Where do you work?

[Cinnabar]

If I wore a nude suit with tinkerbell butterfly wings, I might still get hired...

ROFL I'll have to remember that for the next time I apply for a job I don't want. I bet it would go something like this:

[HR director] Dr. Cinnabar, I can see from your resume...

[Me in serious tone] Please call me Tinkerbell. Do you mind if I blow bubbles?

[UmAnOnion]

So, you're the one responsible for those leash laws! My dogs turn up their snouts in a hearty 'harumph!' at you, kind sir (just teasing...).

I hope the dogs dont turn up thier snouts while he is standingbefore them kilted - that might be a rather chilly experience....

I am a horologist. Ok, I always like people to guess what that is, noooo, don't look it up, I will tell you later. You don't have to post your guesses, but come on, guess NOW and see what you think I do.
DALE.

MY best guess would have been you make horror movies (spelling is not usually one of my strong suits)

.... I also have a large automated Christmas light show every year and those links are on there too! The picture shows me in my tan mocker (now shortened) as I didn't have the Survival at the time. www.dalesclockshop.com And one other little fact about me, I have an automated home all run by computer. The house talks to us, and does many "amazing" things.
DALE.

Did you do the 2005 show with a more bombastic/rock/classical music theme - i think recall seeing a very similar set up with a pounding score that had me slack jawed in amazement. there is a neighborhood over this way where the residents compete with each other to put on the biggest/brightest (but not necessarily the best) holiday lights display. YOurs woudl knock them all out ofthe water!!!

[UmAnOnion]

I have gone to two interviews kilted, and made both positions. Since I am a paramedic, and there is a vaccuum in America for experienced medics, the only thing the employer sees is my certification. What I wear on the interview wouldnt matter. To an extent I am sure. If I wore a nude suit with tinkerbell butterfly wings, I might still get hired, but I would be the last one they called.

Everyone...thank you so much for all the wonderful replies. Getting to know all of you a little better just made my week. I feel like I just received a box of chocolate chip cookies in the mail

xoxoxoxo
Jaybird

Heya Jay,
I had a similar feeling when i got all the responces to my 20 questions thread i started a while back. Its great to see how different but also how similar we all are and the wide array of interests & activities we engage in.

now, If i could only get that nude suit/tinkerbell image out of my head.... AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!

[mbhandy]

I have a Handyman service I am my own boss so the only restrictions I have is the job I will be doing that day. If I am fixing sinks or crawling under houses or roofs I will be wearing shorts or overall.


Now I have been wearing the Kilt socks clean shirt and a and then I get the Question "Are you Scottish?" to which I reply Welsh-Scottish. Recently some people have inquired where to get a hat like that. For Tartan day I wore my SWK BW wool to Salt Lake to get parts and was well received at the plumbing supply houses I went to. One of the counter clerks said he had a Cilt and if he knew it was tartan day he would have worn his. I also work as a DJ ( www.KPCW.org )and wear my kilt on my show and play bagpipe music behind the public announcements.




Enlighting the World,
MrBill

[JayFilomena]

[HR director] Dr. Cinnabar, I can see from your resume...
[Me in serious tone] Please call me Tinkerbell. Do you mind if I blow bubbles?

And I thought I was funny. I have tears in my eyes right now.

[Mattg]

I'm a marketing associate at a central leasing office for apartment communities. Basically I sit at a computer all day and sell apartments. Joy. I haven't tried to wear a kilt yet, I asked a lower level boss if I could wear one and he said no. I don't think he thought I was serious though. I'm going to try again....maybe just wear one and see what happens

[David Thornton]

Not very sporting to read all these and not join in.
I am the principle owner of an insurance agency. While I really prefer selling, I do very little. I spend my days teaching business and risk management or dealing with employee issues (I have openings if you know someone).
Other than having no time off it's a great gig. I bring two dogs to the office with me every day and I wear a kilt anytime I want.
David

[elijah]

I'm Telephone Customer Service for one of America's top financial institutions, hoping to move up to Quality Assurance. Been wearing the kilt since September, 2003. In training, the trainer was going over the dress code. I asked him, "Are kilts okay?" He responded, "Sure, make yourself happy."

The next day I came to class wearing a kilt and he said, "I have to learn that when you ask a question, you're not just asking for the sake of argument, you're serious." I'd also asked running for office and I ended up doing that too. But then re-assured me the kilt was okay and I've been wearing it since for 2 1/2 years.

I went out with shirt, tie, and kilt to represent the company in a job fair, though I doubt I would again. I've interviewed three times for promotion, all in the kilt and I didn't get the jobs, but the kilts never been cited as a reason for that.

I actually worry a lot less about the policy changing on me than I used to. In the first place, 2 1/2 years is a long time to allow something and then change. Second, my center manager told me she'd been reading about Utilikilts and the growth of kilt wearing so its something she's aware of. Third, my performance is such that the company's not going to make a huge to-do.

[JackK]

I'm self-employed doing design and 3d modeling for plastic injection molds and die cast dies from my home office. I'm kilted most of the day unless I need to go to tool shop then its jeans - flying chips, cutting oil and carbon dust from the EDM machines and 'redneck' die makers how just wouldn't get it.

Jack

[Canuck]

I am a full time kiltmaker and have two other part time jobs. I work partime as an Opera Stage Manager, and I teach Stage Management at a University. I started wearing a kilt in the year 2000 I also got diagnosed with M.S. I have been kilted full time for the past four years. The only time I'm not kilted is when I'm on my motorcycle avoiding speeding tickets...(I do wear my kilt on the bike sometimes but mostly around town)
The kilts have helped with dealing with my M.S. by keeping my body cool.