Wearing your uni outside the work place

[zugzug]

Ya big egomaniac:laugh: Nobody is looking at YOU! If you think everyone is looking at you.... You have issues.


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[rvsm410]

Heck, I wish dispatchers had uniforms...hats too!

 

[airludy]

Do you think it would be dorky to wear my pilot uniform for Halloween?

 

[Truckdriver]

You can justify it all you want, but if you wear your uniform into the grocery store you are a tool. If you are a SKYW pilot, then it's ok because you guys fly the big iron and you deserve to have people admire you all of your skill and riches.

 

[airludy]

What about wearing it to Starbucks to get coffee on the way to work?

 

[English]

Do you think it would be dorky to wear my pilot uniform for Halloween?

Totally dorky. I did that a few years ago (last-minute party the week before halloween and my good costume wasn't ready yet) and added a black walking cane, black sunglasses, a seeing-eye dog, minis of liquor in one pocket and items of a personal nature in the other. For some reason, others at the party didn't find it out of the ordinary.

 

[dhc8fo]

and by the way, dhc9fo, if you live in a military town, nobody thinks you are military. Don't wanna be the one to break it to you, man. Sorry.

Tex

Actually, they often think I am NATO...it happens all the time because I take off my badge and hat if I have to make a stop.

 

[Silent Partner]

I've got to agree with learthirty5 on this one. It is just work clothes. Don't give it a second thought.

Besides how many times have you seen some other uniformed person do the same thing? Did you think they were some weird person? Probably not. If someone has a problem with it let it be just that their problem & not yours. The most difficult problem that I have run into when I stop on the way to or from the airport is that people what to talk to you & ask you all kinds of questions.

Eh, I agree and then I don't agree. So I'm in between this one.

That is one main reason I'd wouldn't wear my uniform with all the pins and stuff, to avoid being asked questions or someone telling me a story about "someone they know who is a pilot"

This is one reason I started the post because I was curious to see how some fellow pilots view their uniform as "just work clothes" or as something more. Of course!!!!! no one is going to have the same view, especially on flightinfo.com and that's all good.

But for me..... if I see a pilot fully decked out in uniform in the grocery store, the mall, a bookstore, etc.....you're a tool....straight up flaming tool. I'm sure there are other non pilots thinking the same thing. Just take the pins off and epaulets. I'm not so sure about stripping in the wally world parking lot, but if that works for you then more power to you.

 

[dash8driver]

Do you think it would be dorky to wear my pilot uniform for Halloween?

only if its your work uniform.. because its only a costume for you, you can get away with it. until you find that elusive free lunch.






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[dash8driver]

i just go into the store naked





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[zugzug]

And they look down and say


"you must be a Shorts pilot":laugh: :laugh:

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Freaking idiots.. just walk in.. get your whatever you need to get and walk out.

If you're that insecure about your uniform then why do you even wear it in the airport? If you're wearing it around to be seen it's a different story... but on the way home who freaking cares. I'm tired, grumpy, and want to sleep...

I'll take my ID off or turn it around if I'm gonna buy beer... that's about it. Too annoying to take the epaulets off...

 

[s.o.sJTB]

I got off a trip not to long ago and stopped by the local Safeway on my way home. I saw a few of my friends taking turns skateboarding on a great curb out front, when I walked up towards them to say "hey" they took off through the parking lot thinking I was security ready to run them out.

 

[RobCat]

Fellas what the heck is going on here. When is it shameful to be a pilot. If your on your way home from the airport and you want to go grab a bite to eat, who gives a sh what your wearing. Your human. You look more like a fool trying to do a quick change in the lot or walking into a public place looking like a half pilot. Guys we gotta start taking pride in what we do and who we are. After all people write books, make movies, and dream about what we do. When in the uni stand tall and be proud, when others look at you and take notice its because they remember back when they were that little kid and seen that person in a uni and identified him or her as a pilot.

 

[FlyChicaga]

I'm going to make it a point to leave my uniform together when stopping off for coffee going to work, or at the store on the way home. Just so I can come on here and see someone busting a nut about it on the internet. Too bad I don't wear my hat!

 

[LAXSaabdude]

I don't see anything shameful about wearing the uniform, it's just for some reason, the pilot's uniform seems to be an "idiot magnet". I endure enough stupid questions at the airport, and getting on the airplane for the commute, that by the time I leave work, I have had enough.

On another note, have you noticed how relaxing it is to walk through an airport without your uniform and know that no one will bother you? It's nice to be anonymous sometimes.

LAXSaabdude.

 

[dondk]

I think it really depends on where and what you are doing... Let's be real here.. late at night and your doing minor shopping.. or do you have the wife, kids and a full basket of goodies?

Big difference between the two.

 

[Flyingdutchman]

Who cares? I stop by the store on the way home all the time. I used to "de-identify" before going inside, but I've decided I really don't care if anyone thinks it's weird. I'm not doing it to look cool, I'm doing it to save myself a trip. Nobody cares if a cop, firefighter, or military guy shops in uniform.

I'm on the same page. screw the rest.

 

[Silent Partner]

I think it really depends on where and what you are doing... Let's be real here.. late at night and your doing minor shopping.. or do you have the wife, kids and a full basket of goodies?

Big difference between the two.

That says it all!...... end the thread

 

[CapnVegetto]

I'd always leave it on. Why? Because it's a royal f-ing pain in the a$$ to remove all that $hit. I want my dam frosted flakes now. I'll take the dam thing off when I get home.