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    When I was in the RAF (Royal Air Force) I used to take mine to detachments around the world. I rarely received a ribbing, I can't remember getting much in the way of negative comments either.
    I'm now an engineer for an oil company.
    I wore one of my Kilts today, the only comment was "is that a real knife in your sock?"

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    When I was working as a boatbuilder I would never wear a kilt to work. The job incolved constantly climbing in and out of boats, wriggling into tight compartments (sometimes upside down), working around milling machines that could easily grab and pull loose clothing and dealing with caustic or abrasive chemicals. Not to mention thatit was a filthy job. I wore out Carhartt pants with ease. Even one of those heavy duty canvas work kilts wouldn't have lasted more than a few months. Can you imagine having to buy three or four $100+ work kilts a year!? My boatshop was definitely not the place to wear a kilt.

    As far as going out casually with the guys while kilted...I never did it. They knew I wore a kilt now and then and no one ever said anything negative about that. In fact, most of the guys with whom I worked actually found it interesting.
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    I am the senior graphic designer for a machine shop/production factory. There is the occasional guy who acts stupid- until he comes into my office. I have a big sign posted with the deffinitions of four words- Stupidity, ignorance, kilt, and Celt, with pictures of soldiers, cops, firefighters and athletes (including several pro American style football players) wearing kilts. That has shut all but one up. I ended up filing a hostile work environment complaint based on ethnic and religious harassment. That shut him up. With most people, the real key is simply education. There is the occasion person who just refuses to learn (which is the most basic deffinition of stupidity- willful ignorance) but for the most part, it isn't too tough to get people to either not care, or to actually accept and appreciate your choice to be different.

    And as to the ribbing thing... I for one am ruthless.
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    I would imagine that in the UK, kilt wearing at casual functions with coworkers would be more accepted than it would be here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Birddog View Post
    I would imagine that in the UK, kilt wearing at casual functions with coworkers would be more accepted than it would be here.
    I imagine it would be.. I'm from Canada.

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    I am in the scrap steel industry and the places I visit and people I see aren't the best places to be kilted so I don't wear it for work. I would if I could. But I did get a surprise recently while having lunch with my boss the topic somehow got around to kilts and he admitted he had one that he wore sometimes. Small kilted world.

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    I unload trucks at Wal-Mart. It's not exactly a factory job or something, but it's pretty physical work. The guys all know I wear a kilt, I've worn the kilt in to work on my days off, most of them have seen me in it. They know I'm fine with joking about it but also know that I take it seriously and would wear it to work if dress code didn't specify trousers.

    They're pretty cool about it. The rest of the staff occasionally makes a smart remark but these guys have seen me work and know I'm just as man as any of them, skirted or no. :-P

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    Well, I am a professional bladesmith, and have been for 20 years now, full time. I really only got into kilts a couple of years ago. This summer I took my kids to the second annual youth hammer-in (knifemaking classes for kids), sponsored by the American Bladesmith Society, and held at Smoky Mountain Knifeworks in Sevierville, TN. I was kilted the whole time. I wore a Matt Newsome box pleat when not working, and a box pleated kilt of my own make for working in at the event (I was one of the instructors as well as taking my kids to learn). There was only one ignoramus who tried all weekend to insult me into a confrontation. I managed to ignore him for the most part, and outwit him when I could not (that was not difficult). The main movers at the event all know me and have for many years, since I have been an ABS Master Smith since 1992, and a couple of them are actually quite good friends. Most of the conversation about the kilt was where to get one, and which tartan is that ?

    I do wear a kilt almost everywhere now, and work in my own shop in a kilt almost all the time, but alone, so I don't know how much that helps.

    I think the most important thing is to be confident in who you are.

    If you are comfortable in your own skin, and with what you see in the mirror in the morning, less if this stuff is an issue. If not, well then there is work to do in other areas of your life, aside from wardrobe and the response to it.

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