Slashdot | Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals?

Slashdot | Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals?:

Hey, it's helped me in the past!

One Friday, I had gotten my tongue pierced, by Monday, my tongue had swelled up so much, I could barely talk.

We were in a meeting that day, I received my assignments for the day with a slight mumble grumble - I guess my boss thought I was overtly stressed or just not happy with what I had to do.

He called me into the conference room and gave me a 150% raise, telling me how good he thought I was to the company and that he was so glad I was with them. I don't think he knew about the tongue ring for weeks...

The next month, I dyed my hair green...