At the dentist's office.

[gseven1]

Some of those questions definitely seem a bit far out there. You've got to wonder sometimes. My only experience with doctors and kilts has been through taking my kids in. (Maybe that makes a difference.)

When my daughter broke her arm, got the call at work so I rushed home to pick her up and take her in to the doctor. While there my wife turned up to see how things were going, and upon seeing my kilt, quizzed the doctor about what he thought of men wearing them today.

His response was priceless, for me anyway, since he had recently moved to Utah from Hawaii and it was a very common sight to see men come into the doctor's office wearing lava-lavas and other traditional dress like that, so no worries on his part. At least in this instance, I couldn't thank the doctor enough.

[BruceK]

Wore a kilt today to my doctor's appointment. He was the only one to make any comments. Everyone else just ignored it or didn't even notice. But I'm donating blood this afternoon and still debating whether to wear it there or not. I figure as long as I don't go Regimental I shouldn't cause any problems. :-)

[McMurdo]

My dentist really likes my kilt, as does my Chiropractor, they are both women, that might explain it, I was also told at the hospital recently that "Those things are getting more popular you know" to which I smiled and said "Yea I know". Yesterday while walking the dog an older gent came up to me his comment was "You have to drink a lot of Scotch to wear that outfit" I told him that I had not had a drink in over 14 yrs. His explanation was that the Scots he works with educated him on the virtue of a good single malt.

[Niblox]

Well, speaking as a member of the dental profession, I have not yet had a patient come in wearing a kilt, nor have I ever worn my kilt in the office / surgery.

I have seen one chap wearing his kilt with his leg in plaster leaving the outpatient department of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary some years ago - which I thought showed good lateral thinking - great excuse to wear a kilt, and it saved him cutting the leg off one of his trousers also.

Dental and medical students are expected to dress in a profesional manner during training and are often ticked off (and sometimes sent home) if they turn up in scruffy clothing (jeans, t-shirts etc). There is an apocryphal story about one dental student being sent home for wearing old jeans and being told that he would not be allowed back until he came back in something more professional and acceptable. He came back wearing his kilt (which was the only other item of clothing he had available). History does not relate if he wore it to the clinics for the rest of the teaching session or indeed for the rest of the term but it's a good story!