in our office everyone bikes or commutes by transit. on extremely bad weather days, the ones who get razzed are the ones that did not bike in...

Wanna trade?
Most folks I work with think that bikes are kids' toys and/or annoyances in public streets.

I was thinking I should have added something like "I hate to say I agree with Chip again....", maybe I should ad that to my signature.

If you have a problem with what some of your coworkers are saying or doing, you need to speak to them. Either kindly have a word, or make a directive, your call.

But also start a paperwork trail and talk to your supervisor about what happened and what you did. If he is part of the problem then go to HR or whomever. Just document it.

The "good-ol-boy" networks can be trouble. If you are perceived as an "outsider" of those networks your job can be twice as hard and in jeopardy. Just keep the documentation in case they want to let you go for some made up reason and then deny you unemployment benefits.

More importantly, I have a question about this Penis Mightier you're advertising. Does it really work? Because you're sitting on a gold mine, Trebek.

Personally,I don't give a rats ass what other people say to me,but if your stupid enough to touch me,then we have a problem and it's about to be cured.

If some dude pinches my ass,I'll break his finger off.If some girl pinches my ass,I'll tell her to go get her friends or something.....

Hate to break the news but spandex riding shorts DO look gay....LOL!There comfortable but they are not the most stylish things on the planet.

I had a guy pinch my butt once, joking around. When I grabbed him, turned him around and started dry-humping him and licking his ear, he got the message, and I got the bigger laugh.

Sometimes you just gotta fight fire with fire...

That's what your mother said last night!

Wouldn't the pants have to be super stylish for it to "look gay"?

But of course, m'dear - instill fear early and often!

or with crazy

You guys got all wrong. It ain't that it looks gay. It's the diaper. Everyone wants to pat a baby's ass, right?

A lot may have changed in 8 years.

• Gas is more expensive and traffic is worse.
• More companies have been sued for that exact type of behavior.
• Office bullying is now a recognized form of misbehavior.
• "Gay" as a derogatory term is not nearly as accepted.

I wouldn't worry.

My exit line is, "OK...Time to take off my pants and go home!"

Oddly and disappointing enough, I find the appearance of my helmet plays a SIGNIFICANT role in how people react to me.
When I first starting bicycling to school in 2007, I wore an old helmet from the mid-90's round design. The number of harassment wasn't much but still some bad interaction with motorists were there.

Once I switch to a Bell Sweep, I was mistaken as a cop for SIX TIMES within a year, and ZERO bad interaction with motorist...

In any "corporate" work place you'd get fired in a heartbeat if you used "gay" as a generic derogatory term.


as for the OP.. choices are

1. ignore it
2. joke along with them
3. tell them to STFU and GBTW (either nicely, very aggressively.. your choice..)
4. complain to management
5. talk to a lawyer or some other 3rd party
6. quit

i'd pick 1-3.. 2 probably is the least stressful.

if you show it obviously bothers you, they will just keep doing it because your reaction is the fun part. unless you go hardcore on them.

the ass pinching is definitely over the line though.. if he does it again an easy response would be something like "damn bro you can't keep your hands off my ass can you? "

Interesting, though it would take a lot to get me to wear a helmet quite that ugly. It makes your head look like an avocado. It also doesn't look like it has a mounting point for a blinkie. I'll stick with my Metro.

In my office I'm the only woman who rides to work, so the guys respect my commuting even if they don't do it themselves. I've gotten some incredulous what-are-you-crazy? looks from some of the other women when I've ridden in the winter time, complete with the lip curled in scorn. I suppose they think I'm extremely eccentric, especially since I'm not really into fashion and hairdos and makeup at all. (After 52 summers on the planet, I'm done with that stuff.)
I'm inclined to agree with the posters who think a change of job is in order. I know it's not a great time to be looking for work, but it might not be a bad idea to start getting some resumes out.

Ah yes my chaps.. the ribbing.. the teasing. Videe well me brother.. videe well.

However, these days I crawl up through the garbage chute. Once inside I shimmy along on my belly like a secret operative until I make it to the janitors room. It's in there where I change into my 3 piece executive suit and walk confidently with head held high to my office suite.

The end of the work day is basically a reversal. I walk confidently, with the utmost importance down the hall.. head held high. However, instead of going down the elevator to my BMW, Jaguar, Porsche, etc. like the rest of the Execs I check my watch doing a, "Pardon me.. I'll take the next one down.. I left my Rolex back in the office."

Elevator doors close and I run full sprint back down the hall, dive down to my belly and shimmy my way into the janitors room where I change back into cycling attire then it's headfirst down the garbage chute ending with a large "WHAM!" when my head hits the bottom of the dumpster outside.

On the rare days when I drive to work people ask: "You have a car?"

When they make the obligatory Lance comparison I compare them to either Danica Patrick or to Dale Earnhardt, depending on their gender.

That explains it.

pfft...I don't hide it from the other execs....I make fun of THEM for being a bunch o wussies.

I have sometimes found that being thought crazy is not necessarily a bad thing. YMMV.

I suppose a light hearted comment about reporting them to HR would work, then walk to HR and report them. They want their job more than they want to make fun of you for wearing Lycra and chamois. ...or you could ask them out on a date, they might say yes.

Seriously though, before you enter the building whip a cucumber out of your pack and stuff it down the front of your bike shorts.

If they tease then tell them to shut up or your gonna smack em in the face with your PX10inch