Wearing a kilt to Work

[Old Hippie]

I think and my friend agrees that wearing the kilt at work could well be a distraction as you would be inundated with questions and could not get on with your work.

Humans, like other animals, tend to react only to what doesn't "fit" or what seems out of place in their immediate environments. Once they're acclimated to the new thing, it tends not to attract notice unless it is perceived as a threat.

When I first started coming to the university kilted, people noticed much more than they do now. Now they may ask when I'll next wear it! I only got one reaction that could have been negative -- I was given a wolf whistle by a pair of First Nations cowboys, but let's just say I considered the source and it didn't worry me.

I'm a naturally gregarious fellow and already rather well known on campus even before showing up kilted, so most people just comment on the kilt but otherwise don't seem surprised. The first time in front of the class kilted was a hoot -- the students weren't at all sure how to act, which I found a good "teachable moment." They figured out that I was still me, and if anything the incidence of eyelid droop from sitting in a warm room filled with humming computers was a little lower.

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