Where do you work?

[JayFilomena]

In the last year, I have herd some wonderful stories here at x marks. Some of my favorite stories are the kilted at work threads. Being a Fire Fighter/Paramedic, I get little chance to wear mine at work, but I am working on it. I did wear it one evening on the ambulance, but only for one call, and only at one hospital. It was more to show off for some nurses that were talking about kilts in conversation, so I thought I would show up in one. It was well received. I remember reading a thread about another medic in kilts, and a coffee shop server, a bishop and some college professors and School educators; what I would like to know, and more the get more familiar with everyone here at x marks...who actually wears their kilt to work on a regular basis, and what kind of professions do we have that allow us this opprotunity?

[Mr. Kilt]

I wish I could wear a kilt on the job, but we have very strict codes regarding our uniforms. It was rebellious enough that I wore a green tie on St. Paddy's day!!

This is a shot of my "office". It's great...the view from my window changes by the second! :rolleyes:

[davedove]

I don't wear the kilt all the time at work, maybe once every two weeks or so. I work as an civilian accountant for the US Army. There is no set dress code, just look reasonably professional. Business casual is the norm.

[longshadows]

I work as an administrative assistant in the computer science dept. of the University of Southern Maine. Since I'm a "low-paid, clerical type" (and no threat to anyone) and since this place has a pretty relaxed dress code anyway, I just started wearing a kilt one day about six weeks ago and never stopped. I didn't ask permission, figuring it's "easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission."

The first day, there were a few, "Wow, is it a Scottish holiday?" sort of responses. After a few more kilted days and no more comments, there were a couple of "what's with the kilt-thing?" For the past several weeks, about the most interesting comment I've had (from a student as I was walking across campus on a chilly day) was, "I hope it's warm up there."

Anyway, yesterday, being National Tartan Day, I dressed up with tweed jacket and tie, but no one even seemed to notice or ask any questions. Now, I guess I'm just "the old fart in the kilt" and have become a part of the campus scenery. (I keep hoping the campus newspaper will be so desperate for something to write about that they might consider me an interesting news item. )

Regards,

[Southern Breeze]

I'm a landscape designer and the crew foreman. I've been wearing the kilt daily at work for several months now.I usually wear a Stillwater standerd (blackwatch) or my Workmans Utilikilt.

[porrick]

Assistant professor in Norway = freedom to wear what I please to work (blasphemous and racist etc propaganda the exception, naturally). Kilted a couple of times a week.

[beverlonian]

I work on on oil production platform in the North Sea so wearing a kilt at work would not be practical.

[Sherry]

My oldest is a university student, so he has no "official" problem with wearing the kilt to classes, & only gets an occassional ignorant reaction.

My DH is in finance & business brokering, & doesn't care to set a fashion statement in such a conservative market, so he never wears his to work.

[Kilted KT]

My bills get paid by working for a global computer service outsourcing firm called EDS ( competitor of IBM global services ) where I help fix the systems behind most of the major travel websites when they break. Fairly concervative, and kilts are not commonly found. Wearing it to work on the 6th was a huge step in the right direction.

My job of choice is CEO of SimpleSage, LLC, a small business development firm. I help small companies with any issues they may have, be it developing marketing plans, designing web sites, improving existing business processes, writing operational agreements and all points in between. Eventually this will be my only "job", but not just yet.

[John M.]

Where do I work? A Drafting & Design office.

Mostly I design & draw house plans. Sometimes I work on commercial buildings too. Generally I'm sitting behind the computer or running back & forth between the large printer & conference room putting sets of plans together.

Not long ago we worked a saturday and I wore one to work. My boss & the engineer both did double takes when they noticed, but neither said anything.
One more kilt & a few more socks ext. & I'm going hit the boss up about wearing my kilts to work. Heck, other than work I'm wearing my kilts full time anyway.