Re: military reject...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jackdaddy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">wow look at you jump to conclusions.. Well for your rant about my tats being (gang,Nazi,whatever), there are none of those just sleeves so they can be seen so i was disqualified from marines and navy they have new policy. i always pay the bills that i can afford but still not sure what that has to do with me being in the military but i guess im just not ment to join marines,air force,navy </div></div>
LOL, what conclusions? I said yours are too outrageous or of banned type. They are too outrageous, as you've been told. I also pointed out, politely beating around the bush, that a 500 debt can make you look like poo, and without going into specifics you might not be clearable. The combination of debt and outrageous tats, neither of which you thought were going to restrict your life options, is in fact restricting your life options... that's not a conclusion jumped to, but your own reality presented by yourself.
I explained the cause of the conclusion you already outlined, because you were confused enough to start a thread. To most people, there was an obvious reason, and you were bombarded with it over and over. How could you not know why you were being declined, reading your first post? You yourself stated you have the outlook that racking up debt and getting sleeves should not be an issue to anyone but you, especially not your employer, so my response was just that, "exactly". In my experience, this outlook creates a cycle of dumbass behavior, followed by bewilderment as to why you're being punished, but I am not going to jump to conclusions re: your history or future.
Now, re: criminal convictions, you are not a clearance reject automatically. You can still get at least a TS clearance. It just depends on what the conviction was and how long ago.
I don't have a problem with tats or pink hair or piercings or female nudists. All my friends have disfigured themselves in some way, and I'm considering getting my family crest on my entire back, invisible to everyone else. If I was hiring though, I would acknowledge that it might not be so good for business to hire people like that, well except a few fem nudists. You weren't raised by wolves (sorry if that's an incorrect conclusion), and I'm sure someone gave you the tattoos are forever and some people don't like 'em speech. Likewise, if my best employee was beating his wife, I'd fire his ass. It may not affect his work, but to me it shows crap decision making and is simply not something I personally approve of.
In other words, I ain't jumping on you for who you are. I don't think tats way you down on a mission. I am jumping on you for being truant from what I might call Logic in Real Life 101.