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Earrings in the workplace

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Mr Jules:

--- Quote from: Razor X on March 13, 2012, 09:25:40 PM ---It seems like the majority of guys under the age of 30 that I work with have marks on their earlobes indicating that they once had pierced ears.  Presumably they stopped wearing earrings when they had to find jobs.  The business world has loosened up considerably; business casual is now the norm, facial hair is no longer a rarity and of course, shaved heads are also quite common.  But male earring-wearing still seems to be a taboo. Just wondering if anyone has any theories as to why that is. 

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Good question. Because I've been thinking about having my left ear pierced. But I think there'd be raised eye brows at work.

Shaving your head is one thing. People do it to cover MPB.
Growing a beard is another thing. Reckon about a third of men in our office have some sort of facial hair. And you can shave it off.
But piercing an ear and stuffing jewellry into it ? Well that could be a step too far.

Razor X:
What do you think would happen if you did it?

Mr Jules:

--- Quote from: Razor X on June 24, 2013, 02:48:52 PM ---What do you think would happen if you did it?

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Really do not know. Suspect colleagues would make a comment. Might even be asked not to wear it when meeting clients.

I can wear an oversized goatee and shaved head. But getting my ear pierced....

VOT:
If you want to do it just do it. You will get comments the first few days and then people will get bored and move on to something else. Also in the UK most employers are quite relaxed and even if they are not they know that due to dicrimination laws there is not much they can do about it

Mr Jules:

--- Quote from: VOT on June 27, 2013, 03:21:43 PM ---If you want to do it just do it. You will get comments the first few days and then people will get bored and move on to something else. Also in the UK most employers are quite relaxed and even if they are not they know that due to dicrimination laws there is not much they can do about it

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Thanks for that VOT.

When did you have your ears pierced ? (looks like you have). And what made you decide ?

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