6 weeks ago I posted a new thread mentioning that after 3 years of only wearing a kilt to work on casual-wear Fridays or Celtic holidays (which is what HR said I was allowed to do), at the encouragement of my immediate co-workers, I started wearing a kilt every day. I said I'd report back & let everyone know how it's going. And the answer to that is... Great! No problem!

In the intervening time I've had a very favorable mid-year review (while wearing a kilt) & the clincher was the townhall meeting last week where my VP & Sr VP were both in attendance & I walked in proudly wearing my new Arizona tartan kilt. I did get a comment - "Nice kilt!"

I kind of figured that there'd be no issue because of -
1. 3 years of acclimating my co-workers to seeing me in a kilt had pretty much made it a non-issue,
2. I work with a bunch of other computer geeks in a cube farm without any interaction with the general public,
3. I'm the Subject Matter Expert in one company-wide application & soon to be the SME on another, so I'm not easily replaced, &
4. even before I started wearing kilts I had a well earned reputation for being, shall we say, a bit eccentric!

Just like in poker, it's a matter of knowing how to read the other players at the table & knowing when to make your move.

The Salvation Army will be getting a sizeable donation of pants next time they're in the neighborhood!

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