Kilted at work today...

**Alaskan Kilted Guy** · 23rd August 07, 09:39 AM

Well today I am kilted at work! So far so good. I had informed my boss, who is the HR director, and he had no problem with it at all. Have ran in to a few folks in the hall and whatnot, and nothing but good comments. I have been asked why I was wearing the kilt, and I chose today to be the first day, because it is Willam Wallace day. If they don't know who William Wallace is, I give them the brief history, and tell them to go look it up for more detail. Anyhow... have a great day all!

**cessna152towser** · 23rd August 07, 10:21 AM

Well done. Hopefully some of your colleagues (co-workers) will soon follow your good example.

**acstoon** · 23rd August 07, 10:40 AM

Good for you!
A trend-setter & an educator!

**Arlen** · 23rd August 07, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by acstoon

Good for you!
A trend-setter & an educator!

I concur.

**Alaskan Kilted Guy** · 23rd August 07, 10:51 AM

Just a little more input. I ran into our Executive Director, and he had lots of intelligent questions about the kilt. He said he thought it was a good example for our clients to see that is is ok to be "different". (Our organization works with troubled adolescents.) So all in all, everything is going great!

**Mr. Kilt** · 23rd August 07, 12:46 PM

Very cool! It sounds like you have the bosses on your side. What do the young people you help think?

**Ayin McFye** · 23rd August 07, 12:59 PM

congratulations and ... ARGH!!!! I am sooo jealous!

I have been trying to fight this battle for some time now at my company to no avail. The VIP of Operations said that it wasn't work appropriate. (side note, my company doesn't deal with customers at all. It's a financial aid processing center) I asked if I could wear it on St. Patrick's day and he said "Nope, go ahead and wear it on Halloween, but that's it" GRRRRR>>>>

So, my plan is to wear it on Halloween to show him how professional looking it can be.

Anyways i'm ranting... again though, i am very jealous of you!

**Alaskan Kilted Guy** · 23rd August 07, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Kilt

Very cool! It sounds like you have the bosses on your side. What do the young people you help think?

So far just the normal questions.... are you Scottish, why the kilt, etc. Not a single negative from anyone.

Originally Posted by Ayin McFye

congratulations and ... ARGH!!!! I am sooo jealous!

I have been trying to fight this battle for some time now at my company to no avail. The VIP of Operations said that it wasn't work appropriate. (side note, my company doesn't deal with customers at all. It's a financial aid processing center) I asked if I could wear it on St. Patrick's day and he said "Nope, go ahead and wear it on Halloween, but that's it" GRRRRR>>>>

So, my plan is to wear it on Halloween to show him how professional looking it can be.

Anyways i'm ranting... again though, i am very jealous of you!

I am really lucky, our office is a very casual atmosphere. Jeans, shorts, sandal, flip flops, tshirts, are all common accepted attire, so the kilt is really not all that out of place, and I feel it is a little more "professional" than jeans or shorts. I may take a pic, and try to get it up here. I am dressed casually (Tan Amerikilt, and brown short-sleeved collared shirt) as far as how much a kilt can be dressed up. Again... I am grinning from ear to ear....

Hopefully enough of us can get out there and show that being kilted is not unprofessional in any way, and people will see it and accept it (or at least tolerate it.)

**Joe Gondek** · 23rd August 07, 01:37 PM

I really miss Alaska.I lived there in the late 1970's
The people are so laid back
an Alaskan tux (red rubber boots and a pendelton wool shirt)
would get you into the best resturant in town with out a second glance