There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
These days the only camera I carry 99.99% of the time is my phone. For grab shots it's not bad. It won't have the dynamic range of my DSLR shooting RAW, but it's... okay... Okay-ish, maybe. Those times when I really do want to get a good solid photograph of something, I always wind up a little frustrated during processing. No cell phone can replace what an SLR or DSLR can do. I can understand why you want to carry yours.
The best way to see if you like carrying your camera is to carry your camera. Just try it out and see how it works for you. Back when I was carrying my SLR, I kept it in a flip-top bag. I don't like straps because they just get in the way when working from a tripod, so mine was just a brick in a bag. If I saw something, I'd reach in and pull it out. It worked for me. See what works for you.
As far as people in Target saying anything, it didn't really come up back then. At least no one said anything. These days I still carry around a flip-top shoulder bag, but most of the time it's loaded with sound gear. It looks like a camera bag, only... no camera. People still don't really say anything about it, but I live in a tourist-heavy area. No one really notices cameras and camera bags here. It's par for the course.
Not sure how your spouse would react to your carrying a camera around on a daily basis. My wife's never said anything, but we both do photography. She's more likely to reach over and say, "Gimme that. I got a nice shot here."