Compliment at The Apple Store

[Dale Seago]

So a couple of weeks ago on the weekend my SO was briefly attending a friend's daughter's birthday party and I had an hour or so to wander around the Stanford Shopping Center; as it happened I was wearing the 6-yarder Matt Newsome made for me in the Rob Roy (Film) tartan. As I was wandering around looking at things I noticed that there was an update available for one of the apps on my iPhone 4S. So I simply strolled over to the nearby Apple Store there to hop onto their Wi-Fi so I could download it a bit faster.

As I was standing outside the store doing that, one of the (male) store personnel came out, walked up to me, and said "Thank you".

As I looked at him with a quizzically Spock-esque raised eyebrow, he said more emphatically "THANK you!! You've made my day!!"

After asking me about the kilt, he asked me what I thought about Utilikilts, as he had thought of getting one. I gave him my reasoned preferential thoughts on UKs and a couple of other solid-color kilt vendors (in other words I addressed HIS interests, with thoughts on what I happened to like among various available offerings in that range and why) and also referred him to Xmarks.

This is how we breed.

[CMcG]

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This is how we breed.

Amen!

[Standard]

Well done Dale. I'm sure he appriciated your giving honest opinions that answered his question without preaching about traditional kilts vs. non-traditional. Looks like you helped to turn another onto the joys of kilt wearing. Well done lad, well done indeed.

[Mickey]

Well done, sir

[Bugbear]

Congratulations for breeding, Dale.

Actually, I thought this was going to be about being kilted at a farmer's market.

[Sir William]

After asking me about the kilt, he asked me what I thought about Utilikilts, as he had thought of getting one. I gave him my reasoned preferential thoughts on UKs and a couple of other solid-color kilt vendors (in other words I addressed HIS interests, with thoughts on what I happened to like among various available offerings in that range and why) and also referred him to Xmarks.

This is how we breed.

I had a similar experience on Sunday. I was in the Outer Banks (North Carolina coast for our non-US members) and struck up a conversation with a local about Scotland. He mentioned that he had always wanted to get a kilt and I told him I had several. I tried to address his particular interest and then I gave him the XMTS website.