Great compliment

[Prester John]

Sorry for asking, but what is it you do for a living?

Is there some reason not to wear the kilt?

[Yaish]

I'm the Director for Security at a local hospital. (you can tell its a serious job by the caps in the title)

My officers have to wear uniforms though I dress in normal business clothes. Often I am the final authority the public deals with on several matters, and usually thats when they already are not happy. A professional and conservative appearance does help with that quite a bit.
While the kilt would be a great asset in a security environment like bouncing, I feel it would be a liability in many of my interactions with the public.
I'd like to say thats just their problem, but then it becomes my problem when I have to deal with the repercussions.

If we ever have any sort of non-work formal get togethers though I will probably wear my kilt, as I do now when I get together with some fellow co-workers now informally.

[cessna152towser]

I work part-time as a Magistrates Clerk/Assessor in the District Court service so, as with you Yaish, many of the public I meet are unhappy about having to come to court and are under stress. For this job I wear either a pin-stripe trouser suit or an all black kilt with black hose and jacket, the trousers or kilt being worn to work on an approximately equal number of days, depending on the weather outside. Far from finding the kilt to be a liability, I have found that the kilt puts the public with whom I am dealing more at ease.

[Blu (Ontario)]

... I feel it would be a liability in many of my interactions with the public...

From my perspective, I tend to agree. This is a choice that must be made based on individual circumstances. A kilt could be an asset or a liability based on the particular environment in which you work. In a job where you are constantly challenged by the public or your peers for your decision making, it could be a liability. If the work is task oriented, such as building furniture or fixing a toaster, it may not be a problem.

The company I work for knows I wear kilts and I have worn them to trade shows for the company. I don't believe I would it would be a problem if I did, but I choose not to. I don't believe this has diminished my appreciation for, or enjoyment of, the kilt one bit. I'll remain a satisfied "weekend wallace" for the forseeable future.

blu

[Yaish]

Well I have come to the appreciation that the kilt is 'just another garment'. As such, there are times and places for it and times and places when it is not the best choice, and I dont get overly concerned about either.
However, as the girls in the original posting noticed, pants and dress clothes are like 'costumes' to me, while the kilts are more like 'clothes'.