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Sam Elliott-Gibbs

'I can’t get a job because of my full-body tattoos - but I don’t care as I'm happy'

A woman who claims she can’t get a job because she is covered head-to-toe in tattoos says it's worth not getting work for.

The TikToker, known to her 180,000 followers as Trinity Eclectic, has been answering questions about her ink on social media.

The tats sit on both arms and most of her legs but it is the ones on her forehead and the star on her cheek which cause her employment problems.

She flaunts the body art every day online but her life is far from perfect.

The Brit can't get work due to how she looks but explained that she's not unhappy with the situation.

She told her followers why she struggles to get a job (tiktok)
Her facial tattoos cause her big problems (tiktok)

She was asked on her account: “What do you do for a living?”

Quickly replying, “I don’t work” the voice come back quizzing her: "So what do you do during the day?”

The woman adds: “Nothing”.

There's soon a follow up question as her followers want to know more about her.

One asks: “You don’t wanna work?”

Trinity then answered the question with a simple “no”.

Trinity’s clip has gained more than 100 comments and one person said: “In other words, everybody’s dream.”

She isn't the first person to face a struggle to get a job before of her ink (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

She isn't alone in being held back by her tattoos.

Melissa Sloan, 45, says she can't get a job because of the designs that cover most of her body, including her face.

She said that she gets funny looks in the street and people can be mean, but that won't stop her either and soon she's going to get another tattoo - this time of a crucifix, and it'll be just below her right eye.

And now she's shared a look at what she looked like before she covered her face in tattoos.

"I've got too many tattoos now, too many to count. I've gone over ones I've already had.

"I'll never stop, I tattooed over them because I'd ran out of space.

"People call me Crazy Melissa, but I just feel like Melissa - that's who I am. If they don't like it, they don't have to look at me - I take no notice. There are some judgemental people out there, they judge you whatever. People stare at me, you get used to it."

Melissa said that her love of tattoos has had an impact on her life as she gets funny looks and struggles to hold down a job because of her extensive inkings.

She continued: "I can't get a job. They won't have me. I applied for a job cleaning toilets where I live and they won’t have me because of my tattoos.

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