Rudeness

[bubba]

A remark I used once was "Your momma should be slapped for failing to teach you civilized behavior". Nearly started a fight.

[Thistle Stop]

My husband Alan (age 58) seems to get almost exclusively positive comments. I can't remember ever hearing a negative comment, though I have caught a 'weird look' once in awhile. Even those are rare, though. We are quite noticeable when we're out and about together -- I'm in a wheelchair because I have severe arthritis, and I've gained a lot of weight since being disabled, so we are 'an old guy in a kilt and a fat chick in a wheelchair'! Maybe people are afraid to make rude remarks because it's so politically incorrect to say nasty things to a disabled person (although, when did that ever stop a real jerk from commenting?!?). We sometimes hear little kids ask their mothers 'Why is that man wearing a skirt?' or 'Why is that lady in that chair?', and almost always the mothers are really great about explaining to the child what a kilt and/or a wheelchair is and why someone would be in one. Most of the time, people are very nice to me and very complimentary to Alan when he's in a kilt. I guess we're lucky to live in an area with so many kind people!

P.S. -- Nobody has ever tried to lift Alan's kilt, to my knowledge... they're probably afraid I'd run them down with my wheechair! Not without reason!

[bubba]

Cyndi, around this town there's always one at the bar that thinks he's being funny when he has a snootful. Most folks are cool with the kilts though. Negatives are pretty rare but once in a while some drunken fool has to spout off.

[Thistle Stop]

Cyndi, around this town there's always one at the bar that thinks he's being funny when he has a snootful. Most folks are cool with the kilts though. Negatives are pretty rare but once in a while some drunken fool has to spout off.

Well, you have my sympathy for having to put up with the boors! We mostly go to Irish and Scottish bars or 'yuppie' places where people at least pretend they can hold their booze, so I guess we're sheltered by the environment in that regard.

[bubba]

My area is primarily blue collar and agricultural. Lots of farms and paper mills and most bars cater to that market. The yuppie places are way to expensive for folks like me. There are 2 bars that kinda claim to be Irish bars but they're really only Irish in decore, nothing else.That happens in a community that's mostly Dutch, German and Polish.

[Thistle Stop]

My area is primarily blue collar and agricultural. Lots of farms and paper mills and most bars cater to that market. The yuppie places are way to expensive for folks like me. There are 2 bars that kinda claim to be Irish bars but they're really only Irish in decore, nothing else.That happens in a community that's mostly Dutch, German and Polish.

We live in a farm community too, but we go out to places closer to the city when we're at a bar. Come to think of it, Alan never wants to wear a kilt to the grocery store in town... maybe that's where all the toughs hang out! The normal mode of dress for guys is overalls and boots well-coated in cow manure!