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Your views on tattoos and wether they affect your workload.

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personally I see tats as something that can look good when they are new, just look awful 20 years down the line when they bleed and you sag. what ever folks say, they arent as acceptable as some hope, they can lose you work as the minority of those with tats, ruin it for lads who are hard working and honest etc etc by the minority being asses, but it is them the world remembers normally.
 
I was brought up with "no tattoos below the elbow" ethos. Not so much of a big deal nowadays but bearing in mind if most of ones client base is of the older generation, old rules still apply.
 
A lad I know has a large clock tatooed on his back .

I asked him why the clock he said to symbolise the time he was born.

8 said but it has no hands .

His answer .... couldn't afford them !
 
The are two types of people I dont get in life:

6ft tall birds wearing high heels
6ft tall blokes with tattoos

As you can tell I dislike being intimidated.
 
I just don't get tattoos, never been inclined to get myself permanently drawn on and don't think they look good on people.
I don't judge someone who has them most of the time.
There are exceptions though, I don't know if it's the same everywhere else, but about 10 years ago everyone round here on benefits started to get cheap badly drawn tattoos. They'd post them up on facebook.
I remember one really badly drawn foot on someones ankle, looked like a blind T-rex had drawn it, the poster put something like ''for my baby'' and it got a gazillion likes, she's gone on to have one on her neck of some really badly drawn pentagrams that get smaller from her shoulder to her jawline, that one has the caption ''For all the little stars, taken too soon'' What the actual eff??!
Back to the topic, I think tattoos might lose you work. If someone dislikes them and judges the person with them and they get 2 similar quotes where the other guy doesn't have drawings on him, then maybe you'll lose out. I don't think there's that many people like that though tbh.
 
Im starting to think that I can simply wear long sleeved tops when visiting customers for the first time and then once they see I'm a nice chap I can roll up the sleeves and crack on doing what I do. I fully agree that face and neck tats are probably a lot less acceptable however I've never fancied one of those areas done anyways. If all else fails I could always get it lasered off lmao
 
Without wanting to ruin my image as the forum tough nut I don't think I could handle the pain of a tattoo. I was nearly in tears when I stubbed my toe this morning.
 
my nephews ex-child bearing girlfriend has a tattoo of her own name on the back of her neck!!
wife goes on at home saying it looks ridiculous, i told her its so the next guy reading it remembers her name.lol
 
APPlumbing said:
Without wanting to ruin my image as the forum tough nut I don't think I could handle the pain of a tattoo. I was nearly in tears when I stubbed my toe this morning.
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I was going to slate you for this but it looks like the lads treat you with the same amount of respect. ...
 
APPlumbing said:
How many free pens did you get today???
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9. And a torch. And a bottle opener. And a ruler. And a scale rule. And a Vaillant note book. And a Vaillant thermos mug. And a calor gas woollie hat. And a FloGas baseball cap. And a Riello tee shirt. And a tec7 hi viz. And some Vaillant keyrings. And a tec7 bag. And a Vaillant bag.

I'm on a Viessmann course on Friday. I might just use the vaillant note pad and pen.

Then see what other freebies I can blag......
 
REDSAW said:
i dont have any, but if your offering i would have a sleeve done and some :)

however, its down to taste and what they are. for example, you would loose many jobs with a swasticker? on your forhead or diy hot needle work dipped in the school ink, wouldnt you?

i would also like to read this one evening, cover to cover. :yes:
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I'l save you the trouble, you'll find 'Sean was here' all over the place.
 
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