Today, while going around trying to find a job, a manager came up to ask me, "Are you looking to work here?" I nodded happily, hoping this would be the end of my search. She looked me up and down, saw I had a jacket on to hide my tattoos and said, "Sorry, I can't hire heroin addicts." FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
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 walked into Starbucks for a job application. I asked the manager if they were hiring, as I really need a job. He looked me up and down and replied, "NO!" There was a 'Now hiring' sign in the window. FML
Today, desperate for work, I went into a shop and asked the owner if he had any spare jobs to fill. He looked me up and down and sneered, "Yes, but not for people like... you." 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, I went to a job interview. I really needed the job to keep my apartment. As I was being interviewed, the manager looked past me and stared off into space. There goes the job and my apartment. FML
Today, my boss threatened to fire me for racism after I refused to hire a black woman. I didn't hire her because she came to the interview wearing what was basically a bikini and she was covered in tattoos depicting lewd sex acts. FML
Today, I was working my job checking people in at the gym. A sweaty, chubby woman came up to me complaining about how our staff seems so fit. I replied, "We like to hire people who have bodies that motivate our clients!" She gave a blank stare, then said, "So how did you get the job?" FML
Today, my friends gave me a complete makeover, which included clothes from their wardrobe, to prepare me for an upcoming job interview. I was then declined the position, because apparently, I "looked too wealthy" to need the job. FML
Today, I had a job interview. The moment I walked into the room, the interviewer said, "OK, I will interview you, but there is no way I'm hiring you." FML
Today, I had a job interview. I didn't have any clothes suitable for the interview, so I went to the store early and bought some there. After the interview, I went to return the clothes, because they were so expensive. The hiring manager saw me. FML
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happyhak 5
Stereotypical much? Wow, that would be a shitty manager to work for...
ramboman19 8
That is rude for her to assume you're a drug addict because of tattoos. Some tattooed people I know are the nicest and best workers ever.
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Comments (226)
rogerover 19
You felt the need to cover your very visible tattoos with a jacket during summer. Next time you see that need, use a piece of clothing that will enhance your professional appearance. NOT one that will encourage potential employers to make bad assumptions about what you may be hiding.
KnucklesDeep 5
Did you at least put that moron in their place with some kind of retort or did you just take it like a bitch?
DrFuzzyNuts 0
way to get profiled people only look at the outside of a person not what they need to.
Panda_Bearr 0
You should have gone and bought a needle and ask if they wanted to share :3
chevysdime92 3
Should've said "well I see they hired a complete and total bitch"
Multiwhore 7
That is practically racist addicts work just as well or as bad as anyone else.
alliegraywords 13
I understood that the point in this FML is the jacket, not the tattoos. BTW, tattoos are unprofessional? In 2011? Really? Now I'm sad :(
leadman1989 16
The messed up part is that these are the same people that had no problem believing that someone could tell a stripper just by buying with small bills. She could have been a bartender or waitress. And if she was a stripper so what they're people too. What was the FML again? :p
Phallic_Metaphor 3
Tattoos that show are unprofessional, even in the military you have to get waivers if you have tattoos on the face, neck, or hands and want to join. If you look at the career ladder the amount of tattoos decrease as you get higher. The key to getting hired somewhere is to speak properly, and not have any sort of physical deviation such as piercings or tattoos. With the economy being the way it is, where you have people with master degrees working at McDonalds or waiting tables; yes employers with lower wage jobs can afford to be choosy and hire someone who fits with their corporate edict. Many of those who disagree with me, when you graduate high school, move out of your parents home and have to support yourselves in the real world will see I'm right.
CoffeeZ 0
#151, i could have tried all day, and wouldn't have put it better. It may be accepted more, but that does not change the fact that it looks unprofessional.
ReynshineCutting 10
Yay common sense people! And for those people who think it's not unprofessional you can think that until you're blue in the face but when an employer refuses to hire you because of your tattoos maybe you'll think twice about it b