Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
This is a fine state we are in: valuing our things more than our friends. Thinking that a request to ride your bike is rude.
This thread isn't about friends ... it's about colleagues and acquaintances.
Fortunately, the most my colleagues and acquaintances will ask to borrow might be an office pen.
They wouldn't have the audacity to stroll up to me and ask to ride one of my bicycles.