Thank you for this thread -- it has raised some
interesting ideas regarding body art and perception /
misperception. 

As a member of the Burning Man community over the past
5 years, I urge you to examine how non-conformist
appearance (costume, piercings and tattoos) has become
the norm in this self-selecting group.

http://images.burningman.com/index.cgi?q_keyword=&q_year=&q_category=people&q_photog=&go.x=12&go.y=15



 

--- Leah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm going to weigh in here, because the subject is
> near and dear to my 
> heart, as a pierced person, and also as a younger
> person just beginning 
> my career and hoping to stay pierced as I move
> through it.
> 
> in regards to the quality of service of the Kinko's
> employee, the first 
> thing that popped into my mind is, how much is this
> girl, or any 
> employee there, getting paid? Probably not that
> much. Also, chances 
> are, the girl who waited on you did not have
> anything to do with the 
> mistake in your order. My guess is someone who
> worked the night before 
> messed up and she was finishing the transaction.
> 
> Yes, we are judged. Everyday. But that doesn't give
> us the right to 
> form opinions about someone's character or quality
> because of the way 
> they look. In that sense, judging a person by the
> way their hair is 
> cut, the piercings they have, or what they wear, is
> akin, in a small 
> way, to judging a person by the color of their skin.
> It is a judgment 
> and an assessment of them as a human based on the
> way they look.
> 
> I agree that we, as professionals, and usually as
> humans, are judged by 
> the way that we look, how we talk, our grammar, all
> of that. But that 
> doesn't make it right and it doesn't mean that we
> shouldn't struggle to 
> not judge people by the way they look.
> 
> I think that this is a really grey area, and one
> that we could argue 
> over and over. But what makes something appropriate?
> Just because you 
> work in an office downtown, does that mean you
> should dress in a suit? 
> Convention says yes, but who is to say that
> convention is right?
> 
> The thing I try to remember about those blessed
> people who work in the 
> service industry, is that they work hard for,
> usually, less than 
> optimal pay.
> I try to remember that they might have had a hard
> day, or just dealt 
> with a difficult customer. I'm not saying that you
> should be happy with 
> substandard service, with your picture or the girl's
> attitude.  But, in 
> my opinion,  stereotyping her as 'goth girl' and
> taking issue with her 
> appearance was inappropriate and probably had
> nothing to do with the 
> quality of service.
> 
> Just my opinion,
> leah durand
> 
>
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