The Apprentice star Margaret Mountford warns young people tattoos will kill their career prospects
Margaret refused to have her hair shampooed by something with tattoos at a salon
TATTOO regrets are nothing new, just ask the swathes of people who've got a dodgy inking on their bum while on holiday.
But according to ex The Apprentice star Margaret Mountford, that decision to get a sleeve inked when you were 18 could have more consequences than you realise.
Body art harms people's chances of getting jobs and might even stop them holding on to them, according to the 64-year-old star.
"They are a real problem for young people because there are swathes of the workplace where it is simply not appropriate to be greeted by a young person with a tattoo," she told The Sunday Times.
"In a reception area of a major company you do not want to be met by a young person with a tattoo up their arm.
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"If you work in a hairdresser's salon people do not want to see a tattooed arm washing their hair or in a restaurant serving them food. It is not hygienic.
"Some people seem to think tattoos are like jewellery but not to me and not to many others."
Margaret certainly feels strongly about the topic - she's even refused to have her hair shampooed by someone with tattoos at a salon. Her comments are the opposite of a recent study though, which suggested inkings can actually IMPROVE people's chances of getting some jobs.
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Inkings have definitely jumped in popularity over the years.
Celebs play a big part in that, with stars like David Beckham and Jemma Lucy covered in body art.
One in five people in the UK now have a tattoo, which according to Margaret means a fifth of the population will have big regrets as they age.
She claims everyone she talks to with a tattoo at her age wishes they'd never got it, and she advises parents to warn their kids against being inked.
It's not just tattoos which are a problem either. Maragaret also suggested young people don't have the right social skills to get on in the workplace, with many bad at timekeeping, unable to maintain eye contact and not being literate enough.
She was speaking at the launch of a course that teaches these sort of skills at £34,000-a-year girls' boarding school Benenden in Kent.
Clearly not everyone agrees with Margaret, for example these people love tatts so much they got them on their NIPPLES.