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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
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
Today, I was written up. Too many customers complained that I don't wear makeup or do my hair. I got written up for being ugly. FML
Damn squares!
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, at work, a customer told me how unprofessional my piercing made me look, and insisted that someone else wait on his table. It's not a piercing, it's a mole. FML
Today, a woman yelled at me for hurting her. I'm a tattoo artist. 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
Leave me alone, freak
Today, I got slut-shamed by a guy in a 7-Eleven for having a face tattoo. A.) It's a birthmark; B.) I'm 15 and look it; C.) This happens a lot, and D.) I was wearing a full body winter coat and all he could see was my face. 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 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, my dad found out I got a tattoo behind his back and is really really upset. When I got home from work my car wasn't in the driveway. When I asked my dad where it was, he replied "you'll get it back when your tattoo comes off." FML
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Gmoney12 18
I don't understand why people are so offended by ink. Unless it's derogatory or gang related.
worldclassrager 41
With your name instating heather can't you cover that tattoo with your hair?
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worldclassrager 41
With your name instating heather can't you cover that tattoo with your hair?
LittleMissShadow 16
Believe it or not some women have rather short hair and may not be able to cover a tattoo with their hair.
zBLAKEz 23
How does somebody else assuming something make an ass out of you too? People are responsible for their own actions. There's no need to feel like you did something wrong just because a stranger made an assumption.
zBLAKEz 23
Perhaps it's because of the extremism and man-hating that often goes on with feminists. (Waits for down votes because I know there are tons of feminists here.)
bug87 9
Also, she could work at a restaurant or another establishment that requires you to wear your hair up.
junkman6 22
If you know your company doesn't want visible tattoos don't get visible tattoos and then complain when you get busted for it. I know I have to say this next part for a certain audience, so... I know she might have gotten the tattoo before she started working there but if the policy is "no visible tattoos" then cover them. If you uncover them it's your own fault.
TrippingOnAcid 29
Also "Heather Feather" stated in the username is a popular YouTuber so this doesn't necessarily imply that OP is a girl at all
Flowtastic 16
Holy feminists batman. It was safe to assume for #1 that the hair could be covered by the tattoo. Even if a female has short hair it generally isn't buzzed like a mans hair and considering the fml says that some hair was ripped out, that's pretty much an indicator too...
Flowtastic 16
PS those who are stating the OP may be male are also assuming and putting a stereotype that males must have short hair... Just sayin'
girI 20
Where does it say that OP is a girl? I seem to have missed something...
nlm92 15
31- the expression comes from the fact that if you take "ass" "u" "me" and put them together you get the word assume. I find it to be a silly expression for the reason you mentioned but that's the general intention.
rocker_chick105 31
This whole thread seems to take what #1 said to heart too much...
vairyhagina 11
This whole thread made me face palm twice
firelava 12
most men and women's hair are at least longer than the back of your ear... Why not just use cover up?
capslockisgood 19
Its because feminism has become known to be extreme so that women are better than men.
capslockisgood 19
@33
Helpfulman 17
Feminists don't advocate equality. At least not today. The proper term for someone that advocates for complete equality is Egalatarianism.
DA14573 6
Not to mention she said a tattoo behind the ear. It's not impossible in the day and age, but it is improbable that a guy has a little tattoo right behind his ear. Kind of like pierced belly buttons, that's typically a woman thing.
AlbinoMoose987 14
Did you just ASSUME their gender?!?! Haha jk I'm not a dick
OhWhoCares 42
Depending on where you work, why not just cover the tattoo with your hair? I could see why you'd have to keep your hair up if you worked in a restaurant. But if you work in an office or something, just keep your hair down. You'll save yourself the pain of ripping hair out and having to buy band aids all the time!!
sayyestothedress 24
What if she was working in the kitchen, and was wearing a hairnet
ChristianH39 30
Because if she was in the kitchen I seriously doubt any customers would be seeing/complaining about the tattoo
juststephhere 23
What ever happened to freedom of expression?
LifeMD 14
Freedom of expression protects you from being prosecuted by the government. You still have responsibility for all your actions and others are free to treat you as they please.
Flowtastic 16
Whatever happened to a proper education? Please learn your rights, and their meanings, or you're going to sound really uneducated when you preach them.
StillUsesMyspace 22
You live In Canada juststephere, you don't have any freedoms. Also, please stop trying to steal some freedom by keeping our bald eagles hostage.
rocker_chick105 31
She may not have freedom but at least she has free healthcare.
sayyestothedress 24
Correction freedom of speech
kost4060 14
Just wanted to clear something up Canadians have more freedom than you, you should even do some research on the topic and btw legal drinking age is 18 so that's better than 21
Labaties 5
Unlike good ol America where we can sign up and die for my country 18, but have to live for another 3 years before I can have a drink to my country.
juststephhere 23
Well I didn't mean to cause an uproar! I'm very educated in my rights and I understand what they mean. Everyone has a right to express themselves as they wish, but I also understand that sometimes it can go to far and people will be required to take responsibility. What I'm saying is why should this person be written up for a tattoo behind the ear? That's all! Sorry for any confusion.
JayBunny 16
Because maybe work policy states 'no visible tattoos' a lot of work places take on that policy.
StillUsesMyspace 22
I thought my sarcasm was clear. Sorry guys. I was trying to make fun of the American attitude.
juststephhere 23
But if the tattoo is behind the ear, many companies would consider that not visible. I guess it all depends on where a person is employed.
brezzyanna 17
The legal drinking age is 19 in Ontario actually
hystericsky 11
#53 Canada is number 6 on the list of the most free countries in the world (economically) and rising. The United States is number 12 and dropping. Blind American "freedom" at it's best.
hashshim 23
#149: We don't need need your statistics, you Godless commie.
kost4060 14
Shouldn't have gotten a tattoo at all
Nilorak 24
Says who?
Garrett2818 21
You shouldn't have commented at all. Tattoos are awesome.
NodakN8V 25
Everyone's entitled to their dumbass opinion I guess...
sayyestothedress 24
I LOVE your picture #42
Garrett2818 21
Thanks 96 :)
joarasmi 24
Heather feather is bæ
clemsi 20
Is it my phone or does the word bae look ******* weird?
zBLAKEz 23
They typed æ instead of ae, so no, it's not your phone.
LanceGoodthrust 19
Is "bae" a real word now? We're actually doing that?
juanschwartz 18
More of an acronym rather than a word. Before anyone else is what bae stands for.
smokecloud_ 37
I always thought it was because people were too lazy to pronounce the second b in babe. (which I am sometimes guilty of) The more you know!
OysterPearls 33
Are we ignoring the fact that OP could very possibly be the very youtuber that helps me (and many others) fall asleep every night?
Gaernem 17
Bæ spelled this way actually sounds like "bee".
blueiceninja 13
This begs the question, did the boss know that the tattoo was there or did he actually look for one?
Itsjustaphase 8
I know, right? OP could've gotten her tattoo after she was hired, so I suppose it's possible the boss never knew about it, but to get written up over it? Sadly, I've known a few bosses/managers who were actually this ignorant and I'm very much hoping for the follow up.
clrichmond2009 24
I had a boss that saw my arm was a little red (from having just gotten a tattoo, not that he knew that because my sleeve completely covered it), lifted my sleeve, saw the tattoo and wrote me up, claiming it was visible.
HammyBear13 8
Bosses can be jerks. I got written up for reporting sexual harrasment from another coworker towards me. Shitty bosses suck. However, i wish there were a follow up for this, explainin if the boss already knew about the tat and never did anything or if he only wrote OP up because of the complaint, or what....
Meettitan 14
How is the boss a jerk? It's ops fault completely for having a tattoo and not knowing it was against the rules at her workplace. Lots of companies frown upon visible tattoos, so be smart about where you're getting them and don't get mad when someone thinks it makes you look unprofessional.
Gmoney12 18
I don't understand why people are so offended by ink. Unless it's derogatory or gang related.
Demoniq 25
If I had to try and figure that out, I'd probably offend someone myself or stereotype... So let's just leave it at a big general "people are assholes" comment ;)
Vita_1 30
I know this most likely doesn't apply in the states, but where I come from (Japan), tattoos were found only on yakuza members. Nowadays young people here also get tats as a form of body art, but most people here still don't like it because of the stigma it carries.
siggy_mcsigx 22
Something something Bible somewhere Leviticus and rules and stuff.
DriAA7 17
#7: I don't get the big deal about tattoos either. Unless they are made up of offensive materials, I don't think it should be a big deal. A tattoo doesn't usually effect how well a person does their job.
marcel4u2 4
band aid behind the ear...doesn't seem to fit snug.
annie_nk 23
I'm wondering how a band-aid could rip out her hair (assuming OP is female). They don't exactly have wax strip like strength. It makes sense that behind the ear wouldn't fit snug as you suggest so it probably didn't have a good grip on the hair anyway. Unless it was one of those fabric band-aids. Those ******* are mean.
OysterPearls 33
The hairs behind your ears and around your neck are usually very fine and short, so it makes sense to me that a fresh bands is could rip/pull them and cause pain. My advice is to touch the adhesive with your finger multiple times so that the oils make it less sticky, but just sticky enough to stay in place.
ckerane 16
there just jealous because they want tattoos. say its like your human rights to express yourself
sweetest_jenn 18
Your rights ends where another person's rights begin. You have the right to tattoo whatever you want on your body, and other people have the right to judge you if they don't like it. While I myself like body art and I have tattoos myself, I get them in places I can easily hide so as to maintain a professional image at my workplace. But using the "freedom of speech/freedom of expression" thing isn't gonna work too well for anyone. Employers have the right to turn you away if they don't see you fitting with their image. It's that simple.
badluckalex 23
They're******
LanceGoodthrust 19
So, if I feel like expressing myself by telling my customers what I ACTUALLY think about them, I can't get fired because it's a human right? Sweet! Thanks for the awesome advice-I can't wait to get to work today!
drmisin 5
good luck with that 77
JayBunny 16
77 have fun being unemployed.
MRP360 14
I have a face tattoo as well....in sharpie.....which is a dick.......moral of the story is dont pass out nearby your jackass friends
badluckalex 23
YDI