I 'm sure I'm not alone in finding it preposterous that a female employee feels she has the moral right to tell an adult man what he may or may not wear to work. Even more shocking that this takes place in 'the land of the free'.

Ask yourself just what kind of litigation would ensue if a male manager in corporate U.S.A. decided unilaterally, to impose his personal clothing preferences and demand that all female employees turned up for work wearing skirts/dresses or face termination. Can you imagine the explosion of outrage that would ensue from the U.S. feminist/anti male lobby ?

Notwithstanding the need for prescribed clothing when undertaking certain types of work, the concept of the kilt supposedly being the cause of 'disruption' whilst being an entirely bogus and dubious argument in any case should never be accepted unchallenged. If a coworker gets himself/herself in a lather over the male form being dressed in a kilt - it's they who have the problems - and I would suggest fairly deep rooted problems. In any case, I can smell the whiff of personal issues combined with power abuse emanating from Riverkilt's unpleasant and laughably inappropriately titled 'manager'.

Thankfully, here in the U.K., there are several precendents in employment law which pretty much outlaw the kind of control freakery suffered by Riverkilt.

I loved the earlier suggestion that Riverkilt should suggest a ban on all
kilts, skirts etc. being worn by all employees.

Memo all of the staff on that one, step back a few paces and wait for the indignant howls of outrage from the gals.


Sadly, even in 2007, it seems the moral of the tale is that some are more equal then others....