piercings at work

My facility is fairly liberal about piercings and tats.. a co-worker has a small diamond nose stud that is barely visible, but takes out her lip and eyebrow jewerly while at work. I have 3 earrings in one ear and 4 in the other and wear very small rings in them. I work at the front desk as a unit coordinator and have recieved many compliments on them. I do have a funny story though... I also work as a lane server in a bowling alley and have a navel piercing. Last Christmas a dear customer gave me a jingle bell belly ring as a gift... and I forgot to take it out one day at the hospital!! No one there knows I have the belly piercing (got it when my oldest daughter turned 16.. we went together). I was walking down the hallway pretty fast looking for a nurse when one of the "old school" MDs started following me. After I found the nurse, he asked me... "Um... why are you jingling? I don't see any bells" I just about cracked up... I hadn't been aware I was wearing it! I smiled slightly and lifted my scrubs just a bit... and he burst out laughing! He thought it was the craziest thing. He said he thought he was hearing things and never imagined that it was a belly ring! Now he sings jingle bells when he comes to the floor instead of griping at people!

but it's just the age difference... i guess

ok, i gotta say something :rotfl: whew...

a few people on here mention age as if only the younger generation has tats and piercings??? nope.

i know i'm not old but i'm not young either. i have 3 tats (2 on ankles and 1 on calf) and my belly pierced.

i'm thinking about getting something else done too... i've only had one pt. make a very rude comment to me. she was mad at me for something , it was summer and i was wearing a skirt. she said "in my country, only street people have those things you have on your body. no man would have a woman like that" ha ha nice, huh?later i made sure and told my fiancee that he better leave me since i was deemed to be "no good and filthy".

most of my other pt's seem to like them and even compliment on how pretty they are.

ok, i gotta say something :rotfl: whew...

a few people on here mention age as if only the younger generation has tats and piercings??? nope.

i know i'm not old but i'm not young either. i have 3 tats (2 on ankles and 1 on calf) and my belly pierced.

i'm thinking about getting something else done too... i've only had one pt. make a very rude comment to me. she was mad at me for something , it was summer and i was wearing a skirt. she said "in my country, only street people have those things you have on your body. no man would have a woman like that" ha ha nice, huh?later i made sure and told my fiancee that he better leave me since i was deemed to be "no good and filthy".

most of my other pt's seem to like them and even compliment on how pretty they are.

lol, you tell 'em! i'm 50 with numerous piercings and tats. have a navel ring and others i wont mention. currently working on an full back cover also. i started getting piercings when i was in my 20's and tats in my 30's. it's not an age thing at all. come to the daytona area (biker heaven) and you'll see men and women in thier 70's with numerous tats/piercings during bikeweek. fortunately i havent had the weight gain or loss to distort any of my tats and they look just as good as the day i got them over the years.

Our policy prohibits more than two earrings (male and female). No other body piercing should be visible, per policy. BTW, what you consider "not freaky" will be real freaky to someone else. I advise you to be ultraconservative in your appearance until you land a job and get to know the culture. Some things are just better done on your own time. Also, you will be working in a sick place - lots of germs.