Anywhere where other people are pushing shopping carts I will take my bike inside.

My question is this.... Assuming you don't stink like a dog, how many people ride to the dentist or doctor's office? I've been contemplating this for a while. I've got some favorable routes to these locations, but I will NOT leave my bike outside.

Along these lines:

Last week I got stung on the lip by a hornet or something. I wasn't sure what, but being allergic to bees and not having my kit with me, I was not taking any chances. I rerouted my commute past my primary physicians office just in case. By the time I got there I was showing significant swelling. It wasn't an emergency, but that isn't the point. I brought my bike inside. Nobody batted an eye. When it was time for my appointment I left it in the waiting room. The nurses said it would be fine right there. Nobody will steal it. When the doctor released me, he prescribed a couple Benedryl's, wrote me a new perscription for a bee sting kit, looked me directly in the eye and said ... "whatever you do don't stop riding that bike !!!"

I've got a blood test, annual physical, dental checkup and eye exam all in the next couple months. I think I might just give it a try. Afterall, if they say no, they loose the business. Sometimes it is easier the ask for forgiveness than permission ;>)

I'm thinking about starting a new thread titled "Are you a Mouth or Nose Breather?" I swear, had this thing stung me in the back of the throat, whatever it was, I'd be a dead man. It only missed by millimeters and I was in a fairly remote location.

P.S. I now have my bee sting kit in my backpack.

Matt