I had to buy stock in band-aids because....

I've never noticed this that I can remember. However I think its a good lesson as when the younger people are going crazy with piercings and tattoo's they need to realize that it is very possible that it may cause problems in the work force. This is why they have to know that its a decision that they will have to live with and there will be many jobs that will find this in appropiate and in order to work for somebody or a company they will have to comply. At least someone gave her the job there, its possible that a lot of people would not have hired her as a result of. Of course they wouldn't tell her thats why they didn't hire her, but the piercing would have disqualified her in some people's mind.

my hubby had an eye brow ring and had to cover it with a band aid (didnt think about it till he already had it done) and it made the piercing screw up!! his body ended up rejecting it and pushed the ring out i guess from not getting enough air to heal right or something.. now he has a scar because his work had a stick up their butts about it!!

I would definitely not work there. There aren't - at least in this state - any health codes requiring such non sense. That must be a corporate policy. I would never take a job like that.

i too think it's silly that she would have to wear a band-aid. i would not work at a place that would not respect my nose ring. even more so if it is really small. i would want to work at a place that will allow me to be and not walk around with a band-aid on my face

I'm not sure why, but usually the covering is because of health codes. Otherwise it is covered up so as to not offend customers that would be offended by such piercings. Better to have them look at a band aid than the nose piercing.

She should of just got a clear nose ring.

i think it is certainly somethimg weird. also it is beyond thought. just a small nose piercingh can never seem to be bad. i would have worked else where.

I think this is really incredibly dumb and stupid to say the least. Like what next? Are employers going to ask their workers to put bandaids to cover their pierced ears as well? There are all kinds of weird rules and regulations with any place of work. My mother used to work for a chiropractor...one of the clients/patients was Native American...a guy with really long hair. He was a corrections officer and was reprimanded for having long hair....it was either get his hair cut off to "regulation" length or be fired. He took the case to court, stating it was his Native American heritage and he had a right to have long hair...HE WON...All that is required is that maybe he ties his hair back in a ponytail, but he didn't have to cut it off. I just really don't see why the 'bandaid" issue though. There used to be this gal that worked in a local Walgreens...she had piercings all over ..nose rings, cheek rings, eyebrow rings...the works...she wasn't asked to cover them up

When I worked at JcPenny, and Red Lobster, piercings had to be covered, except for your ears. I'm not sure whether it is a health issue, or they feel that it will offend people. A lot of time the option is either take them out, or cover it up. When I worked for Red Lobster they even made me cover my cartlidge ear piercing.

I have never noticed this before in any food places I have been in. I wonder if that is in case it fell out into the food. If I was told that I had to wear a big plaster on my nose I would just not wear the stud, I would rather go around with a little hole in my nose than a big plaster on it. How embarrassing.

This is Rediculousl,and if anyone doesn't have that much of freedom to look after there own wishes then it is waste to work at that place,it is nothing but slavery.

I agree this is a very strange practice, but they also do it at our local McDonald's. One of the lads had an eyebrow piercing when my son worked there a few years ago, and they made him cover it up. Naturally this gets far more comment than without it - but apparently it's company policy for 'hygiene reasons'. Go figure!

hi mommyboo! That is really stupid! I agree with you. Why don't they just let her wear the damn nose ring. It would be a lot less noticable then the bandaids. The banaid is just bringing more attention to it. What a stupid thing to do on the part of the management. Since when is a nose ring a health hazzard? It's not like it's going to fall into the food. She's not even touching food! Don't get me started! I have to tell my girlfriend about this. She will really not believe this. She's got a nose ring. I'll ask her if she wants to go to a Chuck E Cheese to see if she can get a job.lol

Yeah, when I was alittle bit younger, I worked at Burger King and they made me take my eyebrow ring out. I didn't mind, until I went to get my paycheck and there was a girl working the morning shift that had a huge nose ring. I asked my manager about her and was told that she had worked there for a year. Lol so I guess you can only have a huge nose ring and not a tiny eyebrow ring when working at Burger King.

Well, from what I understood once when I asked about something similar it is to conform with health codes or specific dress codes. I am quite divided in this because there are always many sides to one thing. A person that is working with food products should be expected to cover them. Specially in places where it has more of a chance of infection. Why? it's obvious of course - the same way that a cut needs to be covered. Even if it's healed it's still a hole in the skin and can become contaminated. Dress codes should be checked when applying for a job. If it says no visible piercings or tattoos, it stands to reason that a person having one or both can either not apply for that job or expect that he/she will be asked to cover them. There are still many jobs out there where piercings and even tatoos are not accepted, and you know, the employer has the right to ask for it. It's his/her business. The same way that the prospective employee has the right not to apply for the position or quit his job for not being allowed to wear them. I have shared my views about both in here before. I have nothing against them and I actually like to see some. SO I'm not saying this because I don't like piercings. It's just that nowadays we tend to see as injustice things that often are not. I personally don't get offended by people wearing them. But I understand rules and tend to follow them. When someone tells me this is the rule in my establishment, I either follow it or leave. Yes, a band aid would be more visible. But it covers an area that can become infected and contaminate the food - how many time do we scratch or touch our nose without even noticing? I haven't seen a problem with piercings in any other areas than food handling, so I think it's fair. It's a precaution and when it comes to things people ingest any precaution, even if it seems trivial or of minimal risk, should be accepted.

[i]Hi mommyboo, I have never encountered any situation like this but if I were the girl too, I will be looking for another place to work with and whom I can be myself! LOL! People look at piercings differently, I mean more than one, for those conservatives, they don't like it and I can't see any point though![/i]

It's because if you work with food and if you have a piercing there is a possibility of an infection and you wouldn't want that to get into your food. My husband was telling me about this. His employees that work with food and have piercings other than stud earrings have to do this.

I have to say that I am more likely to notice a band-aid than a piercing. Some of them ARE for health reasons, but still, a band-aid on the ear or the nose or eyebrow is much more noticeable to me than whatever you have there in the first place. Where my son works, they make them wear long sleeves or an ace bandage type thing if they have tattoos on their arms. Again, this raises more questions than if they just let the tattoos show.....as long as they are not profane.

Yeah wearing a band aid is ridicules especially over a piercing, they are meant to be seen in the first place I would think. I would hate to wear a band aid and people teasing me because of it, and as long as it's small why should people care about it?