(September 17, 2022 at 8:51 pm)Tomato Wrote:(September 17, 2022 at 8:44 pm)Fireball Wrote: If I ran a nursing home, sanitary practices would be a priority. Piercings might present an issue that way, but I don't really know. I personally have been punctured many times in the course of my life (especially when I worked as a mechanic, which also involved getting burnt while welding, and crushing wounds, like the time I dropped a hot brake rotor on my foot, because it slipped out of the shop rags I was holding it in).
Well, for nursing homes it's always been about the presentability to elderly residents who are too old and traditional to be exposed to display of facial piercings. Never mind the fact that most of them can't see well anyway.
Interesting. I worked in MilSatCom for decades, and at a fairly high level, in terms of the government officials involved. We had one (really smart) gal who had turquoise hair and piercings, and the customer(s) didn't bat an eye. Back in the '90s it was kind of surprising, but the old guard has seen some really good results in terms of tech with the younger people.
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