned to work. I imagine at some point I’m going to run into a partner with the authority to demand I change it, but until then I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts. 🙂
I’m a typist for a law firm, and I work in a cubicle. The only social interaction I have is with other secretaries – I only communicate with the lawyers via email, and my floor isn’t accessible to the public, so I definitely don’t deal with clients. I have multiple steel tunnels in my lobes, as well as industrials, helixes, a sideburn and so on, two nose studs, a third eye microdermal and a tongue stud. When I was interviewed for the job I was advised to change the tongue stud to a retainer, which I did, until it broke and I put my normal one back in. No one’s said anything. I leave my hair out all the time to cover my ears, and I hairspray my bangs into place to cover the third eye. My nose studs are minuscule. I otherwise dress sensibly, cover my tattoos with long sleeves, work hard and volunteer for overtime, so I remain un-harassed.
However, I dyed my hair blue and black over the holiday break, and failed to ‘normalise’ it before I returned to work. I imagine at some point I’m going to run into a partner with the authority to demand I change it, but until then I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts. 🙂
There are a few things one has to consider here. What is the nature of your work? If you are working at a food place (ie.restaurant) then you may be required to remove your jewelry or at the very least wear retainers because of the idiot who worked there before you who lost his/her nostril screw in something a customer ate. Also, you have to consider your safety, if you are in danger of getting your piercing yanked out by a falling object or what have you. I think that rule is silly because you should be able to decide for youself if it is a risk you are willing to take.
Last year I worked at a Catholic elementary school with special needs kids, and not only were the staff there cool with me, but I was allowed to have my piercings and get more piercings (facially) because I told my supervisor just how important they were to me.
Also, I cannot stress enough how important it is that you are a good employee. If you do your job well and are a good employee then your boss will have nothing to say.
As it stands though your employer has the right to set his own standards for dress code, so you may have to look for another job. Sorry 🙁
There are a few things one has to consider here. What is the nature of your work? If you are working at a food place (ie.restaurant) then you may be required to remove your jewelry or at the very least wear retainers because of the idiot who worked there before you who lost his/her nostril screw in something a customer ate. Also, you have to consider your safety, if you are in danger of getting your piercing yanked out by a falling object or what have you. I think that rule is silly because you should be able to decide for youself if it is a risk you are willing to take.
Last year I worked at a Catholic elementary school with special needs kids, and not only were the staff there cool with me, but I was allowed to have my piercings and get more piercings (facially) because I told my supervisor just how important they were to me.
Also, I cannot stress enough how important it is that you are a good employee. If you do your job well and are a good employee then your boss will have nothing to say.
As it stands though your employer has the right to set his own standards for dress code, so you may have to look for another job. Sorry 🙁
When I was working at McDonalds I was told I needed to either take out my 3rd eye microdermal, bridge and labret piercing or put gross band aids over them… And since taking them out wasn’t an option I had to put band aids over them… Even though most of the customers told me I looked crazy with band-aids all over my face and on top of that the adhesive was starting to make my 3rd eye infected no matter what way I put the band-aids on….
I had also noticed that there was a girl who I’d been working with for 3 months with four eyebrow rings, and a pair of snakebites… So I brought it up to the head manager on several occasions and they said they’d speak with her but she insisted that she was “bringing her own from home” even though I had every kind of band-aid known to mankind in my pocket and I know that McDonalds had tons… So… I went and tried to pull the same thing “I’m bringing my own from home”
“You NEED to cover up those piercings…”
It’s not like I was in the kitchen… or touched any food, so there was no risk of any balls falling into any food… But I started getting fed up of being asked every 10 seconds to cover them up… Although I had covered them up for a year… So… One of the managers pulled me into her office and told me that I could keep them showing as long as I put them back on in a half hour when she left..
So… I ripped off my uniform and threw it at them and quit right on the spot…. Their loss really..
I’ve also run into problems being interviewed… I have 1 1/4 lobes and I was at burger king of all places… asking for a job… with no facial piercings and I got told that unless I had surgery done to “fix” them she couldn’t imagine me dealinfg with HER costomers like that…But she told me.. And I quote…
“Your disgusting holes are the only thing holding me back from hiring you, you have tons of experience and everything but that’s just gross…. come talk to me when u get them fixed”
Hello human rights violation:|
When I was working at McDonalds I was told I needed to either take out my 3rd eye microdermal, bridge and labret piercing or put gross band aids over them… And since taking them out wasn’t an option I had to put band aids over them… Even though most of the customers told me I looked crazy with band-aids all over my face and on top of that the adhesive was starting to make my 3rd eye infected no matter what way I put the band-aids on….
I had also noticed that there was a girl who I’d been working with for 3 months with four eyebrow rings, and a pair of snakebites… So I brought it up to the head manager on several occasions and they said they’d speak with her but she insisted that she was “bringing her own from home” even though I had every kind of band-aid known to mankind in my pocket and I know that McDonalds had tons… So… I went and tried to pull the same thing “I’m bringing my own from home”
“You NEED to cover up those piercings…”
It’s not like I was in the kitchen… or touched any food, so there was no risk of any balls falling into any food… But I started getting fed up of being asked every 10 seconds to cover them up… Although I had covered them up for a year… So… One of the managers pulled me into her office and told me that I could keep them showing as long as I put them back on in a half hour when she left..
So… I ripped off my uniform and threw it at them and quit right on the spot…. Their loss really..
I’ve also run into problems being interviewed… I have 1 1/4 lobes and I was at burger king of all places… asking for a job… with no facial piercings and I got told that unless I had surgery done to “fix” them she couldn’t imagine me dealinfg with HER costomers like that…But she told me.. And I quote…
“Your disgusting holes are the only thing holding me back from hiring you, you have tons of experience and everything but that’s just gross…. come talk to me when u get them fixed”
Hello human rights violation:|
WORK FOR TARGET….I have worked there for 4.5 years including as a supervisor, with 2″ stretched lobes, many many facial piercings/microdermals over the years including 4g nostrils, brandings on my hands, one full sleeve and one in progress, a neck tattoo, split tongue ETC ETC…..I work in the backroom normally but sometimes work on the salesfloor/electronics and customers are always saying how much they like my tattoos or how insane I am for “doing that” to my ears haha. I have worked at 3 targets and they have all been fine with my mods. The key is to prove you are a valuable employee – be better than “normal” people
WORK FOR TARGET….I have worked there for 4.5 years including as a supervisor, with 2″ stretched lobes, many many facial piercings/microdermals over the years including 4g nostrils, brandings on my hands, one full sleeve and one in progress, a neck tattoo, split tongue ETC ETC…..I work in the backroom normally but sometimes work on the salesfloor/electronics and customers are always saying how much they like my tattoos or how insane I am for “doing that” to my ears haha. I have worked at 3 targets and they have all been fine with my mods. The key is to prove you are a valuable employee – be better than “normal” people
i have not read any previous comments, so i do not know if i will just be repeating information.
as terrible as it sounds, he’s stuck in a rut. i worked at a grocery store and was fairly involved with the job, even becoming a Customer Service Manager, and came across these kinds of problems. Infact, everytime the store changed managers, people would ‘remember’ the no piercings policy.
The point is, he probably did sign something that said, “I have read the manual and comply with all rule and regulations of the company as stated in the handbook.” or something like that. Infact, he probably didn’t realize he signed something like that. his union wouldn’t be much help to him either, unions are a joke, an in the 21st century unions screw over employees more than it helps them.
The only facial piercing one can get away with at these jobs (no matter what you’re race or religion), is a nostril piercing, because you can state for religious reasons, and claim you are a hindu. that is the only thing the union would back you on, and there are even laws written protecting a hindu woman’s rights to wear nostril piercings in the work place. I’m not a woman, but I did get away with that one.
do what everyone did at my grocery store: keep “forgetting” to put the bandaid on when you come in as a civil protest. If someone reminds you to put one on, just put one on, but someday, it’ll be too busy when you come in, and your manager won’t notice. eventually everyone will stop noticing you forgot your bandaid until you get a new manager.
i have not read any previous comments, so i do not know if i will just be repeating information.
as terrible as it sounds, he’s stuck in a rut. i worked at a grocery store and was fairly involved with the job, even becoming a Customer Service Manager, and came across these kinds of problems. Infact, everytime the store changed managers, people would ‘remember’ the no piercings policy.
The point is, he probably did sign something that said, “I have read the manual and comply with all rule and regulations of the company as stated in the handbook.” or something like that. Infact, he probably didn’t realize he signed something like that. his union wouldn’t be much help to him either, unions are a joke, an in the 21st century unions screw over employees more than it helps them.
The only facial piercing one can get away with at these jobs (no matter what you’re race or religion), is a nostril piercing, because you can state for religious reasons, and claim you are a hindu. that is the only thing the union would back you on, and there are even laws written protecting a hindu woman’s rights to wear nostril piercings in the work place. I’m not a woman, but I did get away with that one.
do what everyone did at my grocery store: keep “forgetting” to put the bandaid on when you come in as a civil protest. If someone reminds you to put one on, just put one on, but someday, it’ll be too busy when you come in, and your manager won’t notice. eventually everyone will stop noticing you forgot your bandaid until you get a new manager.
Everyone keeps mentioning target or fast food…
Thats not enough money to live as comfortable as we all want to.
We all want 10,11, 12 or more an hour jobs.
And let’s say you are making that.. thats after working there for three/four years.
This post should be more about getting a career then a job.
Everyone keeps mentioning target or fast food…
Thats not enough money to live as comfortable as we all want to.
We all want 10,11, 12 or more an hour jobs.
And let’s say you are making that.. thats after working there for three/four years.
This post should be more about getting a career then a job.
This week I was told that McDonalds won’t hire me even though I’m perfect for the job because I have a monore. I clearly explained all the hygienic details behind leaving it in vs. taking it in and out. They said it was a uniform stanard, and I then questioned why people are aloud to have funky hair, oh and nose rings? they couldn’t give me a coheartant answer so I’m taking them to the labour board for discrimination. I know its not really worth it for a Mcjob BUT it is Thunder Bay onatrio, where there arent that many jobs, ive been out of work for 4 months and it was my frist good sounding interview in a long time. I talked to my piercer aswell and she says that shes even pierced many monroes, noses, lips and eyebrows even for people with mcjobs.
This week I was told that McDonalds won’t hire me even though I’m perfect for the job because I have a monore. I clearly explained all the hygienic details behind leaving it in vs. taking it in and out. They said it was a uniform stanard, and I then questioned why people are aloud to have funky hair, oh and nose rings? they couldn’t give me a coheartant answer so I’m taking them to the labour board for discrimination. I know its not really worth it for a Mcjob BUT it is Thunder Bay onatrio, where there arent that many jobs, ive been out of work for 4 months and it was my frist good sounding interview in a long time. I talked to my piercer aswell and she says that shes even pierced many monroes, noses, lips and eyebrows even for people with mcjobs.
i had to cover mine up with a band aid to and it was so fucking embarrassing!!! i eventually took it only after three days of having it =(
i had to cover mine up with a band aid to and it was so fucking embarrassing!!! i eventually took it only after three days of having it =(
james #95….I make $12.50/hr at target with amazing health insurance, sick time, vacation time, 401k etc. Store managers start off at $40-$45k/yr, and can increase to like $65k over the years, the main store manager makes over $100,000/yr. Anyone with a 4yr degree (in anything) can become a store manager.
james #95….I make $12.50/hr at target with amazing health insurance, sick time, vacation time, 401k etc. Store managers start off at $40-$45k/yr, and can increase to like $65k over the years, the main store manager makes over $100,000/yr. Anyone with a 4yr degree (in anything) can become a store manager.
I had a job in an optician’s while I was at school, when all I had was a scaffold bar and a tragus piercing. There, you were officially only allowed to have up to 2 studs in each lobe, and a nostril piercing if it was for cultural/religious reasons (Hindu women, for example).
Last summer I worked as a cleaner in a youth hostel association hostel. My manager was lovely and had no problem with my mods, including a vertical labret, and she had a couple of small tattoos herself. She did, however, tell me that if the head honcho ever came in I would probably have to hide, because she disapproved of visible mods. I certainly understand that there are some places where visible mods are not accepted, but I’ve yet to meet anyone who would have an issue with the fact that the woman cleaning their toilet has a facial piercing.
I had a job in an optician’s while I was at school, when all I had was a scaffold bar and a tragus piercing. There, you were officially only allowed to have up to 2 studs in each lobe, and a nostril piercing if it was for cultural/religious reasons (Hindu women, for example).
Last summer I worked as a cleaner in a youth hostel association hostel. My manager was lovely and had no problem with my mods, including a vertical labret, and she had a couple of small tattoos herself. She did, however, tell me that if the head honcho ever came in I would probably have to hide, because she disapproved of visible mods. I certainly understand that there are some places where visible mods are not accepted, but I’ve yet to meet anyone who would have an issue with the fact that the woman cleaning their toilet has a facial piercing.
it makes me sad.
i have snakebites and a Medusa and a nose ring and i fear that jobs wont hire me because of them.:[
it makes me sad.
i have snakebites and a Medusa and a nose ring and i fear that jobs wont hire me because of them.:[