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For today's example of "Duh"
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl...d=11889732

Quote: Mark Cropp wants to get off the dole, get a job and put food on the table for his family.

But there's one small problem - a giant tattoo saying "DEVAST8" that covers half of his face is proving off-putting for prospective employers.

The Oamaru-born teenager says he had it inked a few months ago, while drunk on homebrew in a jail cell in Christchurch.

He was locked up in 2015, aged 17, for aggravated robbery, after he and a friend pulled a knife on a tourist in Nelson.

The tourist had pulled out of a marijuana sale. Cropp and an associate were trying to sell him a fake "tinnie".

Cropp pleaded guilty in the Nelson District Court to charges of aggravated robbery, escaping custody, assault with a weapon, intentional damage, breach of community work and theft.

Quote:Corrections facilitates access for prisoners to tattoo removal services at low or no cost through Work and Income and a variety of private and non-government organisations, Miles said.

Any applicable cost for the service is funded by the prisoner.

Two offers of access to removal services were made to Cropp but he declined, Miles said.

Quote: He said he had visited job agencies appealing for work.

"One employment place said to me 'I wouldn't employ you with that on you face, I wouldn't even take a second look at you'. I've had other people that just shrugged and laughed at me."

But since putting sharing his plight, he has had a potential scaffolding job offer and has been flooded with well-wishes and suggestions of possible jobs.

People have also suggested growing a beard - he's tried that - or using thick concealer. They've even quoted him for tattoo removal - but he's not sure.

"That's the thing - it's part of who I am. But if it comes down to it, if I have to get rid of it to be a normal person and function in society again, then I have to."

Cropp appealed his 2015 sentence but the High Court at Nelson dismissed the appeal.

Justice Brewer noted Cropp's "significant criminal history", which included convictions for violence and dishonesty.

Would you hire someone who looked like this?
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I can't laugh hard enough.....

mommy once told me, "look at those dipshites with anchors..."

it's pretty dayum simple....

no earrings, no jewelry, no tats if you want to succeed in the business climate.....

however, if'n one wants to be a diptard, "GO FOR IT!"
07-16-2017 03:56 PM
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If he's got a skill, it won't matter.

What exactly is his genius?

Oh, he's a dullard, too?

No thanks.
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He could train to become a tattoo artist - saving his life but f'in up others.
07-16-2017 04:27 PM
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just to pile on....

how's the mike tyson schema working out these days????
07-16-2017 04:34 PM
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RE: For today's example of "Duh"
(07-16-2017 03:09 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl...d=11889732
"That's the thing - it's part of who I am. But if it comes down to it, if I have to get rid of it to be a normal person and function in society again, then I have to."

I hold out a bit more hope for him than some of the morons who would be like "no, they have no right to tell me what to do...."
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(07-16-2017 04:36 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  
(07-16-2017 03:09 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl...d=11889732
"That's the thing - it's part of who I am. But if it comes down to it, if I have to get rid of it to be a normal person and function in society again, then I have to."

I hold out a bit more hope for him than some of the morons who would be like "no, they have no right to tell me what to do...."

while I understand your point, the point of "perceptive influence" remains the same.....

limted valuation is simply a bad move in any realm....
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This is something that just gnaws at me. My niece a very vociferous Liberalturd has tats all over her arms and neck. She hates Trump but don't most Liberals do, anyway I can't even look at her Facebook page as it saddens me that my family had to have someone like her in it. Her husband is a tattoo artist so she gets them free.

My wonderment is: Don't these people realize that they WILL get old someday? Her tattoos will be nothing but a splotch of very dull color on their very wrinkly skin and will not even be distinguishable. Oh well, her skin, her life, dumb S.
07-16-2017 04:46 PM
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(07-16-2017 04:46 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  This is something that just gnaws at me. My niece a very vociferous Liberalturd has tats all over her arms and neck. She hates Trump but don't most Liberals do, anyway I can't even look at her Facebook page as it saddens me that my family had to have someone like her in it. Her husband is a tattoo artist so she gets them free.

My wonderment is: Don't these people realize that they WILL get old someday? Her tattoos will be nothing but a splotch of very dull color on their very wrinkly skin and will not even be distinguishable. Oh well, her skin, her life, dumb S.

that's where sound/family values are important .....and why, as an atheist, am pro-religion when rearing....

how 'bout that?
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Stinky.....I think you need to hire this young man. Imagine the looks he'll get walking into all those Section 8's in Mississippi.
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(07-16-2017 05:12 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  Stinky.....I think you need to hire this young man. Imagine the looks he'll get walking into all those Section 8's in Mississippi.

unfortunately, I did a few years ago as a favor to a customer (wait for it...........was SoCal ilk....no joke)

once it's embedded, it's forever.......and it's hardly diamonds or roses......

it's truly scary what I see at times.....such is life....and I know you've seen equal/worse

this is why I joke around more than not.....reality is one #othermotherfucker that hardens the soul.....

edit: he's back in jail for parole violation....go figure
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Hey now, I have several tats, none of them exposed like this maroons, but they can be if I wear short sleeves. They didn't hamper my career one bit and I take offense at others judging me by them - although I just judged the guy too stupid to not have one on his face while expecting to find work. One day soon this will not be our world, it will belong to people younger than us, and societal norms will once again shift with tattoos being a 1 on a scale of 1-10 of detriment. It's already taking place as I know all kinds of young, highly paid professionals who sport them. As a defender of the 1st Amendment for me this falls under free expression.
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Yea I see them more and more on management in my company. 10 years ago you would have never seen them.

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Maybe he could just get the whole thing inked in so it looks like a beard. I wouldn't hire that guy to be dog catcher.
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Rodney Dangerfield would say that it breaks up the monotony of his face.
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(07-17-2017 08:18 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Hey now, I have several tats, none of them exposed like this maroons, but they can be if I wear short sleeves.

It depends, Tiger... (again, I've never understood the purpose for tattoos, but to each their own.)

But are your tattoos (if they were visible in shirts) something that the general public would get the wrong impression about you or your ability to perform a job? Or are they just various images that might have a personal meaning to you?

But again, if he's out looking for jobs in places that service the public in a face-to-face issue, then he's screwed. The general population doesn't want to see tattoos like that when they're out and about.

If he's in a non-public job location, then it probably won't matter.

Now that being said, when someone says :

Quote:"That's the thing - it's part of who I am
. (yes, I see the end of the quote).

He sounds like he's trying to do everything he can to NOT to have to lose the tattoo first and foremost, even though he got it during a "drinking spree".
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Got tatted while drunk on toilet booze in prison.

Get this guy on Tosh 2.0 immediately.
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(07-17-2017 08:39 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Yea I see them more and more on management in my company. 10 years ago you would have never seen them.

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In 1987, tattoos were counter culture.

In 2017, tattoos are like 45 year old suburban guys in cargo shorts mowing their lawns.
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(07-16-2017 03:09 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  The Oamaru-born teenager says he had it inked a few months ago, while drunk on homebrew in a jail cell in Christchurch.

The struggle is real.
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(07-17-2017 09:10 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  
(07-17-2017 08:18 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Hey now, I have several tats, none of them exposed like this maroons, but they can be if I wear short sleeves.

It depends, Tiger... (again, I've never understood the purpose for tattoos, but to each their own.)

But are your tattoos (if they were visible in shirts) something that the general public would get the wrong impression about you or your ability to perform a job? Or are they just various images that might have a personal meaning to you?

But again, if he's out looking for jobs in places that service the public in a face-to-face issue, then he's screwed. The general population doesn't want to see tattoos like that when they're out and about.

If he's in a non-public job location, then it probably won't matter.

Now that being said, when someone says :

Quote:"That's the thing - it's part of who I am
. (yes, I see the end of the quote).

He sounds like he's trying to do everything he can to NOT to have to lose the tattoo first and foremost, even though he got it during a "drinking spree".

In his case, or others like him who choose to have tats on exposed body parts that cannot be covered, I agree with you 100%. Yes, mine have special meanings and none are of an offensive nature. One exposes an American flag underneath my skin so... The others are generally reflective of my children and grandchildren's birthdays, zodiac signs and the like. However, I purposefully placed them where they could be easily covered.

Now, about my nipple rings. (I kid I kid!)
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