On a rare occasion yesterday I needed to go into the local Tescos in uniform on the way home from work. The looks from some of the other customers suggested that I may have been an alien/contagious/a piece of sh1t on their shoe. Yet no one batted an eyelid at those wearing filthy painters/workmans overalls and the local chavs with acres of flab hanging out.
I know I probably shouldn't be surprised but it does make me wonder sometimes.
I also note that on the Lyneham village website discussion forum the local busy bodies have taken to "scruffy airman" bashing. These are the same people who are supposedly worried sick that Lyneham will close and their village will be ruined.