Originally Posted by
green427
About 8 years ago I commuted to work 2 times a week. The first few weeks were horrendous. I have to walk through the building to get to my office, and it is a gauntlet of people hooting & hollering, laughing, and pinching my ass because I am wearing what they call "gay pants" and a hi-viz shirt/jacket. I am a very patient man, but I have my limits. Yeah, I tell them to go screw themselves, etc, but the constant snickering can make my blood boil.
When I ride my motorcycles to work, it is the same thing, all making fun of my safety gear. All think I am a wuss for wearing helmets on all rides. No one seems to understand why anyone would need to wear a bicycle helmet.
My plan is to commute, try to ignore the insults, and lose about 20 lbs in the next 6 months. If that happens, I probably will rub it in the morons' faces.
Any stories of co-workers hounding you when you arrive or leave the office?
Where I work, no one gives me any grief at all for riding to work. No one even mentions it, because no one really cares how any of us got here. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that bicycles are fairly common here, but it might also be due to the fact that I wear 'normal' (non-cycling) clothes when I ride. It might also have a huge amount to do with the fact that what we mostly talk and think about is the actual job.
It looks like it might be your wardrobe more than anything else. Change it and see what happens.