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I know someone who just finished culinary school and is now doing his on-the-job (ojt) at a supposedly international hotel. His training in this hotel is good for two months and he only has 15 more days to go before his hotel training ends. However yesterday he voiced out some concern about the child of the hotel owner who asked him to wear long sleeves culinary uniform because he or is bothered by the sight of the tattoos on his arms. My friend has a few tattoos on his the lower part of his left arm. He got them a few years back because he just wanted to have them because you know, it's the fad, etc. This friend of mine was never late nor absent in his ojt and in fact, he works diligently and efficiently but when the son of the hotel owner told him to wear long sleeves in order to cover the tattoos in his arm, he became concerned. Why? The tattoos did not interfere with what he was doing and based on medical records which they had to secure to qualify for ojt, he is clean and is illness-free, so why this discriminating remark? We all advised him to ask for a written instruction or memo to that effect for proof.
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I must say that tattoo started out with very negative image in the earlier years. That time, at least in some countries, only the triads would go for tattoo to show that they are men and to frightens the opponent and common people. Because of that, it forms a kind of perception that people with tattoo is not good people. Recent years, tattoo is becoming more acceptable by the general public. As long as it is not too over. Some of my friends do have small tattoo on their shoulder, back, lower abdomen and so on. Young people don't comment on it so much, but some older generation like my aunt questions about why they go for tattoo. In my opinion, going for a tattoo is fine. Just make sure that it is not too over and it is done by the professionals to avoid health risk.