Wearing a kilt to Work

[lethearen]

work to okay me wearing a kilt all week at our next Blue Jeans Week for the United Way.

That's a great idea, Steve. My company does a charity Jeans Week every so often. I should give that a go next time. Granted, kilts aren't necessarily the equivalent of wearing jeans (they're so much more versatile!), I can easily see how it would fall under casual or at least 'not standard business' wear for the uninitiated.

[McFarkus]

My brother Turpin wears his kilt to work daily at the EPA. IIRC he started off wearing it on St. Andrew's Day, and shortly began to wear it daily. I suspect it might be considered discriminatory to ban wearing the kilt when women are allowed to wear skirts.

Even when I go to the hip/dangerous part of town "EAST ATLANTA", no one (Not even the gangsters and homeboyz) gives me a 2nd look. Its even correctly commented on from time to time there "Yo-That kilt is workin'-Where can I get one". Atlanta and San Fran really are 2 great kilt friendly cities. It probably helps that we have a HUGE Celt community here and a really big, well advertised highland games.......

NorCalPiper,
You can add Boston to that list. Even when riding the T (public transit) through the roughest parts of the city, I too get the "Cool kilt, where d'ja get it?" from the gangbangers in their colors and trousers belted below the buttocks. I have been complimented many times for having the b@lls to wear the kilt on the T.
Slainte
Steve Brown (We are everywhere)

A couple of weeks ago a gangbanger complimented me on my kilt and asked me if I'm Rowdy Roddy Piper's dad (I'm only two years older than he is). I suspect that the fact that a number of pro wrestlers wear a kilt has made more people aware of it as a male garment.

I work at an ethnic non-profit and have worn the kilt to work a few times.
First reaction was, "A kilt! Just like in Hong Kong!" (Hong Kong of course was a British possession up until 1997). And the kids, once I explained that it was a garment that honored my ethnic heritage, were very cool about it.

[Spartan]

The only funny comment I had a work was the time that I signed for a delivery. After I signed, the young, burly delivery guy looked me straight in the eye and asked if I was regimental! He must know something about kilts to know the terminology. He said afterward that he was just giving me a little "guff."

[pastorsteve]

For me the kilt goes on when I feel like wearing a kilt. If it's a work day - it's a kilted work day. If it's a weekend, it's a kilted weekend. No one ever says anything other than a question about "is it a Scottish holiday?" or something like that. I think the best answer is always a nope or similar and move on with the task at hand. It has never gone further than that so it's not a distraction unless I were to make it so.

[Fedgunner]

I infrequently wear kilts to work.
I work in an ammunition factory as a "gunner" and generally only wear kilts on "High Days" (Repeal of the Proscription Act, April 6th... you get the idea) or when summer temps go over 90. That is when my Utilikilts and my X-Kilt come out.

The place is dirty enough to not want to endanger my wool kilts, but I did make an exception on Tartan Day, and wore my US Army tartan. But was very careful in how I performed my duties.

I'd echo the others comments, at first you get the anticipated questions and wise cracks, and after a bit about the only question I get is "What Scottish Holiday is it?"