Quote Originally Posted by richardljohnson
I have been conscious of the fact that when wearing my kilt more people will stop and talk to me, usually what Clan, Tartan or other such. The other factor is the 'excuse me' factor. There is about a 300% increase of the 'excuse me' factor when someone steps infornt of me at the book store or when I searching the store shelves for something. I really believe it's the "blinder effect". People tend to go around with blinders on and not payattention to what's going on around them. Then when something 'out of the ordinary' is around them the blinders go off and the actually become civil!

RLJ-
People also think that if a guy has the stones to wear a kilt in public, it's prudent to be civil to him.
I can sometimes walk through a crowded mall and the sea of humanity will part as people get out of my way. Andrew must get that all the time in his kilt but he's 11" taller than I am. Sometimes, if you're in the right frame of mind, you can expect crowds of people to get out of your way and they will.
Attitude projects in very small, not consciously noted, gestures. A turn of the head, a look in the eye, a movement of the hand. All these things move people out of your way if you have the attitude that tells your brain to make the subliminal gestures that mark you as an alpha male.