Kilt Acceptance at Work

[Riverkilt]

Just had a little window into how well my wearing kilts to work daily for the past four months or so has been accepted.

The agency hired a new therapist who moved here from back east.

She's been here two weeks already and she finally asked me, very timidly, why I always wore kilts. Explained politely and she was fine with it.

But what it shows is that for the past two weeks she's been here no one's "warned" her about an old "eccentric" therapist who wears kilts to work.

AND, it is apparently so accepted by the rest of the staff that she didn't even ask one of them before asking me.

I'm lovin' it.

If you sit for a living kilts are the answer.

Ron

[philbo]

That's great! Do you ever get strange looks when/if you wear pants to work? (i.e. "He's wearing pants? Something must be wrong...")

[Riverkilt]

Don't know. Haven't worn pants to work, or anywhere else, since going kilted full time.

Ron

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Ron,

I think that I am slowly getting to that point at work as well, although given the number of people in our office, it is still going to take a while. I actually had a lady, who I do not know, stop me in the hall the other day and say she likes that I wear a kilt every day. She thinks it is neat. It seemed to me to point out the beginning of acceptance and people becoming comfortable.

I also had a few other recent experiences at work. First, while standing in line to get some food at the cafeteria, a lady wearing pants and a suit type jacket, with a tie/cravat walks up to me and says "If I can wear a tie, you can wear a kilt. That is great!", then went on her way. I haven't seen her before or since and I think she may just have been visiting our office.

Next, in an email exhange about our department holiday luncheon, I was joking with my manager about the amount of food that is going to be available and that I will have to fast for 3 days leading up to the luncheon. Now my manager has been less than thrilled with the kilt. No overt resistance, just not excited about it. I think that he can't figure out why anybody would want to wear one, but allows that there might be a reason (and he and I get along very well). Anyway, in response to my email about the amount of food and fasting, he fires back a reply email saying "or just buy some XL kilts!". It floored me. He is coming around. I did provide hime some education by pointing out the the straps provide a very nice, built-in feature for allowing one to indulge without feeling constrained! The fact that he was able to initiate a joke about it is a huge sign of acceptance from him.

Got one more experience, but I think that I will start a new thread as I would like to see people's input.

[Angus MacSpey]

There are so many things I could say about this subject! So many directions to go!

On one hand, I feel sorry for you blokes who slave away in corporate drudgery - in offices with dress codes, HR managers, and constant worries about being accused of "sexual harassment." Not to mention the germs that float around in office buildings every winter.

See, y'all have the wrong attitude toward this. Stop worrying about "acceptance." The proper attitude is, "I don't give a tinker's damn about what anyone else thinks. What other people say about me is none of my business."

[Kiltedfirepiper]

"I don't give a tinker's damn about what anyone else thinks. What other people say about me is none of my business."


I've felt this way since high school!..... I wore prepy one day , cowboy the next , grunge the day after, then I would show up in full BDU's( cameflage pants, shirt) the day after that!....it was a different theme everyday ...people would ask me " so what are you?" and I would say ..." it depends on my mood "

I just wish I knew about kilts then

I'm up to 3 right now (im 28 ....29 on 9 jan )...and outside of work (I work in a hospital, and patient care dictates that I wear scrubs) I plan on wearing kilts full time after I get my third this week .......(see "look what my wife bought for me" thread to see my third kilt)
now the question is ...whats my next kilt?!