Just returned from Upstate New York. Had some business near Cooperstown which reminded me of an upscale hillbilly Appalachia! This pair of kids (boy & girl) walked into the restaurant where I had pulled in for some coffee, maybe 20..21 years old. Both of them had these rings in their ear lobes. Now I'm not talking the kind you'd hang from your lobes these things had their earlobes spread open and looked like you'd use them to tie the kids to a post for milking. It was one of the most disgusting things I'd seen in a while. I know it's likely deemed "body art" but come on!!!!
Is this the new trend? I almost freaked when my girls got tattoos over Spring Breaks at S. Padre but at least one was a cute rabbit on her lower back and the other a braided ring about an ankle. Those can be covered up. I can't imagine an ear lobe will retract to its normal shape if those things are removed. I hate to be a prude but if someone walked into my office with those things in his/her lobes I'd find a reason NOT to hire them. Wouldn't matter to me if he/she was an honors graduate from MIT. It's too much of an office distraction and quite frankly not worth the disruption.