Where do you work?

[pdcorlis]

I am an instructor of photography and department head at a community college in the inland northwest. My immdiate boss (division chairperson) fully supports my wearing a kilt anytime I choose... I'm a lucky man!

[Jerry]

I,m a retired instrument tech. I would have never been able to wear a kilt at work because of safety concerns. I worked around hazardous chemicals and rotating machinery. Sibce most of what I'd call work is around my home, I often wear my kilt at "work". Just finished putting up a chicken pen,while wearing my blackwatch tartaned Sportkilt.

[UmAnOnion]

corporate sales guy - so out & about meeting clients all day, dealing with mid/high level corporate types so have to do the suit & tie 90% of the time. we do do casual fridays here & I spend most of that in the office but woudlnt feel 100% comfortable wearing a kilt in the office - boss is a bit of a psycho & loves to make smart assed remarks so giving him fodder is not something i aim to do...
although i did do a kilt at a St Paddy's day party this year which got rave reviews from several of the attendees and might lead to bigger & better things in the future...

[TimC]

Me? I run a marina so I spend most my time working down on the docks. A little bit of everything (carpentry, electrical and plunbing) so the kilt isn't all that practical.

Now my son's in college and he wears his whenever he gets the notion too.....or whenever he's out to meet girls....he wears it most the time;-)

[Livingston]

Inside Sales for HP, sitting in a cube farm all day. Occasionally get out to visit military customers. Have only been able to wear it twice (yesterday was the second time). Dress code does not exactly preclude me from wearing it but does not specifically allow it either so have to walk the conservative line. More tartan days and I should be able to get casual Fridays included. Of course most of the guys here do harrass me about it while the women love it.

[thomsec]

I teach geography at a community college in Sacramento, CA. The first comment our new dean made to me was "I've heard that you've got a kilt. I've got a sportkilt in my family tartan." After an entire semester of kilts I've haven't gotten a single negative comment from either faculty or students, but then there is a nice supportive environment at our school.
Charlie

[bikercelt1]

I sell Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The Davidson family were Scottish immigrants about five generations ago. My bosses family were Irish immigrants about five generations ago. You can pretty well imagine the testosterone poisoned way most of my customers dress. You'd think this would be a culture that would embrace eccentricity. Apparently that's not the case. I get to wear a kilt to work about six times a year for Scottish/Irish holidays (real or invented, I'm not above manufacturing and opportunity if I can get away with it). Some of my customers are beginning to get vocal about their support for my kilts and are questioning why the compny won't let me dress any way I want. I don't know whether this will help or make matters worse.

Jamie

[eighties]

I'm a department manager in the claims processing department at a large insurance company. Our normal dress code is business casual and until recently we used to pay money (donated to charity) to dress in jeans and sneakers. On those dress down days I would sometimes wear the kilt. Not only because I love my kilts, but because it usually put a smile on people's face. No negativity or bad comments, mostly great acceptance and frequent questions about the tartan and what's underneath.

Yesterday being tartan day and as fate would have it a dress down I wore my newest Stillwater Heavyweight in the Lamont weathered tartan. One of my directors actually asked me why I was dressed up. So I figure I'll be able to get away with it on non dress down days as well. I've might even have some new converts. One guy wanting to know if you have to be Scottish and another stating he would like one but doesn't have the nerve. Gimme time, I'll start a new trend.

Later,
80s

[Valencian Kilted]

ufff.... in my case i work for a french multinational selling chemical products for hi-tech industries (electronics, military, satellites, automotive,...) so suit and tie is compulsive. Even at my office I suffer restrictions and comments when i wear a jean on fridays, so,... it's impossible at this moment to me...

I only wear it to occasional dinners and parties with some english neighbours, who as well use to make comments on the line of: "why do you, being spaniard, are wearing a kilt?"... they don't understand it!

In august I'll take my vengeance going kilted from here to scotland,... with a little stop at Stansted Airport and Victoria Station in London, and a couple of days in Newcastle later! :mrgreen:

¡Salud!

T O N O

[way2fractious]

I work as an accountant for a wholesale grocery distribution warehouse. Our dress neither forbids kilts nor endorses them; the assumption is conventional business casual attire for men (although the women's list has been vigorously and bitterly challenged and debated over the years.) By verbal agreement with HR, I wear a kilt to the office on very few ocassions scattered throughout the year, such as Tartan Day, Denim Day ($5 please), my birthday (is this my form of birthday suit?), Christmas Eve (a short day with a skeleton crew), and the like. I do not wish to overdo it, and the company has no interest in amending the men's dress code aimed solely at me.

Two years ago I made a Black Stewart kilt for our receiving supervisor. We two and a forklift operator wore our kilts to the company Christmas party (oops, "Holiday party" :confused: ) and had our picture taken together. A copy went to the warehouse manager, who still has it in his office, but he has repeated to the receiving supervisor that if he wears a kilt in the manager's warehouse, he'll be fired. I doubt it would stand up to litigation, but who wants to slog through that morass?