Stretched earlobes ....horrible

lanos

program on RTE 2 now about irish people on the dole
and theres this girl with multiple piercings and these hideous
earlobe stretching things

how does this girl expect anybody to employ her


image below is not same as girl on RTE2

Fleawuss

She won't be using the earlobes.

Anesthetize

...and?

job seeker

lanos wrote: »

program on RTE 2 now about irish people on the dole
and theres this girl with multiple piercings and these hideous
earlobe stretching things

how does this girl expect anybody to employ her

What job do you use your earlobes in? They can't do manual labour, it work, office work? They are useless anyway...

Anesthetize

I forgot it was incorrect in this country to express yourself through your appearance

TheNobleKipper

I hope employers focus on skills rather than ear lobes...

One eyed Jack

lanos wrote: »

program on RTE 2 now about irish people on the dole
and theres this girl with multiple piercings and these hideous
earlobe stretching things

how does this girl expect anybody to employ her


image below is not same as girl on RTE2

They're not for stretching earlobes, they're placeholders for a cock.


Joking aside, I wouldn't consider someone unemployable solely based on their jewellery. It'd depend entirely on what industry she would like to work in.

The Dogs Bollix

Here we go again. A dole thread

Some people don't need piercings
Some people don't need tattoos
Some people don't smoke
Some people don't drink
Etc
Etc

And it doesn't make a blind bit of difference

Kovu

I have stretched earlobes (admittedly only 10mm) , tattoos and piercings. Never had any trouble with them at work.

One eyed Jack

The Dogs Bollix wrote: »

Here we go again. A dole thread

Some people don't need piercings
Some people don't need tattoos
Some people don't smoke
Some people don't drink
Etc
Etc

And it doesn't make a blind bit of difference

No it isn't.

Anesthetize

vagazzled wrote: »

Have you nothing else to start a thread about?
A Saturday night and you are having a go at a young 20 year old girl who at least got a job (no mean feat in this economy if you are young without exp & qualifications.) Ok, she lost it- she didn't organise her 9 mile bus commute, but she will learn from the mistake.
Your type are a dying breed, thank fook.

Friday night

Sir Osis of Liver.

Nice enough looking girl.

I'm sure someone out there would love to ride the ears off her.

TheNobleKipper

One eyed Jack wrote: »

They're not for stretching earlobes, they're placeholders for a cock.

A small cock it'd be, in all fairness

Medusa22

I have a few facial piercings and I take them out for interviews but I worked as a receptionist in a solicitor's office for two years and my piercings were never an issue, whatever jewellery I have does not interfere with my ability to do a job. I admit that I am not a big fan of tunnels myself but each to their own.

kneemos

She couldn't work with food products with those rings in and without them the ear looks hideous.
Probably a lot of customer related positions that they wouldn't be appropriate for.
Some supermarkets don't allow jewellery either I think.

Links234

You know what my attitude is? I don't like stretched earlobes, so I didn't get my earlobes stretched.

Schwiiing

Idiots.

What happens when they go out of fashion? Do they just get left with huge drooping earlobes hanging off the ears? Sounds like a surgical repair.

Always thought there's money to be made in the future in tattoo removal and the likes.

smash

Ear sex made possible

Medusa22

What is it they say? every hole is a goal?

One eyed Jack

kneemos wrote: »

She couldn't work with food products with those rings in and without them the ear looks hideous.
Probably a lot of customer related positions that they wouldn't be appropriate for.
Some supermarkets don't allow jewellery either I think.

You're right about the supermarkets alright, but a person can get reconstructive surgery done to close the holes if they want.

To suggest that tunnels (didn't know they were called that) would mean someone was unemployable though as the OP has done is just silly. They should have qualified that they wouldn't employ that person. I would sooner employ someone based on their qualifications first, their personality second, and they could have just landed from Mars for all I care after that.

One eyed Jack

This chap could get a job in a pizzeria with that lip plate!

The Sidewards Man

Jocking handles.

lanos

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Joking aside, I wouldn't consider someone unemployable solely based on their jewellery. It'd depend entirely on what industry she would like to work in.

ok if this girl approached you looking for advice
she was worried that her appearance would put off potential employers

A. would you advise her to remove the 'jewellery' and get reconstructive surgery for the gaping holes in her lobes
or
B. provide a list of occupations she could reasonably aspire to that would be accepting of her alternative look

if B, then can you provide us with a sample of suggested careers

One eyed Jack

lanos wrote: »

ok if this girl approached you looking for advice
she was worried that her appearance would put off potential employers

A. would you advise her to remove the 'jewellery' and get reconstructive surgery for the gaping holes in her lobes
or
B. provide a list of occupations she could reasonably aspire to that would be accepting of her alternative look

if B, then can you provide us with a sample of suggested careers

C. I'd ask her what jobs she was interested in herself, then take a look at her CV to see what experience and qualifications she had, and what experience and qualifications she might need to get into the career she was interested in, and advise her on that basis, before I'd give a damn about her physical appearance.

Fluffy Cat 88

Horrible!

Thing is, I don't mind tattoos (good ones not cheap diy ****e ones), pierced lips etc but those tunnels are disgusting.

Apparently they stink too. There's a young lad working in a chipper in town who has them and I avoid ordering food from him because they turn my stomach.

I really think the management should make him cover his ears when he's working tbh.

I'm sure he's a nice lad - I feel kinda bad for being such a judgemental biatch but - yuck! I don't want to eat what he's handling.

Mozzeltoff

lanos wrote: »

ok if this girl approached you looking for advice
she was worried that her appearance would put off potential employers

A. would you advise her to remove the 'jewellery' and get reconstructive surgery for the gaping holes in her lobes
or
B. provide a list of occupations she could reasonably aspire to that would be accepting of her alternative look

if B, then can you provide us with a sample of suggested careers

Anything she wanted to do if she put her mind to it. Her ears aren't going to stop her.

Someone said in an earlier post she wouldn't be able to work with food. Eh, I worked in a restaurant last year and a Chef De Partie had tunnels in and no one said a word to him about it.

endacl

Kovu wrote: »

I have stretched earlobes (admittedly only 10mm) , tattoos and piercings. Never had any trouble with them at work.

Because 10mm sounds bigger than 1cm?

:pac:

lanos

One eyed Jack wrote: »

C. I'd ask her what jobs she was interested in herself, then take a look at her CV to see what experience and qualifications she had, and what experience and qualifications she might need to get into the career she was interested in, and advise her on that basis, before I'd give a damn about her physical appearance.

so you would have nothing useful to advise really

the fact is that if you look up any job in situations vacant in the newspaper or in the FAS office
not 1 employer from these sources would hire somebody with piercings such as hers.
maybe she could get a job in a fish gutting factory.

its hardly a career though.

your view of the world is a noble one i'll admit but it bears no resemblance to the reality for job seekers.

BTW are you pierced?

bodice ripper

I have one earlobe stretched to 20 mm. Because I don't like symmetry. Also because if you don't like my earlobe - you certainly won't like the rest of me. So it warns off the faint of heart.

kneemos

Mozzeltoff wrote: »

Anything she wanted to do if she put her mind to it. Her ears aren't going to stop her.

Someone said in an earlier post she wouldn't be able to work with food. Eh, I worked in a restaurant last year and a Chef De Partie had tunnels in and no one said a word to him about it.

Any food manufacturing employer wouldn't allow jewellery of any sort,apart from a plain wedding band.
Poor practice for a restaurant also,obviously jewellery can harbour germs or end up in food.

Kovu

endacl wrote: »

Because 10mm sounds bigger than 1cm?

:pac:

Because if I said 00 gauge, a lot of people wouldn't know what I was on about. The actual size of the plug/tunnel can also vary between 9-10mm depending on the manufacturer as well. Usually ones which are made in Europe are in mm & US ones in inches.

Faith+1

I Really wish they'd ban dole threads in After Hours. I get it! There's always gonna be lazy b*stards who don't want to work! Fcuk sake.

lanos

Faith+1 wrote: »

I Really wish they'd ban dole threads in After Hours. I get it! There's always gonna be lazy b*stards who don't want to work! Fcuk sake.

its not a dole thread
its a piercing thread
fool

Mozzeltoff

kneemos wrote: »

Any food manufacturing employer wouldn't allow jewellery of any sort,apart from a plain wedding band.
Poor practice for a restaurant also,obviously jewellery can harbour germs or end up in food.

Well look man, the restaurant managers didn't seem to have a problem with it. I never wear jewellery when I am working but some people do and until management tell them there's a problem, they're going to wear it.

Faith+1

lanos wrote: »

its not a dole thread
its a piercing thread
fool

Maybe you should read what the Op said? The girl was on a show about people on the dole and how is she execpted to get a job?

Fool!

raze_them_all_

Lots of peoples have piercings and stretchings and work. Also yer one is pretty ****ing good looking

lanos

Mozzeltoff wrote: »

Well look man, the restaurant managers didn't seem to have a problem with it. I never wear jewellery when I am working but some people do and until management tell them there's a problem, they're going to wear it.

lets try a different approach

2 people equally qualified
one is clean cut and conventional
the other is pierced and alternative

who gets the job ?

One eyed Jack

lanos wrote: »

so you would have nothing useful to advise really

That advice clearly wouldn't be particularly useful to you, understandably because you actually can't speak for anyone as an employer, but yourself.

the fact is that if you look up any job in situations vacant in the newspaper or in the FAS office
not 1 employer from these sources would hire somebody with piercings such as hers.
maybe she could get a job in a fish gutting factory.

its hardly a career though.

The fact is that you can't speak for anyone as an employer, but yourself.

your view of the world is a noble one i'll admit but it bears no resemblance to the reality for job seekers.

And for the third time in a row, the fact is, that you can't speak for anyone as an employer, but yourself.

BTW are you pierced?

No I'm not, nor do I have any tattoos. I'm often mistaken for one of those Latter Day Saints crowd because I'm always dressed in a white shirt, black trousers and navy tie (red, if I'm feeling adventurous).

The people I work with to help them gain employment, tunnels would be positively conservative looking by comparison!

lanos

lanos wrote: »

its not a dole thread
its a piercing thread
fool

Faith+1 wrote: »

Maybe you should read what the Op said? The girl was on a show about people on the dole and how is she execpted to get a job?

Fool!

I am the OP


BTW - just mentioning the fact that the girl was on the dole doesn't make it a dole thread
the dole aspect is just incidental

RDM_83 again

Fluffy Cat 88 wrote: »

Horrible!

Thing is, I don't mind tattoos (good ones not cheap diy ****e ones), pierced lips etc but those tunnels are disgusting.

Yeah the larger ones are something I genuinely don't like at a deeper gut level than being unaesthetic or trying too hard, somebody could have a massive tattoo of Jedward on their chest and while I know the earlobes thing is way more aesthetically pleasing I'd get much more weirded out by the stretching, have the same reaction to large nose-bones and piercings on the back of the neck and scarification.

Fluffy Cat 88 wrote: »

Apparently they stink too. There's a young lad working in a chipper in town who has them and I avoid ordering food from him because they turn my stomach.

I would hazard thats more to do with him being a young lad than a few extra cm of earlobe!

Links234 wrote: »

You know what my attitude is? I don't like stretched earlobes, so I didn't get my earlobes stretched.

Your forgetting its as bad cultural appropriation as wearing that Indian Head dress to a festival

Personally I think the Asian/African Neck rings will be the next trend (I just need to corner the market on large brass hoops and I will make millions)

lanos

One eyed Jack wrote: »

understandably because you actually can't speak for anyone as an employer, but yourself.

The fact is that you can't speak for anyone as an employer, but yourself.

And for the third time in a row, the fact is, that you can't speak for anyone as an employer, but yourself.

wow i'll be repeating that in my sleep later
thanks for the compelling argument

eternal

The girl expresses herself through her 'look'. She clearly stated she self harmed and was suicidal at times. She worked in that gaming shop in the previous episode but they didn't give her enough hours. How she chooses to look has nothing to do with her ability or drive to be employed. Maybe stop judging people who are clearly vulnerable and putting themselves out there on TV to showcase MH issues and cop on. Also calling other posters fools is a bit much to be fair.

Kovu

lanos wrote: »

I am the OP


BTW - just mentioning the fact that the girl was on the dole doesn't make it a dole thread
the dole aspect is just incidental

However you were insinuating that nobody would want to employ her, ergo she will be on the dole. Otherwise why mention the programme at all?

lanos

Kovu wrote: »

Otherwise why mention the programme at all?

because it was on as I made the post

lanos

Faith+1 wrote: »

I Really wish they'd ban dole threads in After Hours. I get it! There's always gonna be lazy b*stards who don't want to work! Fcuk sake.

lanos wrote: »

its not a dole thread
its a piercing thread
fool

eternal wrote: »

Also calling other posters fools is a bit much to be fair.

the term fool is pretty tame and positively harmless on After Hours
and it was in response to a poster who effectively dismissed the participants of the TV show as 'lazy b*stards'

eternal

lanos wrote: »

the term fool is pretty tame and positively harmless on After Hours
and it was in response to a poster who effectively dismissed the participants of the TV show as 'lazy b*stards'

You dismissed the entire point of my argument therefore making you unable to converse. Goodnight.

Mozzeltoff

lanos wrote: »

lets try a different approach

2 people equally qualified
one is clean cut and conventional
the other is pierced and alternative

who gets the job ?

Which ever has the most hands on experience and is capable of doing the tasks that are required of them.

The Chef De Partie was above me. He had them in. Obviously he got a job because of his skills as a chef. Not his ear lobes.

RDM_83 again

eternal wrote: »

The girl expresses herself through her 'look'. She clearly stated she self harmed and was suicidal at times

You see thats a more interesting conversation than the employment one (good bosses will care who gets the work done best, bad bosses will judge you for carrying in a cup of coffee in the morning :pac: )
By that I mean serious body modification and self harm, I'm fairly sensitive abut this since I'm close to people that have self harmed in the past but why is pretty severe and in some cases painful body art/modification considered "ok" while the other considered an incredibly worrying sign (I'm not minimizing self harm issues here but wondering why its not ok/PC to consider the former a warning sign of issues)

lanos

Kovu wrote: »

I have stretched earlobes (admittedly only 10mm) , tattoos and piercings. Never had any trouble with them at work.

Kovu wrote: »

Because if I said 00 gauge, a lot of people wouldn't know what I was on about. The actual size of the plug/tunnel can also vary between 9-10mm depending on the manufacturer as well. Usually ones which are made in Europe are in mm & US ones in inches.

Faith+1 wrote: »

I Really wish they'd ban dole threads in After Hours. I get it! There's always gonna be lazy b*stards who don't want to work! Fcuk sake.

lanos wrote: »

its not a dole thread
its a piercing thread
fool

Kovu wrote: »

However you were insinuating that nobody would want to employ her, ergo she will be on the dole. Otherwise why mention the programme at all?

why are you backing up Faith +1 that it is a dole thread
its a piercing thread and more specifically about stretched lobes
and that's why you are posting because you have stretched lobes too

LETHAL LADY

Don't get me wrong now but my tattoos are intimate. I've attempted piercings, but I was too much of a wuss with not enough stretchy skin.

Kovu

lanos wrote: »

why are you backing up Faith +1 that it is a dole thread
its a piercing thread and more specifically about stretched lobes
and that's why you are posting because you have stretched lobes too

I was reiterating the point that people who have body mods can have respectable jobs, arguing your statement of ''how does this girl expect anybody to employ her''

You could have just said you were watching a programme on tv and noticed a girl had stretched lobes, instead of insinuating that she was unemployable and should just give up looking for a job.