i was working at a power station once,
me and my dad where the only "brown faces" out of a
about a thousand people
they are knew i wore a kirpan
most of them were decent, but you always get one who tries to show off infront of the others
i was walking through the canteen, and this one guy goes
"wut would you do if i cut your beard off"
everyone started laughing
i replied
"wut would you do if i cut off your head"
everyone went quiet
and i further said "well without my beard i can't live, likewise
without your head you can't live"
one of them also said "he wears a knife, so he woudl do that, so better keep quiet"
from that day i never had any hassle, even the managers
heard about it, hahaha -