Caught Kilted by Coworker

[Rex_Tremende]

It was only a matter of time.

I changed jobs a couple of months ago, in part because I was burnt out on trying to keep my private life so far removed from my work life. I don't mean that I need to bring my personal affairs to the office every day, but completely supressing everything personal was killing me. In my present job, if stuff comes up, I just deal with it matter-of-factly, and go on.

Cincinnati is a small town in the guise of a city. It's rare that I go anywhere that I don't run into someone I know. So it was this weekend at Sunday brunch, when I was waiting for a table with my cadre country-western dancing pals. I was wearing my khaki UK mocker, black belt, black hiking boots with scrunched-down stone hose, and a black/yellow/khaki raw silk tropical shirt.

While I was checking with the hostess on our reservation, a fellow at the bar starts waving energetically in my direction. It takes a second to see past the weekend growth of beard, but I eventually recognize H____, a middle manager who joined the bank a couple of weeks after I did. We met one day in the executive suite on account of my moustache and have been friendly with one another since.

I approach, we shake hands, and I covet his bananas Foster waffles. He introduces me to his young son, and then looks me up and down and asks, "What's this?"

I say it's just what I wear when I'm not in a suit, and try to wave it off as just another of my eccentricities, not wanting to get into explanations. He surmises that it is a good way to beat the heat, which I confirm.

"So, what brings you here today?" he asks. I explain the C/W dancing thing, and he shares his interest in the same. "Where do you go to dance?"

"Shooters," I reply. "It's a little country-western bar downtown."

"Oh," H____ exclaims, "I'll have to check it out sometime."

"Well, it's a gay bar, just so you're aware," I caution, "and it has a dance floor the size of a walk-in closet."

"Oh. Well, I was going to bring my wife, but maybe not."

"She's welcome, too! I didn't want you to be surprised when you got there."

So, I managed to "out" myself twice in one day with the same person.

It's not like I'm keeping any secrets, though. Two weeks after I was hired, I drove up to Michigan, kilted, with the consultant I replaced to deliver three classes. He never mentioned a word about it. It's just that it's a little bracing when you are not prepared for the encounters. As a trainer in a moderately sized company and man about town, I guess I had better get used to it.

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati

[Pour1Malt]

guid oan ya Rex...


closets arr fur clothes- no people!

[UmAnOnion]

Closets are for kilts - lots & lots of kilts (and hose & sporrans & plaids & the like)
and the doors are best kept wide open so that you can see the full array of kilted glory therein!!!

Way to go Rex. As long as you are doing a good job at your company what you wear, where you wear it & whom you weasr it with aint nobody's business but your own (and those who you are doing the above with)

Cheers!


p.s. did his remark about maybe he was going to bring his wife mean now he is gonna come solo instead???

KIDDING!!!!!
keep up

[cloves]

good one Rex! I figure the more people know, the less you have to explain to them later.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

See how liberating wearing a kilt is? And not just the physical freedom!

Congratulations Rex. A positive experience for both of you.

[efer]

Good for you, Rex. Like folks said, "closets are for clothes, not for people!"

Cheers,

[pdcorlis]

closets arr fur clothes- no people!

I like that - yeah, what P1M said!

[pbpersson]

That person just found out all sorts of things about you that day!

So....what sort of dancing are you talking about? I used to do line dancing years ago when I was dating a woman who was into the country western thing and that sounds like it would be fun in a kilt.....

I get a kick out of the person who was with you on that trip and never said a word about your kilt. I wonder if that means they don't like it or they just don't know how to react?

Who knows....maybe the word will get around work concerning your kilt wearing and they will decide you should wear kilts at work to make the workplace more fun and interesting. Or maybe not....

[Panache]

Good for you Rex!

Cheers

[David Dalglish]

Way to go Rex