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Mark Cropp just wants to to get a job and support his family, but something unique is holding him back.

A giant tattoo saying “DEVAST8” covers half of his face, and, perhaps not surprisingly, it’s off-putting for potential employers.

The teenager, born in Oamaru in the southern part of the country, told the New Zealand Herald he had it inked a few months ago, while drunk on homebrew in a jail cell in Christchurch, New Zealand.

He was locked up in 2015, at 17, for aggravated robbery, after he and a friend pulled a knife on a tourist in Nelson, New Zealand.

Cropp pleaded guilty to a range of charges, including aggravated robbery, escaping custody and assault with a weapon.

He told the Herald he committed the crime to get enough money to help house himself and his pregnant girlfriend after they were kicked out of his parents’ home.

“My partner Taneia was just a month due to drop my baby, and we had nowhere to go so I committed the crime — and I never got to see [the baby] again.”

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He was locked up in 2015, at 17, for aggravated robbery, after he and a friend pulled a knife on a tourist in Nelson, New Zealand. Cropp pleaded guilty to a range of charges, including aggravated robbery, escaping custody and assault with a weapon.

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Originally posted by muzza:
Unfortunately New Zealand seems to have more than its fair share of idiots who think its normal to be tattooed from head to toe. Neck and facial tats seem to be flavour of the month currently.

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Normal for your Natives, the Maori, isn't it?

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Originally posted by mete:
Yes that I understand !
My brother and I had a discussion about drug overdose recently. Those that overdose seem to repeat the process. How about a limit on the number of ambulance rides to those repeaters. At my recent ambulance ride I would have been angered if they said 'no ambulance available due to overdose needs '

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A teen dad with “DEVAST8” tattooed across half his face has turned down 45 job offers as he is “waiting for the right one to come along” – after his desperate work plea went viral.

New Zealander Mark Cropp, 19, went on social media to beg someone to give him a break and let him prove he can be responsible and hold down a full-time job after leaving prison.


Within hours he revealed he had been deluged with job opportunities and admitted he “stopped counting” when the number of offers reached 45.

WOULD YOU HIRE THIS MAN? UNEMPLOYED DAD WITH ENORMOUS FACE TATTOO CAN'T GET WORK

But he told the Daily Mail Australia he still hasn’t “done a day’s work” claiming he is “just waiting for the right one to come about”.

Some of the job offers did require him to have his own transport which immediately ruled him out, he said.

“Until I get my first paycheck and get a car I won’t be able to get myself around,” he said.

Cropp also revealed he is finally getting rid of the ludicrous prison tattoo which has made his life hell.

“I am just working out a date to get it taken off – which sucks because it is going to hurt,” he said.

“And because, you know, this tattoo means something to me and my brother did it for me so it is hard to make the decision to get rid of it.

“But I know it is the best thing for my future – and I want to be a person my family can look to for support.”

Cropp got the tattoo a few months ago while drunk on home brewed alcohol with his brother in a New Zealand prison last year.

He was locked up for pulling a knife on a tourist after trying to sell him fake cannabis.

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Originally posted by richj: