| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
Attention LKG riders! We are going to have a nice damp ride home
tonight. In the process of watering the grass......facilities has
choosen to also water our bikes!!!
I just got off the phone with the maintenance people and they are going
to move the sprinklers....gee, thanks.......... :)
Linda
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| 3123.1 | WMOIS::GIROUARD_C | Fri Jul 19 1996 06:54 | 3 | ||
Brilliant! Chip | |||||
| 3123.2 | hmmmm | POLAR::WILSONC | strive to look better naked | Mon Jul 22 1996 05:33 | 19 |
The other night whilst i wuz tooling around, I came upon a stranded car
driver/person. (since i carry a good tool kit, and can fix just about
anything on my bike, i like to gloat over inadequately prepared car
driver/people). The driver was a youngish lady of 30(+-3yrs) so
needless to say I was eager to help. I approached the car, sizing up
the situation. The lady emerged from the car with a 5 gallon jerry can,
and said "Can you find a gas station and fill this up for me please?"
I told her that I would gladly escort her to the gas station and back
for safety sake, but carry the can yourself, it's too heavy for me on
my bike.
Well, she lost it, she said "who the hell do I think I am--your just
trying to make time with me" and a few other things as I rode on down
the road. Geeze, what did I do wrong? I could have told her that I
discourage the use of cars for many reasons, that secretly I was
laughing at her predicament, that I thought she was about 15 lbs over
weight and could use the damn walk--but no, I stayed cool and offered
what help I thought was reasonable.
This just sorta made me go hmmm.
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| 3123.3 | WMOIS::GIROUARD_C | Mon Jul 22 1996 07:15 | 8 | ||
You could have stayed calm and told her she was reaching maximum density anyway. Sometimes I wonder if we do the wrong thing by not confronting behavior like that. At least she didn't get any help from you. Maybe that would provide a little learning experiencew for her. She may or may not be a little more appreciative the next time. | |||||