Natalie Attired, 23, was fired from her position as a waitress at Biddy’s Teahouse for having a visible tattoo. The owner, Biddy Baker fired Miss Attired because she would not remove the tattoo and feared that an employee having a tattoo that was visible would upset her more “mature” patrons, which would affect profits. No documentation could be provided that showed a loss of profits. Ms. Baker did state that two patrons asked to be reseated the day before she was terminated.…
Greetings friend I have just received your email and again have come up with some suggestions that might be a great benefit to your situation with the printers. I see that most of your employees have purchased their own printers and are now printing excessively especially personal things on the weekends.…
Shreddi is a street artist who operates covertly (and illegally) in the Houston metro. Shreddi explains, “After two years working twelve hour days for my company, I was basically let go.” This event prompted him to seek an outlet for both his creativity, and his frustration with the white-collar company that wronged him. His medium is wheatpasting, a style that involves gluing prefabricated posters to walls, signs, and object in an urban environment. Shreddi’s art expresses the struggle of the average worker to balance their career and their personal lives. His art reflects on the challenge of the average worker to do what is necessary to survive, succeed, and thrive in the corporate environment while maintaining their individuality. Shreddi’s work evokes feelings of empowerment and inspiration by pointing out harsh, but often overlooked concepts in the business world such as greed, autonomy, authoritarianism, and the loss of the self while submitting to the corporate machine.…
What canvas holds some of the most creative artwork today? If you guessed the human skin, you would be right. However, about three decades ago, one would only find these types of markings and insignias on what would be considered the “rough” crowd: bikers, sailors, gang members, and prison inmates. Today; however, tattoos and piercings can be seen on nearly anyone from the age of 15 and up. Not to mention, these body modifications can be found on all types of workers, male or female, white and blue-collar. Even though times have changed and opinions along with it, the workforce is still making a firm stand to some older thoughts. Although, body art has become a more accepted form of individualistic expression; it will continue to suppress individuals’ chances of succeeding in a professional environment, because employers, clients, and customers still have a negative connotation associated with the presence of tattoos and piercings.…
Over the summer I applied to be in a Business summer apprenticeship program at the Metro Achievement Center located in Chicago more specifically Greek town. With hopes to learn as much as I could and test whether business was something I could see myself doing for the long run I started my first day at the program. After a few days of getting to know my other classmates and getting to know what our routine would be like we started to learn and as you could already guess I loved it. The program taught us things from how complex it could be to write a professional email but it also gave us the opportunity to take charge and start our very own small business which consisted of five members who all had an important role in order to make our business…
I think that moving to Hawaii has been the biggest mistake that I have ever made, and I regret all of my horrible choices on that day. The workers gave me a paper with some foreign language that I couldn’t read, but I signed it anyways, eager to move to Hawaii. They had promised me a nice house to live in, but it has an acrid smell and is full of pests like rats, cockroaches, and termites. I thought I could’ve moved back home wealthy, but the pay is horrible. It’s almost my 11th year here, and I just paid back the manager for my trip here. I expected Hawaii to be like paradise, but now I realize that it’s the complete opposite of paradise, so I hope that I can move back soon.…
Opioid are derived from opium or synthetic drugs that have similar properties. These drugs possess the ability to reduce pain. Using opioids for extended periods of time causes the body to become adapted to them. As a result, the body becomes physically dependent on the drug (Paulozzi, 287). According to the Pennsylvania Medical Society, Americans consume 80% of the world’s opioid supply (“More White, Middle-aged Women Overdose on Opioids, Study Says.”). This number is should be shocking and should signal a red flag. Having such easy access to opioids in the United States explains why drug overdoses have increased so drastically. Opioids are not the only drugs that have caused an increase in drug overdose rates. Heroin overdose rates have almost…
This essay describes the job of a tattoo parlor and the tattoo artist, and the interaction between the artist and the customer. The description is of a normal day where I visit Blue Moon Tattoo, watch a lady being tattooed, and receive a tattoo of my own. I describe the complete day in the parlor, from watching a woman find the perfect tattoo, to watching her getting the tattoo. Along with the description, the main point of this essay is to explain how people can actually be comfortable with a tattoo artist and be comfortable with needles being poked into their body. A small amount of interaction between the artist and the customer makes the tattoo have a bit of personality, and a memorable experience.…
Kohl, P. (2008). How about those tattoos in the workplace?. Hrtools: Build a better business. Retrieved August 24, 2008, from http://www.hrtools.com/staffing/how_about_those_tattoos_in_the_workplace.aspx…
Olaf campus. I hesitated to take the job because it meant taking on more responsibility than I was used to. I was responsible for finding a housing option, paying for my housing, and preparing my own meals among other things. Furthermore, I had no prior painting experience so I felt incompetent for the job. The first week of the job was the hardest because of laborious work of learning the ins and outs of painting. Lots of paint was spilled on the floor, walls taking twice as long to paint, and walls were repainted more than twice that week. However, as the days turned weeks, and weeks turned into months I felt more confident in my painting skills, work became more enjoyable, and I was able to adapt to my living situation. Additionally, because I was responsible for my own meals I learned to cook and even enjoyed doing…
On my birthday, the seventh of May, my mother, the eminent, Whitney West Scooter, almost had a major myocardial infarction. After, I told her that her aspiring Michelangelo had with-drawn from her alma mater the illustrious J. C. West Institute of Fine Arts. Throughout break-fast, lunch, and dinner, I tried to explain to her that the reason I left the Institute, at the end of my junior year, was to accept a generous offer put forth by Tommy Hagsmight, an iconic tattoo artist and owner of the multinational corporation, ‘Ink It Baby.” My mother, of course, didn’t care one iota, that Tommy would personally mentor me during my three year apprenticeship or that the corporation had agreed to pay for the apprenticeship program, license, seminars,…
I never actually attended UConn as a degree student. Although it is true that I enrolled late in the summer of 2009, it was only for the briefest amount of time. I enrolled late at UConn because unforeseen financial issues in my family made attending the other schools I was accepted into a terrible idea. However, quickly after enrolling I came to the realization that I had no concise plan of action towards a specific degree. I was enrolled in a mishmash of different classes that did not take me towards any direction. Therefore, I decided to drop the courses I was enrolled in, and instead work full time and save money to pay for college on my own. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to me, some kind of error must have occurred in this process. I thought…
On August 2003, I was hired as a cake specialist for the first Super Target in Memphis. I worked as a cake specialist for the first two years and later became a deli team leader. I knew that this job would be challenging…
I furiously ripped a sheet of paper out of my notebook and glared at the blank lines I had to fill. My mom assigned a creative writing paper to my daily schoolwork load. Up until seventh grade all I had known was the public school system. In public school, I had acquired an unhealthy habit of getting away with the least amount of work while still maintaining an above average grade. I had the assumption that school would be even easier, having my mom as my teacher. To my surprise, my mom actually expected more effort from me than any of my other teachers in public school. My mom rudely awakened me to the fact that true success did not come without struggle.…
In the summer of 2008, I had promoted from 8th grade and was about to make a transition to high school. At the age of fifteen, my only concern was trying to figure out how I was going to do at a new school, however, my mother had other plans for me. She decided that it was time for me to get a job.…