Anti- Buddhist-Thai-Chinese-Muslim-Twat-Discrimination

[Gob]

A job-hunter claims he has been left unemployable because he is covered in tattoos.



Yusuf Hameed, 40, has been knocked back from dozens of jobs over the last year because of his unconventional appearance.

His body art includes a Buddhism symbol on his forehead, two Thai boxing tattoos on the back of his head, and a yin yang on the back of his head.

He said he has applied for 450 jobs including a car wash attendant and a street cleaner but receives the same feedback - employers cannot hire him because of his tattoos.

Mr Hameed, from Batley, West Yorkshire, said: 'It is really getting me down and it is so hard to think that these tattoos are such a strong barrier against me getting a job.

'I came to Batley from Pontefract after being made redundant from a meat manufacturing company.

'I’ve been doing everything the job centre has told me and attended all my interviews but they take one look at my tattoos and won’t give me a chance.'

Muslim convert Mr Hameed got his first tattoo aged 14 but wishes he had never had them done.

He said: 'I used to hang around with a lot of lads older than me and they started getting them.

'I suppose it was peer pressure but as a mature person I would not have got them, especially seeing the reaction from strangers

[Joe Guy]

And he's not trying to sue somebody?

It's gotta be somebody else's fault, doesn't it?

What a weirdo!!

Psst! Hey weirdo! You might want to grow some hair on your ugly head.

[Lord Jim]

His body art includes a Buddhism symbol on his forehead, two Thai boxing tattoos on the back of his head, and a yin yang on the back of his head.

Well the ying yang certainly seems appropriate....

He said he has applied for 450 jobs including a car wash attendant and a street cleaner but receives the same feedback - employers cannot hire him because of his tattoos.

I'm gonna have to throw the BS flag on that one...

I don't believe the guy applied for 450 jobs, and I certainly don't believe anyone ever said to him, "We'd love to hire you, you'd make an excellent street cleaner, but we just can't have people sweeping up trash off the streets who have tattoos"....(unless maybe he was applying for a street cleaning job in The Hamptons, or Martha's Vineyard...)

Maybe it's just my suspicious nature, but I just have to believe that there may be something else that's coming across in his interviews for these menial jobs that is making potential employers disinclined to hire him....

[Gob]

"We cannot hire you, as it's rather obvious you are a complete twat."

[dales]

Maybe he has B.O.

[Sean]

I'm thinking that this particular interview takes place once a fortnight at the job centre...

[rubato]

One head and neck tattoo could be a momentary lapse but having so many does move it into the realm of chronic poor judgement.

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