WaPo columnist: Consider his tattoos before giving Wall max deal

My buddy who grew up around the Wake athletic department swears that Duncan has a huge tattoo of the Graffix bong logo tattooed on his back. I don't know if that's true, but he definitely has tats.

 

Huh? WTF?

Thug alert: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/matt-kemp-tattoos-grandparents-chest-awesome-163235480--mlb.html

 

That's awesome.

 

It really is a beautiful piece of work. Must've taken forever.

 

And if Kemp were applying for an everyday job, see how a shirt would cover that nicely?

He could definitely be my latex salesman.

 

The professional acceptance of ink/body art is definitely increasing. I don't think it will keep a person from getting a job but I think the placement of tattoos has a sharp effect on how high in a company someone will rise.

If I don't see the body art while you're working in a professional industry, that's fine.

Here is where it comes in. Most body art - and now that it is summer, I see far, far too much of it - can be covered up in a professional setting. That's cool. Yet if I'm at a golf outing on a hot day and one of the guys had body art up and down his arms, I will think:

"... his long-term decision making process may not be the best".

Sorry.

Just is.

Do whatever you want to your body - I won't assume that you're a thug or ready to spend 10 years where the county orange jumpsuit. Yet don't be surprised if people assume your decisions aren't the best ones.

"If this guy is willing to put an image of Boy George on his neck, um, no, I'm not putting him on the Chevy account with Bob Benson."