Hollow Victory

[Alan H]

How about wearing a kilt to work, say...two days a week and trousers the rest of the time/ You know, show that you like them, but that you're not trying to make the Kilt thing into a war. By sometimes wearing kilts na dsometimes not, you're

STILL getting to wear a kilt, but

....kind of downplaying the whole thing. Think of it as a compromise.

[timber]

How about wearing a kilt to work, say...two days a week and trousers the rest of the time/ You know, show that you like them, but that you're not trying to make the Kilt thing into a war. By sometimes wearing kilts na dsometimes not, you're

STILL getting to wear a kilt, but

....kind of downplaying the whole thing. Think of it as a compromise.

I was thinking along the same lines. Wear a kilt sometimes, trousers other times, and they will hopefully begin to understand that it is not an attention-seeking thing, but just your preferred way of life.

[mbhandy]

Hi Ron,
Are you kilted today?
I am wondering if it is the CEO or his wife?

MrBill

[BEEDEE]

Ron - management can be really short sighted sometimes and fixated on control. Your story reminds me of an experience I once had when the company I worked for built a new facility in NC to get to a 'right to work' state and break from the teamsters in CA. I went through the start up when we dressed casually until one day, about three months after the start up my boss called me in and told me he wanted me to start wearing a tie. Now this was a facility where we wore lab coats all day and uniforms if involved directly with manufacturing.

My first approach was to suggest that since we had made title distinctions that blurred management and hourly employees that wearing a 'badge of rank' was not the best way to go. That fell on deaf ears, as did an appeal that since we did not have a dress code for female managers that I was being discriminated against.

Looks like you have made much more progress than I ever did - so keep up the good work.

Brian

[bubba]

Ron, as backhanded as it sounds, you got permission. Print that up for your records and go with your kilts.

[Riverkilt]

Thanks guys,

My plan is to wait and see how things flow with the CEO. I imagine we'll talk when he's not busy.

As Alan suggested, I have a back up plan of submitting a list of Celtic holidays, which if they fall on a work day, they can expect to see me kilted, as well as Fridays, and any days where we have long meetings or trainings scheduled.

Last night I was talking with the chairman of the board of the agency, he's a friend but we don't cloud the friendship with agency issues and I didn't bring this issue up. Anyway, the chairman was trying to convince a friend of his to enroll in the agency for counseling and he said to the man, "Ron's the best counselor at the agency." I immediately pointed out that all the counselors at the agency are good.

Later, thinking about it, the chairman was forming his opinion based on feedback from my clients who received counseling while I was kilted.

Anyway...more is yet to come. Thanks for the support and suggestions.

Ron
And I still contend if my little town can handle a Sushi Bar and a Thai restaruant then it can well handle kilts.

[MACKAY]

... And I still contend if my little town can handle a Sushi Bar and a Thai restaruant then it can well handle kilts.

Ron, I understand that the town zoning board heard about the intolerance towards your kilt wearing, and are now requiring the Sushi Bar to call themselves a "Bait Shop" ... seems that they got wayyyyy to progressive there for a minute.