Tattoos

18-year-old Logan McNicholas has been denied jobs at Holland and Barrett because of his tattoos, after the company claims it has ‘high standards of personal appearance’ and any body art needs to be covered up.

Logan, who lives in Manchester has a compass on his left hand and also the word that says "Stay True" on his knuckles.

                               

Logan was invited to an interview and trial at the city centre store. After he had finished his trial,he was asked if there are ways he could hide his tattoo, but there was no definitive answer, so due to that the company won't be able to offer him the job.

Logan said he was left disappointed as he had no idea about the dressing policy as it was not written anywhere, including online or during the application process.

He said; 

The feedback I got was that I did really well so to miss out on something like this makes it quite hard to take. They asked me if there was any way of covering them up and I said only by wearing gloves, which they said wouldn’t be appropriate.

I was serving customers and talking to staff during the trial and no one seemed to have a problem, far from it. To me, tattoos are art and once you have them done they are part of you so I don’t know why someone would take offence at them.

Logan father disagrees with Holland and Barrett bosses, he said;

If there is such a policy then why allow him to work for two hours with customers? Why not say so on the website during the application process?” Logan had just finished college and was looking for work, the position was only part-time but he had hoped that it could lead to something more.

Holland spokesperson responds to the issue at hand and said;

The first stage of our interview process invites candidates to visit the shop floor for a short time to experience working in a busy Holland & Barrett store, as was the case here.

Although we do not discriminate against tattoos, like most high-street retailers we do ask staff to observe high standards of personal appearance and dress, including covering tattoos when serving customers.

The candidate in question was informed of this when the manager determined that his tattoos could not be covered. We will ensure our staff are aware of company policy on dress, and that this is communicated consistently across the business to new candidates.

 

Do you think the company is wrong for not allowing Logan to work because of his tattoo? Comment below

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The Tattoo is one part of of fashion or tradition we cannot do without in this century. From the youths to the oldies, everyone are with different forms of tattoo, some with just text and others have images and text. 

Everybody with tattoo are of the opinion that they had their tattoo to remember an occasion, some had written about families, some about their lovers, pets, countries and many more. So the tattoo is seen as a modern day body design and should be welcome in the society.

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But is tattoo totally accepted in the society we live nowadays? The answer to this question cannot be straightforward because it is like a double-sided coin, while some will jump at a Yes, some will not agree with you, while some are not decided.

Tattoo always look beautiful on the skin, but being accepted in the society is what that particular society has re-defined itself to be. Americans see tattoo has something normal and another way to add to the beauty of the skin, while some Asian parents will denounce their kids with tattoos. African parents will denounce you and a drawing of a tattoo in Africa might means you are in a cult group. So when you ask if the tattoo is acceptable, maybe not in every part of the world.

Does Tattoo justfy who you are? No. a drawing on a skin does not determine who anybody is, moreover nobody is perfect and we are not in a position to judge ourselves. Tattoo have nothing to do with anybody personality or what they are capable of doing.

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Even though people in some places might see you as ratched in some Asian or African countries if you have some tattoos on you, but you are who you are.

What does tattoo means for work?

Even though tattoo is acceptable in different places in the western world, some offices won't allow any tattoo on your skin. Might sound funny, but it is true, you will be told before applying for such positions. 

Also, i don't think you want to switch on your TV and find someone had some weird tattoo on their head reading news on CNN. So no matter how we have come to accept tattoo, might not look nice in certain situation, at least we are not there yet.

Also if your tattoo is not well covered in places like Africa or some part in Asia, goodluck getting a job. Unless you are the best in your field that people can overlook your tattoo for your expertise.

Conclusion

A Tattoo does not define who we are, but also we must consider that people are yet to come to terms with tattooS. If you want to draw a tattoo, make sure you are getting it at the right places, and if you are going to do it around where could see them, make sure it looks good, and not scary.

What do you think about tattoo? Is it acceptable where you are staying?

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