Today, I got fired for having a visible tattoo on my neck. The tattoo in question is a scar from a surgery I had 2 months ago. The same one paid for by my employer's insurance and missed 2 weeks of work for. FML
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Today, I got into trouble at work because a customer complained about my face tattoo, I don't have a face tattoo but I do have one behind my ear. Nonetheless, I still got written up and had to cover it with a band-aid, which ripped out hair when I took it off. FML
Today, I went for a job interview and was rejected for having a 'visible' tattoo. It's white ink, so you can't see it unless you look super closely. The only reason they knew about it was because I was honest and mentioned it when asked if I had any tattoos. I guess honesty is not the best policy. FML
Today, my boss threatened to fire me because of a tattoo I have. It's a small teddy bear on my leg with my parents' names on it. My workplace has no problems with tattoos, but my boss said it was "unoriginal and lame." It's a memorial tattoo; my parents died last year. FML
Today, I went on a job interview. The interviewer said it all went well, but he can't hire me because I've got a nose piercing, and that type of "image" isn't the kind they're looking for in their employees. This is the guy who had a full sleeve tattoo. FML
Today, I realized that the "holla" tattoo I stupidly got on my lower lip five years ago isn't fading as I expected it to, and will probably contribute to my unemployment for years to come. FML
Today, I have a tattoo of my daughter, who died when she was 11, and I had to have surgery on that body area. I told the surgeon very clearly to cut around the tattoo and he assured me he would. Woke up and the bastard had cut through my daughter's face, and half her face is now under scars and stitches. FML
Today, a tattoo artist send me home without tattoo because the acne on my back has gotten so bad, he refused to work on such an 'unpredictable surface'. FML
Today, I got fired from the job I've only had for a week. Between paying for a physical, my own background check and uniforms, I paid more money to start working there than I'll get from my one and only paycheck. FML
Today, during my second shift back at work after missing four weeks for knee surgery, I stabbed myself in the hand and now need three weeks off for that surgery. Just as I'm up for a promotion. FML
Today, I found out that the phrase I got tattooed on my lower back is misspelled. FML
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Top comments
Charles900 16
How can they possibly be dumb enough to mistake that for a tattoo? Even if they had a rule, your boss had no right to fire you for a surgical scar. If you have to, you can sue for wrongful termination.
josiemorehouse 12
That's not right, OP. That's a wrongful termination. You can obviously prove it's a scar rather than a tattoo. Depending on where you live, you should fight it!!
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Comments (87)
bugluv3 7
I would sue
Mossygirl357 12
I would call your HR and then contact an attorney.
Vitotaylor36 13
Fight it. You have an easy court case
gobiteme2 34
Tattoo the company with a lawsuit
papayeya 18
U r on ur way to be rich
dark_angel4121 12
Sue for wrongful termination. Anyone with a brain would not mistake a surgical scar for a tattoo.
nevereyes 31
Not right and you likely could fight. Besides firing someone for tattoos or scars visible or not is unprofessional
Spadoinkle 10
You should be able to sue over wrongful termination. A scar and a tattoo are nowhere close to the same thing. If they were aware of your surgery, they should know very well that you also carry a scar. Seems a bit fishy to me.
Flyndaran 10
Why do so many employers do something that stupid? It would be perfectly legal to fire you for literally no reason. Yet they often make up an illegal reason. When my GF was fired for being bisexual, they at least made up impossible to disprove complaints to forestall lawsuits.
Drakone 9
you can take this to court discimition