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Confessions of a Heavily Tattooed and Pierced Woman in Corporate America
Many people assume that because I have tattoos and piercings, that I likely work in retail or am a tattoo artist myself. Wrong. I work in an office and it isn’t that uncommon.
Growing up, all I’ve heard is that people who are tattooed and pierced people are dirty people who don’t have great job prospects. I never saw people that way. I saw people with tattoos and piercings as free spirited people who love showing their personality on their skin.
When I graduated high school I didn’t get a tattoo right away. I was too scared to. I had a Monroe piercing about 3 months after I turned 18, my mother was never going to let me do it prior to when I turned 18. I thought tattoos were beautiful but was so scared of the pain so I put it off until I decide there was one I wanted. It was simple lettering on my hip for my favorite band. My boyfriend at the time hated it but he hated anything alternative, which was weird because I had piercings when we got together but I digress.
