| It seems that more and more people are being | | | | employees to cover up their tattoos and if they |
| forced to cover up their body art. I honestly | | | | don’t it could cost them their job. The |
| can’t believe it has gone this far. It seems | | | | powers that be say that this new ridiculous rule |
| with the growing popularity of tattoos and society | | | | has been issued to help maintain a good image. |
| some what "excepting" them, oddly enough more | | | | This new rule is effecting teachers, janitors and |
| and more jobs are requiring their employees to | | | | firefighters. |
| cover up their body art. Which if you ask me is | | | | Capt. Armando Hogan, a spokesman for the Los |
| completely unfair. I feel that making someone | | | | Angeles City Fire Department, explained the |
| cover up their tattoo is discrimination against | | | | reason behind all the firefighters having to follow |
| people who have ink. I mean we are taught not | | | | this rule. "We didn’t want to offend some |
| to judge someone by the color of their skin, so | | | | people in the community." If you ask me its all a |
| why doesn’t this apply to someone who has | | | | bunch of bull. What about the men and women |
| a little ink on their skin? Sadly, I guess these | | | | who risk their life to save someone from a fire or |
| "officials" do not feel the same way about this. | | | | accident, have you they even thought about how |
| They are more concerned about what people | | | | this rule would offend them? Just goes to show |
| may think. | | | | that these officials are only looking at these issues |
| USA Today is reporting that cities and school | | | | from one side. |
| districts around the country are forcing their | | | | |