Employer not letting me ride to work
Hi there, quick question.
So I currently live 3 miles from my workplace. I should note that I work for Starbucks. I am a shift supervisor, and because of my job title, I sometimes have to take the money deposit to the local bank. The bank is 2 miles from the store. After discussion with my store manager and a brief talk with my district manager, I was told that I cannot commute to work by bike because I need "reliable" transportation to take the deposit to the bank. Is this legit? I challenged my manager to a race stating that I could in fact make it to the bank faster than by car.. thus ruling out the judgement that it would be too time consuming riding my bike.
Any thoughts or feedback would be great. I have a car.. I just feel that I would not only benefit myself by actually getting in some exercise commuting a whopping 6 miles to and from work, and in the chance that I need to take the deposit I could do that as well..
I could also bring up the fact that Starbucks is all about helping the environment... being "green" yadda yadda yadda.. hope to hear from some people soon!