Judging A Book By Its Cover

So last night hubby and I are sitting down watching some TV and it happens to be a one of those "job" reality shows. The person is talking about why they are in the profession they are in, one which is not liked by people that have to deal with with those in this profession, and how they have all these other qualifications that SHOULD enable them to get something in a different field, but that absolutely no one will hire them.

Now, don't get me wrong, I realize alot of people are out of work in the States (and Canada too) due to the current state of the economy, but do some of these people moaning about not being able to get a job ever walk by a mirror? Now, don't get me wrong, as a "person" I don't think it is right to stereotype a person, but in the working world EVERYONE has got to realize that as an employee YOU are putting a face to a company, YOU represent them. Depending on the job, the "customer" might never see the "Big Boss" but have to stare at you for eight to ten hours a day, so is it crazy that they may have a certain set of standards they want you to have to: A) Get the job and B) Keep it. Remember, the way things are right now, there could very well by hundreds of people who would just LOVE to have your job to feed their familes.

Just as an example, would you want someone with full facial tattoos sitting at your reception desk if you ran a law office? On the opposite end, would you want people with absolutely NO tattoos being all your artists in a tattoo shop? If you were overweight (which I am) would you want to go to a weight support group that had a leader that was some skinny anorexic chick that has never been overweight in their life leading the meeting? If you have to board a plane and the guy making you walk through the metal detector has every square inch of his face covered in body piercings, tell me you aren't scared he would set off the damn alarm, not you, but you have to get hauled aside for a strip/body cavity search (I've been searched - no not strip/cavity-when I boarded a plane in 2000). Sure, the above examples could all be highly qualified and could potentially be the best workers ever had, but companies, in order to MAKE MONEY TO PAY YOU, have to be able to have someone available to the clients they are serving that will make those clients want to use their service.

I'm all for expressing your individuality, I wished I had have had the courage to express that when I was younger and in school (there was a girl in my highschool that dyed her hair pink and I sooooo wanted to do that, but I was a pussy), but you need to realize that your choice of expression could impose limitations on you outside of your social setting. And really, those nipples rings you thought were cool when you were 18, aren't gonna be so cool when you are 85, your boobs are dragging on the ground making the metal studs spark and setting fire to your oxygen machine!