MGblues

Following this thread made me realize I may have the best Tech job on the planet.
I'm a Communications Technician for one of the big 4 class I freight railroads in the U.S.
I work with installing/maintaining everything from PC support, software, network, data, CCTV, satellite dishes, radios, on down to the humble telephone.
I'm not stuck with the same stuff very often, or for very long. I cover a large territory, so I'm not bound to an office all the time.
I've been on this job for 10 years as of this month. I got hired with visible tattoos and it has never been an issue. I kept on getting more as time went on ( the biggest amount in the last year).
I have to move equally between corporate types in the division office, and guys that turn wrenches and swing hammers all day, but now they got to use a computer to do their job.
I've been on the job long enough now (10 years this month) that everyone knows me and knows that I know my stuff, if they call me I can get your problem fixed.
I've never had a negative comment directed my way because of my tattoos (the ones that are visible go from the wrist to "outta sight").
The only dress code we have is T-shirts with 1/4 sleeves and no shorts, (besides hard hats, safety glasses, etc., when necessary).
The corporate types know I can fix their PC, so they don't hassle me, the wrench turners know the same, but they know I'm just a regular guy, and the other guys in my department know that I know my shit so the tattoos aren't an issue, they just take a peek when I get something new.
All that plus I'm payed hourly an outreagous sum and union.
Fuck Me Runnin'
you could'nt beat me with a stick hard enough to leave this job.

Following this thread made me realize I may have the best Tech job on the planet.
I'm a Communications Technician for one of the big 4 class I freight railroads in the U.S.
I work with installing/maintaining everything from PC support, software, network, data, CCTV, satellite dishes, radios, on down to the humble telephone.
I'm not stuck with the same stuff very often, or for very long. I cover a large territory, so I'm not bound to an office all the time.
I've been on this job for 10 years as of this month. I got hired with visible tattoos and it has never been an issue. I kept on getting more as time went on ( the biggest amount in the last year).
I have to move equally between corporate types in the division office, and guys that turn wrenches and swing hammers all day, but now they got to use a computer to do their job.
I've been on the job long enough now (10 years this month) that everyone knows me and knows that I know my stuff, if they call me I can get your problem fixed.
I've never had a negative comment directed my way because of my tattoos (the ones that are visible go from the wrist to "outta sight").
The only dress code we have is T-shirts with 1/4 sleeves and no shorts, (besides hard hats, safety glasses, etc., when necessary).
The corporate types know I can fix their PC, so they don't hassle me, the wrench turners know the same, but they know I'm just a regular guy, and the other guys in my department know that I know my shit so the tattoos aren't an issue, they just take a peek when I get something new.
All that plus I'm payed hourly an outreagous sum and union.
Fuck Me Runnin'
you could'nt beat me with a stick hard enough to leave this job.

They're not Paris Hilton or a Kardashian, nobody has a net worth of 15 million dollars, so why are you surprised when a tattooer asks you not to take photos of their shit? Any publicity is not good publicity in an industry that prides itself on not being a bunch of vacuous fucking nincompoops. Also, I find it incredibly insulting when people assume they can take photos of tattooed folks simply because they have tattoos.
$0.02.

The bunch of squiggly orange, red and green stuff on my upper arm in this photo (excuse the crappy cell phone pic.)

Has been reworked over the month of July into this nice little dragon half sleeve now. It's what I always wanted it to look like in the first place.

These are not cover ups, just reworks.
This is stuff on my left arm.
I know they aren't the best tattoos in the world (Hell, I had to draw all but one of them. That's the only way you could get custom work where I grew up back then.)
Just keep in mind I grew up in western N.C., circa 1980's, but they mean a lot to me still to this day. They are a part of who I am and I would never cover 'em up.
When I got old enough to get tattooed, the only guys tattooing were bikers. I was a skinny, long haired punk kid who didn't fit in, determined to get tattooed, so I did it.
Got my first tattoo, Feb 13th 1985, (the skull with the web and spider legs) in a friggin' biker bar... "J.B. Davis' Tattoo & Tavern" (I was WAY more scared of getting my ass kicked for going in there than getting the tattoo.)

The bunch of squiggly orange, red and green stuff on my upper arm in this photo (excuse the crappy cell phone pic.)

Has been reworked over the month of July into this nice little dragon half sleeve now. It's what I always wanted it to look like in the first place.