In the case of a woman in the UK, her extensive collection of 800 tattoos has consistently resulted in rejection wherever she goes. She shares that finding meaningful employment has been a challenge due to employers criticizing her heavily tattooed appearance.
Melissa Sloan, a 46-year-old woman from Wales, previously worked as a janitor, but she claims that securing a similar job has become increasingly difficult due to the artwork that covers her face and body.
From The Daily Star:
“I can’t get a job," she exclusively shared.
"They won’t have me.
"I applied for a job cleaning toilets where I live and they won’t have me because of my tattoos.
“The first job I had was cleaning ages ago, cleaning toilets.
"People have said I have never have had a job in my life, I have had one once and it didn’t last long.
“But, if someone offered me a job tomorrow I would go and work – I would take that offer."
Melissa is yet to be offered a job seven months on from when she spoke to us and currently relies on benefits to get by.
Melissa even struggles to leave the house as strangers heckle on her on the street to the point she was called a "freak" in front of her kids.
She claims she recently declined the offer for "free" laser treatment on the NHS to remove her face ink.
The mum felt it would be a waste of time to get the ink removed as she would just start all over again.
And the idea of getting her eyeballs inked is something Melissa would like to see come into fruition.
The tattoo mad mum is willing to take the "gamble" on her sight.
Despite being shunned from all parts of society, it seems that Melissa is true to her word when she says she'll "never stop."
This woman seems to have developed a self-destructive addiction. Frankly, she doesn't have a lot of room to complain about her struggles in finding a job or facing social rejection since all of this appears to be a result of her own choices.
In some ways, it can be compared to a person struggling with drug addiction. Her excessively self-centered addiction not only affects her own life but also becomes a burden on society.
