Kilted at Work

**beowulf67** · 27th April 07, 12:47 PM

Furrycelt,
Admit it, you are just a "mountain of a man" that's why the guys next door didn't talk to you directly. :-)

Turtle, if you keep making those good looking kilts, you could have a very nice side business going

**ozone** · 27th April 07, 02:02 PM

Just tried the Geek test and got geek-ish tendencies of 12%. I feel somewhat disappointed ;-)

Why is Weezer geeky?!?

And doesn't everyone know the difference between fission and fusion.....geeze! In all honesty, this came up today while I was at the post office. As an aside, this is not a kilt story. Anyway, the clerk was trying the Fonz method of making her LASER scanner work by banging it on the desk. I advised her that the infrared LASER receiver was likely getting confused on the bar code due to poor lighting design of having a fluorescent light about 3 feet above the desktop which cycles at 60Hz, most likely the same as the receiver. Therefore, she should hold her postal items vertical or slightly tipped over and try the LASER scanner at a 90 degree angle. It worked of course. Then I said "what would we do without LASERS? " After she responded negatively, I told her that they are proposing on using LASERs to create a sustainable fusion reaction in Europe for power generation. She asked me what was "fusion?" And THAT's where I realized that not everyone knows the difference between fusion and fission.

Oh God...as I write this I realize that I MUST have missed a few answers on the geek test! Help!

**Ayin McFye** · 27th April 07, 02:06 PM

Congrats on the Kilt at work. 3 years ago, i asked if I could wear my Kilt to work on St. Patrick's day and I was told "No, that isn't considered formal attire" from the VP of the company. I have always wanted to just wear my kilt to work on our Casual Friday, to press the issue, but I don't want to get in trouble. I know that if i wanted to I could seriously press the issue, but I like my job, and don't want to risk it. Anyways, I'm jealous!

**Mr. MacDougall** · 27th April 07, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by ozone

I told her that they are proposing on using LASERs to create a sustainable fission reaction in Europe for power generation.

Um. That would be fusion. They've had sustainable fission reactions in Europe -- and most of the rest of the "first world" -- for at least fifty years, now.

On topic, however, congrats on wearing your kilt to work. That's inspiring.

**KiltedTurtle** · 27th April 07, 02:38 PM

Thanks for all the replies. I guess I am pretty lucky. My boss works in another town about 1.5 hours away. I see him maybe twice or three times a year. I haven't heard any rumblings from him or HR yet so until I do I'm good. But like most of you I do like my job, and can't afford to loss it. If the company tells me no at some point in the future I will probably push back a little, but it's not worth getting fired over for me.

3 years ago, i asked if I could wear my Kilt to work on St. Patrick's day and I was told "No, that isn't considered formal attire" from the VP of the company.

You know I've always gone with the idea that it's easier to get forgiveness than permission.

**ozone** · 27th April 07, 02:47 PM

Whoops, my bad....I meant fusion. Guess i'm not as much of a geek as I thought. Fixed my mistake. Anyway, back on topic, congrats on the kilt to work thing.

**Graham** · 27th April 07, 03:55 PM

Tartan Day is the perfect day to start wearing a kilt to work. Hope it goes well!

**furrycelt** · 27th April 07, 06:04 PM

i'm so grateful to be able to wear my kilt full-time at work, that i am willing to put on pants for a day if requested. my boss did say that a very important client is coming to town in a few weeks, and that i should probably dress business casual. and i have to do that if the company president comes to town.

i never could have done this at my previous job, or before that at IBM. (and while i was at IBM, i learned that fluorescent lighting and mercury vapor lighting will screw with bar-code scanners. i learned this cause i did tech support for the United States Postal Service. we even encouraged the "fonz" method for solving stuck keys on keyboards.

so you can see where that postal clerk got the idea.)

**GMan** · 27th April 07, 09:05 PM

Good for you a Kilt at work is a joy to behold. Keep up the good work!

**SnakeEyes** · 27th April 07, 10:16 PM

Although I have yet to recieve my own kilt (Jooooones!) I can get in on this. Unfortunately my choice of career doesn't allow for much kilt-wearing at work. You all have to admit that kilts are attention grabbers, and at a funeral the focus should not be on me. As for just working around the funeral home, on maintenance days and such, I plan on going kilted from time to time, but some tasks will require pants.