I feel like the piercing thing is something that is highly dependent on the SM. Ours isn’t particularly strict and I’ve gotten away with a ring in my nose (prior to the change) and now a small ring and my septum (since the change).

Facial tattoos is a bit tougher. They really aren’t “mainstream” the way facial piercings are becoming and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. You’d be hard pressed to find many customer-facing jobs that allow facial tattoos, outside of the obvious like tattoo parlors, maybe some bars/clubs.

So let me get this straight: you started working for Starbucks with face tattoos, knowing they were against the dress code, and are upset you have to cover them? I get that they’re for religious purposes but Starbucks has an image they like for their baristas and you chose to work for them knowing that your face tattoos didn’t fit that clean “business casual” type aesthetic corporate wants us to look like.