Shipping out an order.

One of the security guards wanted to know if he could ask me a few questions. Now, I've had nothing but trouble with these folks, time and time again, and I thought to my self "oh noes, here we goes."

Turns out, it wasn't what I thought it was going to be. He told me that he didn't much care for kilts, and he meant absolutely no offense by that, but he was kinda curious about the kilt that I was wearing. The brown Freedom Kilt. He'd never seen a solid coloured kilt before... Turns out, he just didn't like tartans, and he had no clue that there were solid coloured kilts.

The other guards at the federal building were rolling their eyes and what not as we talked. They clearly did not like this development.

He was really impressed when I pulled a pen out of one of the pockets... He LIKED the pockets. He said he didn't know if he was comfortable wearing a purse, but he said he liked the pockets. I wrote down a couple of websites on a piece of paper for him, Freedom Kilts, XMTS, Amerikilts, etc.

The one sour moment... He asked, "Why brown? Why not blue or black? Like a pair of pants? The brown is awful." I very politely told him that brown was earthy and would look nice with a green shirt and socks. (I didn't dare say hose, he might have got the wrong idea, I figured I was on thin ice to begin with) I told him they also make kilts out of camo. I thought both of his eyebrows were going to flip over his skull and slide down his back. He said he'd love to see a camo kilt. That peaked his interest. I told him they make kilts from just about any camo pattern you could think of. You could actually see the wheels in his head turning. He thanked me quite nicely, checked my ID, shook my hand, and sent me on my way.

Why is everyone hating the brown? That seems to be the theme of this particular kilt. People say they like it, they just don't like the colour. That is a real testament to Steve's work... They can see the quality and the craftsmanship even through a colour they may not care for.

Here's to hoping he might pay us a visit. Maybe. Or least maybe buy a kilt. I'd settle for him just thinking about it for a good long while.