Questions people ask

**PiobBear** · 31st March 08, 05:19 AM

Stopped in to a pharmacy on my way home from a ceremony dressed like this:

A woman walks up to me and asks "Do you work here?"

**sharpdressedscot** · 31st March 08, 05:25 AM

HUH?!

I guess some people don't get out much.

**JerseyLawyer** · 31st March 08, 06:08 AM

I've had that happen just because I happen to be in a store after work and wearing a shirt and tie.

Maybe she thought it was a theme thing?

**OFCJAX** · 31st March 08, 06:30 AM

WOW Was she blind?

**Dirk Skene** · 31st March 08, 06:41 AM

That's the first time I have heard of THAT happening while kilted

**beowulf67** · 31st March 08, 07:00 AM

It's fun to wear khaki's and a red shirt to target and then give crappy directions when people ask where stuff is.

**sharpdressedscot** · 31st March 08, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by beowulf67

It's fun to wear khaki's and a red shirt to target and then give crappy directions when people ask where stuff is.

Good idea! I can't believe I haven't thought of that, that's funny!

**auld argonian** · 31st March 08, 07:23 AM

It's amazing how just wearing a shirt and tie in this age of "casual-ity" can make people think that you're an authority figure.

There was a great story that I read in an interview with a photographer named Anthony Edgeworth who had problems at work because of just such a thing.

Mr. Edgeworth had been in the USMC and was an old school kind of guy when he went into professional photography back in the early 1970's. He knew that the had to learn the business and "pay his dues", so he started out as a studio assistant to an established photographer. Being who and what he was, Edgeworth showed up for work in a jacket and necktie...for him, casual meant wearing a cardigan sweater with a necktie and that was it. This being the early '70's, everybody around him was running around in t-shirts and jeans being conspicuously "hip". So when the clients showed up and started looking around to find "the boss", guess who they went to every time? Edgeworth. Apparently this caused the real boss some little embarrassment and got Edgeworth into a bit of hot water.

(Edgeworth went on to do a couple of books that some of you might be interested in; one on the USMC and one on the British Guard units. You may find these somewhere out there on Amazon or Fetchbooks because they're out of print but apparently much sought after.)

Anyway...obviously the kilt just exudes AUTHORITY...the woman made the assumption that you were in charge!

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**JS Sanders** · 31st March 08, 07:37 AM

And the countless occasions standing by kilted in full dress with pipes hanging from my arm and some numpty asks, "Do you know how to play those?".

Heeerrrreee's your sign.....

Slainte,
steve

**haukehaien** · 31st March 08, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by JS Sanders

And the countless occasions standing by kilted in full dress with pipes hanging from my arm and some numpty asks, "Do you know how to play those?".

Heeerrrreee's your sign.....

Slainte,
steve

My absolute favorite piping question was at a summer camp one time. I was down by the volleyball courts, piping for one of the teams from our cabin, when I noticed a girl standing nearby with an "I-have-a-question-for-you" look on her face. When I finished the tune, she came up, put her hand on the bag, and said "I've got a question. Are those real bagpipes?"

I thought, "You just heard them and you're touching them - what possible definition of 'real' could you have that wouldn't be answered by those facts?"

I was so surprised that I almost didn't answer, but finally got out, "Yes, yes they are." That seemed to make her happy, so she took a picture of me and went off, and I struck up a new tune.