Originally Posted by nashcommguy

Get yourself a cheap bicycle raincover from Performance, Nashbar, Bikepartsusa, etc. and a good u-lock that can be left attached to the bike rack. Then ride as you normally do. Make sure you've always got room for the bike cover and raingear in your panniers. Assuming you use panniers. If not invest in a set. And coat them w/Thompson's Watersealer...a triple coating w/a brush. Pay special attention to the seams. And still wrap clothing in plastic shopping or kitchen trash bags.

In a similar circumstance I appealed to the shift supervisor who said it could be stored inside as long as it wasn't a 'trip hazzard'. It was kept in the 'work station' breakroom. No one complained. Good luck.

Blue collar guys can be resentful of white collar guys for no good reason. Heck, politics seeps into every facet of the work enviornment. Factory workers have dreams like anyone else that are often thwarted by any number of circumtances. When they see someone doing something out of the box it threatens the 'status quo' in their minds and makes them feel insecure and diminished. The dude's jealous...jealous of your youth, jealous of your education, jealous of the freedom your bicycle represents. He's being a PITA for no other reason than but that he can. He's sad and pathetic.

Cover and lock your bike to the rack and go about the business of completing a successful internship. Let him have this battle. He lost the war years ago.