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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@SW-User Almost never. I can only think of two occasions that come near in almost six years of dressing in public and it was only a couple of insults. I suspect that a few people had a private giggle, especially in the first few years when I was still rather nervous.
In the English speaking countries I get a lot more negative reactions to the fact that if the temperature is above about 4 deg.C I'll be barefoot.
I don't feel brave, I don't feel threatened. But of course I don't go to places where I know that I'm likely to be viewed especially negatively. I drive all the way from Norway to the UK dressed, through ferry checkin, passport control, customs, cafes, etc. with no problems. But the whole journey is through countries well known for their liberal attitudes, I haven't tried dressing in Poland for instance although I have been barefoot on a number of occasions in Krakow and had only positive reactions.
I was a bit nervous the first time I went dressed through a ferry customs check at Dunkirk on the way to Dover about five years ago. I was even more nervous when the entire French security crew gathered around my car. But they neither commented on how I was dressed nor looked as though they were surprised or disapproving. They weren't even interested in the contents of my car; it turns out that most of them had never seen a Tesla Model S in person and they just wanted to take a good look at it!
In the English speaking countries I get a lot more negative reactions to the fact that if the temperature is above about 4 deg.C I'll be barefoot.
I don't feel brave, I don't feel threatened. But of course I don't go to places where I know that I'm likely to be viewed especially negatively. I drive all the way from Norway to the UK dressed, through ferry checkin, passport control, customs, cafes, etc. with no problems. But the whole journey is through countries well known for their liberal attitudes, I haven't tried dressing in Poland for instance although I have been barefoot on a number of occasions in Krakow and had only positive reactions.
I was a bit nervous the first time I went dressed through a ferry customs check at Dunkirk on the way to Dover about five years ago. I was even more nervous when the entire French security crew gathered around my car. But they neither commented on how I was dressed nor looked as though they were surprised or disapproving. They weren't even interested in the contents of my car; it turns out that most of them had never seen a Tesla Model S in person and they just wanted to take a good look at it!
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Wonderful response. Thanks for opening some hearts and minds - plus, the Tesla anecdote was funny :D
Wonderful response. Thanks for opening some hearts and minds - plus, the Tesla anecdote was funny :D
