Dear Boss,

First off I want to thank you for hiring me on the spot as soon as I walked into your diner. You asked me a couple of questions and told me to come in for training two days later. Great! Summer started off to a good start.

When I came in for training later in the week, you gave me my uniform and walked around the restaurant with me, while looking me directly in the eye when talking to me. After hours of being trained by one of your other employees, and you checking in at least 3 times to see how I was doing, you finally noticed the small silver stud piercing I have in my nose, obviously so small that you never noticed it before. You were quick to say how it was “not classy” and that it had to be taken out immediately and not be put back in. Since my hair was pulled back in a ponytail, you then saw the other small, few piercings I have in my ears, again only noticing them after a very long time. You also told me to take them out and not to get any more as long as I was working there. You also mentioned that I should never have tattoos visible. Luckily for you, mine were covered, but if they weren’t I’d imagine you would probably fire me at the first sight of ink.

What I want to point out to you is that my piercings and tattoos have no affect on my professionalism in a work environment, or my work ethic in general. I can’t imagine how you could be so quick to say how I didn’t look classy, when it took you days to even notice I had more than one piercing in the first place. You are looking to hire more young people, more millennials. Well I’m sorry to say that these forms of expression are nothing out of the ordinary anymore, and it’s something you’re going to have to accept if that is the crowd you want to recruit for your wait staff.

So again, thank you for the opportunity, but I have found another job that is much more accepting and expressive when it comes to things such as tattoos and piercings. The people in this environment are not quick to judge by their employee’s appearance, but by how they get the job done.

Sincerely,

Your former employee