|
Wow, why do so many people hate on factory workers? Yay classism? WTF.
Lock your bike up outside and go to work like a normal person. Your bike isn't nearly as special to anyone but you. Some new kid showing up and assuming he can use any space he likes to lock up his bike is presumptuous too, so you'd do well to ask before assuming you can do something. |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
For an engineering intern, you're not being very creative.
Here's what you do: brainstorm 30 solutions to your problem, don't judge anything, just generate lots of ideas. Estasblish your selection criteria (cost, ease of use, available materials, etc). Match your ideas to your criteria. Combine ideas to get the best possible solution. Identify objections to your solution. Generate 20 more ideas. combine the new ideas with the solution from above to eliminate objections. repeat until you have something you can live with. Do this through our your engineering career and find success. |
Quote:
And as others have mentioned, your defeatist attitude could hamper you in the future, especially in the corporate world. |
Quote:
And to the OP: HTFU and get a beater bike. |
Quote:
I, too, found offense in nashcommguys inference that "factory workers" were knuckle dragging, vindictive losers. Edu-elitist claptrap. |
What helped me:
1. scratch up your bike 2. enjoy riding without worry on your now non-perfect bike it's the first scratch that hurts, once you're over that you'll be able to park outside |
Quote:
That way it looks like a beater, and you can always remove it later with water and soap. |
Quote:
|
I know Phil. The pettiness of our workmates is disappointing. Likely a bike hater.. Is the environment outside all that hostile to bikes. Crime wise, etc.. A couple locks can secure all your bikes' components.. Plus maybe a drop cloth that folds. I can understand though. I have to know my bike is secure when its out of sight..
Are you sure your management has made this an open shut case.. No further discussions are to be tolerated. ? Maybe other remedies are possible. I kept my bike locked up in the basement of my work place , where no one frequents. No one objected. I suspect large Calif employers welcome bike commuters for one reason.. Calif air control laws encourage alternative transportation.. Bike commuters gave my employer some kind of credit with state air monitoring agencies. I know they kept records of those who did not drive to work for what ever purposes. The most common being those who car pooled to work. |
Not sure what industry you work in, but I'll give you a little insight. I used to the be a superintendent at a chemical factory on the east coast (I'll let you guess the state :). Anyway, never in my life had I seen such a group of entitled individuals. The worker simply complained because he found something to complain about. The fact that the bike was being stored in an unused room made no difference - logic and reason do not prevail, here.
Your solutions have been outlined, I think: See if you can store the bike at your desk; buy a folder; buy a beater and keep it outside (this is the option I'd chose - always a good reason to get another bike!) |
Quote:
|
This is one of those times I get really caught off guard by the responses to a post. My reaction was, man that's a bummer-- I feel for you! I know I much prefer to leave my bike inside. I totally understand how that gets you down temporarily... but if I had to leave a bike I liked outside I think I'd probably lock the front and back wheels separately, take off the seat, and put something over the bike when it rains or snows. As far as the classism and stuff, umm, I'm not seeing that...
|
Wow this thread reminds me of this...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/8e6c/images/2070/ Its too bad your last few weeks you will end up driving your car, but I can't blame you for not wanting to find a solution to a problem thats pretty short-term. If it was me I would have not brought my bike inside without asking if it was ok with someone first, but maybe the way everything was set up logistically it wasn't a big deal. Someone else mentioned that it could have been stolen from the coat room and thats a legit concern. |
Quote:
If you really must use the locker, tell them so, but be reasonable (i.e. ask if you can put it somewhere where it doesn't bother the guy who complained). If they fire you for bringing a bike into a coat room then you have to ask is it really a place where you want to work? |
I had a similar thing yesterday - one of the building maintenance people told me I can't bring my bike in the building (2 or 3 people including myself have been doing it for years... it's a 9 story building with 5 elevator shafts - not exactly crowded) and "didn't you see the memo from 2 weeks ago?". He was only around because there was water leaking into the cube next to mine from the ceiling...
Anyway, I talked to 2 of my seniors (who are employed by the same party that leases the building) and they were flabbergasted (I bike with both of them occasionally on weekends) and confirmed they'd seen no such memo, and said to ignore the guy. So I did. There is a garage with a rack downstairs but I don't want to lock up my bike. If I have to I can. |
| All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:04 AM. |
Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.