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Originally Posted by IcewindDude
In the US? I am not saying you are wrong, but what kind of place in the US would bar you from entering because of a tattoo? People would be all over them for rights infringements. Unless it's private property where ANYTHING the owners don't like can have you legally barred (even racism or sexism or whatever), I don't know where else this could apply.
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You will find that corporate America is not open to diversity as we would like to think. Management is largely still run by those who grew up in an era when only "drunken sailors" and criminals had tattoos. It isn't right, but because it goes to the issue of public image and many companies have spent obscene amounts of money to find ways to publicly prohibit anything in someone's appearance they don't like. Unless it is religiously protected (and there si a list of recognized religions and enforceable practices - you can't just make it up), they can do as they wish. The only requirement is that they have to enforce it on everyone.
In my instance, the university system passed a dress code requiring sleeves. No sleeveless shirts or blouses means no one should ever see my tattoo while I am on campus ---- at least not in my official capacity. My supervisor tried to force me to cover it before this dress code was passed and my refusal was regarded as "bad attitude" on my annual review. But once the dress code was published I had no recourse.
And after working in government, and in public and private industries of all sorts for more than 30 years, I can confirm that it is quite common.