The effects a tatto has on getting a job

Employers these days can be more choosy about who they employ. They are less likely inclined to employ somebody who has a large number of tattoos or even one as long as it's on show. A man who was on the doll for years has finally got a job because he had the visible tattoos surgically removed payed for by the tax payers.
I think its unfair prejudice to actually not give them a job because they have a tattoo. Its worrying that people today still prejudge people based on thier appearnce, somebody with a tattoo is as normal as everybody else, they're no different. I can understand why an employer would consider a tattoo as offensive and why any customers would consider it so i dont understand.