sleeve in corporate environment

So i really want to get a full sleeve but i work in the IT dept in a
corporate office, do you guys think its a terribly stupid idea to get
this sleeve and be stuck in long sleeves forever. My company right now
doesn't care but i'm young and don't plan on being here for long, but
at the same time I am who I am and really want this full sleeve. Is
there anyone here who has big tattoos and works in a similar
environment and has any insight? Please help i have an internal
struggle and have 2 weeks to work it out.

CO wrote:
> So i really want to get a full sleeve but i work in the IT dept in a
> corporate office, do you guys think its a terribly stupid idea to get
> this sleeve and be stuck in long sleeves forever.

Well, to get that sleeve you really want, would you be willing to wear
long sleeves if required? Would it be worse to wear long sleeves or to
live without that full sleeve? I don't think anyone but you can answer
these questions.

> and have 2 weeks to work it out.

You made an appointment before even figuring out if you're going to go
through with this?

Nina
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Nina Baltes wrote:
> CO wrote:
> > So i really want to get a full sleeve but i work in the IT dept in a
> > corporate office, do you guys think its a terribly stupid idea to get
> > this sleeve and be stuck in long sleeves forever.
>
> Well, to get that sleeve you really want, would you be willing to wear
> long sleeves if required? Would it be worse to wear long sleeves or to
> live without that full sleeve? I don't think anyone but you can answer
> these questions.
>
> > and have 2 weeks to work it out.
>
> You made an appointment before even figuring out if you're going to go
> through with this?

not really i made an apt to get my chest done, if i get the sleeve i
want to tie it in with my chest piece, if i dont get the sleeve i will
do the chest peice a little diferent

"CO" <cfischer225@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152331987.437527.73730@s13g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> So i really want to get a full sleeve but i work in the IT dept in a
> corporate office, do you guys think its a terribly stupid idea to get
> this sleeve and be stuck in long sleeves forever. My company right now
> doesn't care but i'm young and don't plan on being here for long, but
> at the same time I am who I am and really want this full sleeve. Is
> there anyone here who has big tattoos and works in a similar
> environment and has any insight? Please help i have an internal
> struggle and have 2 weeks to work it out.
>

It would be nice to say that if you are good at your job it shouldn't
matter... but in the Real World sometimes it does matter. You have to make
the choice, and bear in mind that having a full sleeve may well influence
your current or future employers' attitudes. Unfortunately.

On the other hand, if you have a sleeve that ends at or above your wrist,
interviews shouldn't be a problem and you can "unveil" it after you get the
job. Remember that tattoos show through white shirts.... as I found out when
I (briefly) worked in an office environment. It didn't take long for someone
to notice, and while some people were interested and asked to see more,
others definitely changed for the worse in their attitudes towards me. I
guess it depends on your workmates and your management, and whether you are
(or will be) working behind the scenes, or with clients.

I think that if you decide to go ahead, you should display it proudly at
work... you can't realistically spend the rest of your working life in
(non-white) long-sleeved shirts. A well designed sleeve should be much more
acceptable to people than a prison-drawn swastika or something. Maybe you
could get the chest-piece done, and show a few selected people (colleagues
and bosses) at your current workplace and get an idea of how people react
before you go the whole way. Good luck, anyway!

mentalguy2004 wrote:

> It would be nice to say that if you are good at your job it shouldn't
> matter... but in the Real World sometimes it does matter. You have to make
> the choice, and bear in mind that having a full sleeve may well influence
> your current or future employers' attitudes. Unfortunately.
>
> On the other hand, if you have a sleeve that ends at or above your wrist,
> interviews shouldn't be a problem and you can "unveil" it after you get the
> job. Remember that tattoos show through white shirts.... as I found out when
> I (briefly) worked in an office environment. It didn't take long for someone
> to notice, and while some people were interested and asked to see more,
> others definitely changed for the worse in their attitudes towards me. I
> guess it depends on your workmates and your management, and whether you are
> (or will be) working behind the scenes, or with clients.
>
> I think that if you decide to go ahead, you should display it proudly at
> work... you can't realistically spend the rest of your working life in
> (non-white) long-sleeved shirts. A well designed sleeve should be much more
> acceptable to people than a prison-drawn swastika or something. Maybe you
> could get the chest-piece done, and show a few selected people (colleagues
> and bosses) at your current workplace and get an idea of how people react
> before you go the whole way. Good luck, anyway!

thanks for the advise, as for my current job most of my coworkers
either know i have or seen my ribpieces, so this job its not really an
issue,, i work in IT so most of the time deal with people in my
company, but its who i am and i think i'm gonna get it, my plan is to
wear long sleeves for the next few weeks and see how i can deal with it
as well as other poeple in the office then i'll decide to go ahead
with, or scratch the sleeve.

On 7 Jul 2006 21:13:07 -0700, CO, while still wondering about life, the
Universe and everything else, posted this tasty tidbit :
> So i really want to get a full sleeve but i work in the IT dept in a
> corporate office, do you guys think its a terribly stupid idea to get
> this sleeve and be stuck in long sleeves forever. My company right now
> doesn't care but i'm young and don't plan on being here for long, but
> at the same time I am who I am and really want this full sleeve. Is
> there anyone here who has big tattoos and works in a similar
> environment and has any insight? Please help i have an internal
> struggle and have 2 weeks to work it out.

I've got 2 full sleeves and I work in a rather sensitive job for the
Dutch government.
I've got the sleeves for almost a year now.
In the beginning there were a lot of ohhh's and ahhh's and that died
down within a few months.
No one cares anymore and I NEVER wear long sleeves.
People got used to it within a few weeks.
Just go for it.
You have a fundamental right to body modifications !
Freedom of expression and all that !
--
Hans van Eynsbergen

There is an art to flying, or rather a knack...
This knack lies in learning to throw yourself
at the ground and miss...
www.cotse.com

CO <cfischer225@gmail.com> wrote:
C> So i really want to get a full sleeve but i work in the IT dept in a
C> corporate office, do you guys think its a terribly stupid idea to get

IT is usually more forgiving of various personal choices - eg
whether or not to bathe. if you're always working in air conditioning,
long sleeves should be just fine, but white shirts are rarely thick
enough to hide tattoos.

it's up to you, but many of us here have sleeves & make it work
just fine.

lish "i left all my kinder parts
crank@got.net rusting & peeling." -mm
43.9% / 30 RANA 125 / 68

i'll teach you to turn away. wrote:
> CO <cfischer225@gmail.com> wrote:
> C> So i really want to get a full sleeve but i work in the IT dept in a
> C> corporate office, do you guys think its a terribly stupid idea to get
>
> IT is usually more forgiving of various personal choices - eg
> whether or not to bathe. if you're always working in air conditioning,
> long sleeves should be just fine, but white shirts are rarely thick
> enough to hide tattoos.
>
> it's up to you, but many of us here have sleeves & make it work
> just fine.
>
> lish "i left all my kinder parts
> crank@got.net rusting & peeling." -mm
> 43.9% / 30 RANA 125 / 68

My original idea was to get a demon (oni) mask on my chest, then i was
going to work in the dragon's tail into the chest piece and have it go
down my arm with the nose pointing towards my wrist and the head on my
forearm, but my artist, who is awesome (larry davis) called me
yesterdasy and said he has a diff plan he wanted to run by me, he wants
to do a dragon head and claw on my peck, and have the body go around my
shoulder and a little on the top pf my arm, leaving room for another
dragon going down my arm when i'm ready, and move the oni mask to the
other peck, he knows i'm slowly working on an upper body jap style
suit, so b/c he does great work and the he visualizes his idea working
better then mine (i'm no artist) i think i'm gonna go with it, i'll go
by and talk with him in more detail tongiht, but thanks for the advise,
you guys kick ass