how many of you have told your coworkers?

**pbpersson** · 1st September 06, 01:01 PM

I am thinking of telling my coworkers of my kilt wearing because it might be better than just running into someone at the mall and shocking them....or is it?

Perhaps if I never mention it they will never know?

Thus far when I have told friends about this they were so shocked they didn't know what to say.

People generally just don't know how to handle this - you would think I was breaking the law or something the way they act.

So, I don't know if I want to rock the boat....but they are bound to find out sometime, aren't they? Then again....maybe they never need to know? :confused:

Is it better to lead a double life? Oh...and I'm not Scottish, these are Utilikilts.

Phil in Phoenix

**Orionsfall** · 1st September 06, 01:07 PM

I have told only those co-workers who I speak to socially. And the response has been an overwhelming call for me to wear it to work. Maybe someday I will get up the courage!

**Kilted KT** · 1st September 06, 01:07 PM

Everyone I know knows about my kilts, and my website. Most of them know about Xmarks as well.

I would not be shy about letting people know. No reason to keep it a secret.

**SouthernScot** · 1st September 06, 01:15 PM

I didn't tell my coworkers.......... I just showed up at a work picnic in my kilt. It was a huge hit with everyone, especially the ladies!

Scot

**cessna152towser** · 1st September 06, 01:19 PM

No need to lead a double life. Nothing to be ashamed of in wearing a kilt. On the contrary its something to be proud of. I wear a kilt to work as often as I wear trousers. There are pictures of me wearing kilts on my website.

**O'Neille** · 1st September 06, 01:24 PM

I wore my black poly/cotton to the office with Nike running sandals and a T-shirt today. I just had one patient today and she sees me all the time in kilts at her shop. Everyone at my office knows I wear only not usually at work. If you're thinking about where and when you can wear kilts..... you may not be as comfortable as you think. O'Neille

**Southern Breeze** · 1st September 06, 01:27 PM

I wear the kilt almost daily at work. All my co-workers know about it, no secrets or double life for me.

**jfellrath** · 1st September 06, 01:32 PM

I haven't mentioned it, but I rarely talk about stuff outside work with my cow-orkers. I am an IT person, but my office is (unfortunately) right in the midst of my users. I'm the lone programmer in our IT group. My boss's boss (not an IT person) thought it made the most sense for me to sit amongst the users, so I can get their constant input and be immediately available to them, instead of separated from them as I'd prefer.

So I have co-workers, who I rarely see because they're located on a different part of campus (I work at a University), and I have users, who I see a lot. One of my users has seen me in a UK at a store once, and she didn't really seem to care about it. I think I mentioned wearing kilts to one of my co-workers when he came over to check on a network issue in my office area and we were shooting the **** for a while. But he knows I'm into Irish and Celtic stuff so he didn't really seem to be surprised.

To be honest, I don't socialize with my co-workers or users outside of work. Most of my co-workers are 10-15 years younger than me, and most of my users are 5-10 years older. And I just don't like to mix my business and social life. To me, work is work, play is play, and never the twain shall meet. So it really doesn't matter to me if they know I wear kilts or not.

If I did run into one of them? My co-workers would probably think it was pretty cool, and my users wouldn't know what to make of it. I'm sure I'd be the talk of the office for a day or so after one of them saw me.

**Kilted KT** · 1st September 06, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by jfellrath

... My boss's boss (not an IT person) thought it made the most sense for me to sit amongst the users, so I can get their constant input and be immediately available to them, instead of separated from them as I'd prefer.

Ouch..that is possibly the worst decision I've ever heard! I would never want to be stuck right in the middle of my clients!

**Joe Gondek** · 1st September 06, 01:37 PM

Thus far when I have told friends about this they were so shocked they didn't know what to say.

People generally just don't know how to handle this - you would think I was breaking the law or something the way they act.

Trying to live your life through another persons view of what is acceptable is a hard path to walk.

If They are truly your friends it shouldn't matter to them what you wear.
If it makes a big difference to them, and they treat you differently,
then they are not your Friends and the loss of their friendship shouldn't bother you, because they were not your friends to begin with.