The same people that don’t want you open carrying or conceal carrying your guns, are OK with their workers displaying tattoos.
Starbucks is reviewing its strict rule of no visible tattoos for its employees.
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The tattoo ban has been the target of a recent online petition on the website Coworker.org. That petition has gained 21,000 signatures — including 12,000 Starbucks employees…
…In July, a Starbucks barista in Troy, Mich., caused a media stir when she went public after her boss told her that she had to have a small tattoo on her thumb removed. The social media reaction was not to Starbucks’ liking.
Image and cultural nuances matter for Starbucks. Widely regarded as one of the most tech- and Millennial-savvy retailers, it hardly wants to alienate a crucial base of 20-something customers
, suppliers and potential employees. The company has taken relatively liberal stands on all sorts of controversial issues — from gay marriage to gun bans.
One employee — who has had to hide her tattoos while working at Starbucks for years — says she hopes she won’t have to hide them much longer.
“Starbucks is an amazing place to work,” says Rochelle Rabold, who works as a barista supervisor at a Starbucks in Cedar Park, Texas, near Austin. “It would be even more amazing if I didn’t have to cover my tattoos,” including a large one of colorful flowers on her forearm.
Even in the hottest Texas weather, she says, she must wear a long-sleeve shirt under her Starbucks shirt, to conceal the tattoo. “It would be awesome for Starbucks to change its policy and accept me for who I am,” says Rabold, who is also a real estate
Williams started the petition because she, too, was tired of concealing the tattoo on her arm. She says that she loves being a barista, but, “The day I buy my first short-sleeved Starbucks shirt will definitely be a great day.”
Rabold has one more hope for the new dress code: “I’m also hoping they’ll let us wear jeans.”
Source: http://www.freep.com/article/20140910/BUSINESS07/309100195/Starbucks-tattoo-ban-dress-code
What’s next? Will they be OK with employees not showering? I know, tattoos don’t smell, and while they are visually annoying, they don’t hurt anyone other than the guy that gets them. A gun in the holster harms no one, too bad Starbucks wants me to put up with their tattoos but they won’t put up with my guns, even though I have a 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear them.