Commuting - bike forums vs. work

i totally have no interest in doing any actual work, just reading about commuting to work on a bicycle. gah.

Yeah. Join the club.
Somebody needs to start a "You know you're a Bike Forums junkie when..." thread.

i could be president and CEO of a large corporation by now i'm sure...but i choose to be here instead. :)

i "work" for the state, so spend all day reading bikeforums.

i "work" for the state, so spend all day reading bikeforums.

Haha, ditto. I take it you're in Madison from some of your other comments?

I thought this was normal? WTF, it isn't?!? ;)

This is practically my job... except for having to tech support friggin sales people all... day... long....

I need a job with the state! Waaaaaah! :cry:

;)

Koffee

the non-profit bit is pretty relaxed too.

this is pretty much all I do in my 8-10 hours at work
occasionally I'll cad something up, but not until I've read the latest "cyclist was hit by a car/truck/deer/run away bobsled" thread

BF 1, Work 0.

You all may also be interested in this thread (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=94899) from a few months ago. :)

Work? What's that?

Well since I found out yesterday that I'll most likely be losing my job this year, I vote for bike forums.

work exists just to make sure that i get in two one-hour rides every day.

i could be president and CEO of a large corporation by now i'm sure...but i choose to be here instead. :)

I know lots of Presidents and CEOs. Believe me, you're not missing anything...except some moola that you can't take with you anyway.

work exists just to make sure that i get in two one-hour rides every day.


best attitude ever. hands down.

work exists just to make sure that i get in two one-hour rides every day.

Exactly.

Yeah. Join the club.
Somebody needs to start a "You know you're a Bike Forums junkie when..." thread.
I spend more time on BF than I do on my bike. I'm trying to spend less time here but can't do it cold turkey. So I'm starting off by trying to spend no more time here than I do commuting which is 1 hr/day. I think I'm already over that limit now :o

want more work... get me a faster machine... until then, while I wait for processes to finish... I will be over here in this room.

work exists just to make sure that i get in two one-hour rides every day.

That and the free parking employee benefit. Since parking got tight, I now get $900 per year for not using a spot = WooHoo more bicycle things. :rolleyes:

ahhh..... work..... oh yeah, that's why im here..... hmmmm, time to check the training & nutrition forum again......

work exists just to make sure that i get in two one-hour rides every day.
Well...It also helps to pay for the ride.

Like the slogan says: Work to live. Live to bike. Bike to work.

Well...It also helps to pay for the ride.

you'd think so...but i seemed to remember having 3 bikes when i was in college: a fixed gear, a lugged steel roadie (which i still own) and an all-rigid mtb.

but i made about 1/5 what i do now....and had way more time to ride. and drink.

Yeah... Reading bike forums is WAAAAAAY more interesting than figuring out what the heck is wrong with all the $@*(# software packages we're trying to integrate.

If they don't provide good enough work...

I heard a great speaker a few weeks ago. He said, open source software development WORKS. It does, there are many open source packages that are as good or better than commercial packages.

But NO ONE GETS PAID!!!

So why don't companies take a look at that model and say "Hey! Why don't we figure out how those guys get motivated, and try to motivate our employees?"

Because that's too much like work, and they're all out there reading BF. ;)

You people think you spend a lot of time at work on BF... think again.
Click members list, then sort by posts. You're not in the top 10! :p

man... the only good thing about work is the commute... although my boss is trying to find another job, and if he goes, I get promoted, and I CAN GET A NEW BIKE!!!q

omfgwtf.

I work as part of an outsourced contract for a typical big government company. I spend my day giving support to hundreds of people who are spoiled rotten by the gravy train they don't even appreciate (oh you wouldn't believe what these sods get!), all the while knowing that my taxes pay for it.

I now spend as little effort as I can working, and I'm only here for the money. I'm planning to leave in 6 months and escape society for a while.

News, The Onion, and Maddox can only keep me occupied for so long.

Thank heavens for Bike Forums :)

You people think you spend a lot of time at work on BF... think again.
Click members list, then sort by posts. You're not in the top 10! :p

just cuz we are not posting does not mean that we are not lurking

we just like to wait till we have something really interesting to write before we post :p

I work as part of an outsourced contract for a typical big government company. I spend my day giving support to hundreds of people who are spoiled rotten by the gravy train they don't even appreciate (oh you wouldn't believe what these sods get!), all the while knowing that my taxes pay for it.

I now spend as little effort as I can working, and I'm only here for the money. I'm planning to leave in 6 months and escape society for a while.

News, The Onion, and Maddox can only keep me occupied for so long.

Thank heavens for Bike Forums :)

Here's a couple more off the top of my head.
www.compfused.com
www.big-boys.net
www.ebaumsworld.com/index2.shtml
http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/
www.slashdot.org

I work as part of an outsourced contract for a typical big government company. I spend my day giving support to hundreds of people who are spoiled rotten by the gravy train they don't even appreciate (oh you wouldn't believe what these sods get!), all the while knowing that my taxes pay for it.

I now spend as little effort as I can working, and I'm only here for the money. I'm planning to leave in 6 months and escape society for a while.

News, The Onion, and Maddox can only keep me occupied for so long.

Thank heavens for Bike Forums :)

can you move me to holland and pay for my education?

I mostly come here before and after work. I guess I'm one of the few who is usually busy.

But then there are the slow days...

can you move me to holland and pay for my education?

I only serve my gravy train masters. I'm not one of them. Sorry, I need the money to buy my freedom :D

p.s. I have to say, without doubt, yours has to be the most suitable avatar I've seen on these forums yet.

Here's a couple more off the top of my head.
www.compfused.com
www.big-boys.net
www.ebaumsworld.com/index2.shtml
http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/
www.slashdot.org

you sick little monkey. With this I'm likely to achieve negative work output!

I only serve my gravy train masters. I'm not one of them. Sorry, I need the money to buy my freedom :D

p.s. I have to say, without doubt, yours has to be the most suitable avatar I've seen on these forums yet.


yes... i'm so like mr. burns with a death eye ray.

They recently upgraded the Internet abuse detection software at work... since I'm the only cyclist at work I have had to reduce my bikeforums surfing to home only (On a creaping slow dial-up!).

yes... i'm so like mr. burns with a death eye ray.

My thoughts exactly. It does seem to suit you.