Another lesson

[Jack Daw]

Or maybe it was appropriate to challange someone's rude question? See below.



When I turned the table, so to speak, I had a half smile/half perplexed look on my face. Nothing overly assertive, I assure you. The fellow meant nothing wrong, but realized the error of his question almost as soon as he asked it.

Imagine if the question were asked of a female customer walking through the door in a skirt? Oh, boy. I would not want to be around for that.

But hey, I did tell him to have a nice day!

Thunderbolt

Sounds like you handled that just right.

[Cynthia]

Thunderbolt pretty much came back and said what I was going to say.

Yes, honest and sincere questions can be answered (as long as the person answering them feels up to it -- I still say one shouldn't ask about another's undergarments personally, but rather in general if they MUST know and not just a "because I'm curious" thing... maybe they want a kilt or have inherited one and don't know how to wear it... but y'know? Don't start with that question if that's the case!).

In this case, I also felt it was extremely inappropriate because this person is at their job, they are greeting, and they blurted out the question to a customer.

I also felt Thunderbolt's reply was just fine.

I don't have a problem with educating. I just also feel that the whole "look, a kilt, so I should be allowed to do/say/ask/etc whatever I want" also shouldn't be the logical jump. This was all new to me when I first got into it, although I was fortunate enough to have seen enough photos, TV shows and movies to know what a kilt was. I didn't feel the need to ask people what they wore under it... the internet gave me all the information I needed to know to figure that out anyway. My husband and I discussed the situations where he wouldn't go regimental (and sometimes we discuss them before each event to be sure).