In the supermarket.

**pakiltedff** · 6th July 07, 07:58 PM

I usually wear a kilt for weekly grocery shopping since I can't wear them at work, I have get all the kilting I can in during off work times. Other than a few comments from youg kids, I have only had positive comments from people in the supermarket. One time I met an older couple from Scottland in the check out line and they llike my Black UK and were suprised & happy to see an American in a Kilt.
I've been on vacation in Vermont this week and I have had several positive comments from people in stores in Vermont.

**emolas** · 6th July 07, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by pakiltedff

I usually wear a kilt for weekly grocery shopping since I can't wear them at work, I have get all the kilting I can in during off work times. Other than a few comments from youg kids, I have only had positive comments from people in the supermarket. One time I met an older couple from Scottland in the check out line and they llike my Black UK and were suprised & happy to see an American in a Kilt.
I've been on vacation in Vermont this week and I have had several positive comments from people in stores in Vermont.

I've been kilted in Vermont and never had a bad experience. I have noticed that for a "rural" (redneck) state they are very accepting. I also heard the highland games in Queechee are good.

**McMurdo** · 9th July 07, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by The Frumious B.

Mr. MacDougall,
one cool thing about that trip was, no wait, two, yes two cool things about that,,,,no wait, three, yess, three...well, you get the Python, i mean picture...

was that even the 12 year old girls know it's a kilt;
that at least one other guy in Phoenix has a kilt;
that they have seen and remember Braveheart or another kiltflick and, lastly, that you are still hanging around bookstores...

Keep on Kiltin' (insert kilted Grateful Dead "truckin'" smilie here, when someone, not I, figures out how to make one) (Broad

Hint!)

Frumiously smilin'

So you mean like this one?

**beowulf67** · 6th July 07, 04:46 AM

Maybe they were thinking of Fat Son-of-unmarried-parents from the Austin Powers movies. You should have yelled out "I'm dead sexy! Get in my belly!" just to find out.

I'm sure no one would look at you funny....

**turpin** · 6th July 07, 07:24 AM

I was in the Toyota dealer the other day getting serviced (my car, of course). I'm sitting in the waiting room and these two girls, 20-ish, sit down across from me (I'm wearing my Gordon Modern). Pretty soon one pulls out her cell and starts fiddling with it - playing a video game? A few minutes later I look up from my book and both of them are fiddling with their phones. It then dawns on me, and I said;

"Are you texting each other?"

They looked sheepish. Then the light really came on.

"You're texting each other about my kilt, aren't you?"

Caught red-handed, they laughed. It turns out one girls' father is in the St. Andrews Society and loves to wear his kilt, so she was pretty knowledgeable about that sort of thing. We had a good little chat. Nice kids, tattoos, nose rings and all.

**Kiltferone** · 6th July 07, 07:35 AM

At work last week a customer came up and said nice kilt in a Scottish accent. I thought he was playing around with the accent, but nope he is from Scotland and he really liked seeing the kilt. I was beaming from ear to ear. My first complement from a real Scot!!

**Perldog007** · 6th July 07, 08:26 AM

Anybody visiting the Delaware beaches (or Ocean City) from D.C., Baltimore, or points west should make a stop at the Food Lion in Denton, Maryland.

Shock, Awe, Contempt, Disgust, Admiration, Flirtation, they got it all. One of my most challenging "kilted" stops. A positive mental attitude is a must.

The staff is very nice, some of them a bit nervous and the unwashed masses are a hoot.

I go there about once a week to get coffee and such for the shop. Always an
experience.

One thing I am starting to notice, once the locals get used to you being in a kilt, seems to bring the passerby into line a bit. Curious things these mortals.

**Erisianmonkey** · 6th July 07, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by Kiltferone

At work last week a customer came up and said nice kilt in a Scottish accent. I thought he was playing around with the accent, but nope he is from Scotland and he really liked seeing the kilt. I was beaming from ear to ear. My first complement from a real Scot!!

I was walking across campus a few weeks ago when a young gent came up and told me, in the thickest Scottish accent I have ever heard, "Thanks for wearing your kilts. It reminds me of home. I'm thinking I should get mine sent over here." Talk about a comment making one's day.

**Kilted_John** · 7th July 07, 11:58 PM

It's funny, whenever I go to the store for something, people know me on a first-name basis. I think if I hadn't been kilted, they probably wouldn't have taken an interest. Heck, for that matter, a couple of the checkers get into fights over who's going to ring me up. It's kinda amusing, really...

-J

**sporranlegionaire** · 8th July 07, 12:19 AM

A note for anyone unsure and still considering the wearing of a kilt for the first time...if you really want to get noticed in a crowd, and there's no going back once you're there in the midst of it, the results are guaranteed. It's a little unnerving to begin with, but the attention it generates can very soon become something of an addictive 'fix'. Folk you've never seen before start talking to you. You will become a known local character very quickly, highly distinguishable from all the uniformly dressed 'gray' folk.