Kilt Shop Employee Not Allowed to Wear Kilt to Work

[tpa]

I'm sure it is more expensive to kit employees out in kilts than polo necks with the shop name on them, but as ever in business it is a question of working out what gives the best return. I am always disappointed not to see staff in kilt shops wearing kilts as i feel it is a missed opportunity, but it would be interesting to hear from anyone who has tried both scenarios and quantified the results.

That said, the sense in banning an employee from wearing his own kilt in a kilt shop rather depends on what the options are. If all employees are identically and smartly kitted out in attire which clearly marks them out as a shop staff member, then it is understandable, provided the decision has a sound financial and marketing basis. If they are all wearing different outfits, then it makes no sense at all.

If people are going to buy tat, they will soon find their way out of a quality shop, however if they are are in a position to buy quality goods, then a good example of the wearing of the kilt might just tip the balance between a sale and no sale, especially if the purchaser's partner is involved in the decision.

[McClef]

I don't want to get into love or hate Hector Russell arguments I was merely trying to show that it's not only the GB empire that has kilts on its employees.

The level of expectation for Welsh pointy hats or onion sellers on bicycles is somewhat less, I would contend, than it is for seeing kilts being worn in the Capital city of Scotland.

All I know is that I always get asked to pose with visitors when kilted there. I somehow think that my handsome features and magnificent physique are only secondary reasons why.

[brewerpaul]

All I know is that I always get asked to pose with visitors when kilted there. I somehow think that my handsome features and magnificent physique are only secondary reasons why.

Ill have to remember that next time I get to Scotland for a bike tour. Might make a friend or two wearing a kilt and getting a photo snapped.

And I did pick up a Hecktor Russell off the rack "tourist kilt" when I was there this summer, in Callander, Mostly it was lack of knowledge of what I was buying but it by far is better than some of the tourist kilts I saw in Edinburgh. It isnt deep pleated but the fit is nice and it makes a good pub kilt.

[rondo]

I somehow think that my handsome features and magnificent physique are only secondary reasons why.

I love that McClef...ROTFL
Rondo

[McClef]

I love that McClef...ROTFL
Rondo

Aww sweet!