The fast food industry opens a market for employees generally between the ages of 16-24. With such a young group of people comes the fads of the era; baggy jeans, spiky hair, tattoos and piercings. Then the decision comes to the employer if to hire them or not. Can an employer legitametly refuse to hire someone because of appearances? Carla Quintana (owner of East Coast Subs) states "We have to look past them I think. Society as a whole is accepting them (tattoos and piercings) not so shocking any more." She does not discriminate against her employees for having any, they actually have several employees that are inked and pierced.
With this being said perhaps society is starting to look at these "things" as not so much a taboo any more. Then again, perhaps not. I passed a woman the other day in the mall and she grabbed her child as a man with large gauges in his ears passed by. It still interests me as to why people associate these "things" as a threat as if the tattoos and such will jump off the skin and permanently scare the children. I sure hope Mrs. Quintana was right about society and hopefully we'll notice some results soon.
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