Originally Posted by Unimatrix One
I (and I suspect many others) am grossed out by that sort of body jewelry. If this flight attendant wants to wear it on her own time, when she is off work, that is totally fine. I would never presume to tell someone else how to dress or what kind of jewelry to wear on their own time. But this FA is working in a service position representing a major travel corporation. It behooves her to act and dress professionally (in a manner that will not gross out her customers), and if CO does not have a dress code prohibiting that kind of body jewelry, they should.
I
completely disagree here...
One can not demand an employee to remove a tongue ring whilst letting others wear earrings. Discrimination on the basis of personal expression. I think that's against the law (someone correct me if I'm wrong). And if it isn't, it bloody well should be. The same goes for making someone cover up tattoos because someone might be "grossed out". Ridiculous. I've been grossed out by a number of people's faces, but I can't demand that they wear paper bags over their heads.
Bottom line: If the piercing/tattoo doesn't interfere with the performance of one's duties, then one should be able to wear whatever one wants.
Besides, what exactly is "acting and dressing professionally" anyway? That definition will vary widely from person to person. BTW, (and slightly OT) can anyone tell me the purpose of a tie nowadays?! It has to be the most useless article of clothing around but I'm still expected to wear one. Perhaps long ago it was used for some purpose - maybe a wearable napkin during dinner, but that's just my theory - but now it's a total waste.... and ugly.
Cheers,
Jim