Candidate claims he was rejected from job for his flesh tunnels & tattoos

A jobseeker has claimed that he has faced discrimination, following rejection after a job interview the interviewers allegedly disapproved of his appearance.

Sean Dougan, 26, who wears flesh tunnel earrings, has tattoos and was interviewing for a non-customer facing role at Macdonald Hotels in Scotland, said the panel told him: “This is a family run business and the owner is a very old-fashioned gentleman.”

A spokesperson for the hotel firm said that Dougan’s rejection was not due to his appearance, explaining that the reason he didn’t get the job was because he could not commit to the shift patterns due to commitments to his heavy metal band – The Metro reports.

Dougan, from Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, who was smartly dressed and covered his tattoos during the interview, believes otherwise: “It’s discrimination, plain and simple. All the two women wanted to ask me about was my ear tunnels.