Things at work that make you want to ride your bike

DonDaddyD
DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
edited December 2008 in Commuting chat
Ok, so I'm at work tired and waiting for Friday to fold into my weekend 4:59pm.

I've got a headache.

The managers in my office are out so yes the mice will play. What they've decided to play with is the stereo. Oh yes, I've got nothing but christmas jingles blazing into my ears!

All I want to do is walk out, get on my bike and ride around the block several thousand times.

So I put it to you all what are the things that happen at work that make you want to pack up shop, unlock your bike and ride and keep riding?
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  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    Work generally, to be honest...
    :lol:
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Not things at work so much as people at work, people who skipped the "basic common sense" lessons as school.

    Like the ones who can't follow the simplest of instructions. When i'm at a loss how to simplify it any further. Which bit of step 5, "click the big OK button", are you struggling with?!
  • We're currently pitching for a massive advisory thing, so the whole office from the big cheeses down to the PAs are doing data entry.

    I am not a huge fan of data entry. :(
  • Asides from the general work I'd say it is the other people in the office generally.
    As i_j has said some people can really grate on you!, especially with stupid questions!

    I had one guy yesterday who was sitting next to me while I was trying to figure out what the hell he'd done to cock his laptop up, all the while offering up useless comments and fiddling with bits on MY desk :evil:

    Nothing like a good ride on the bike to un-wind!
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Arriving in the morning.
  • e999sam
    e999sam Posts: 426
    It can take 15 mins to just get out of our car park in a car.
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Being able to see it.
  • Mithras
    Mithras Posts: 428
    Luckily enough for me, I get to ride my bike at work.......... 8)
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  • So I put it to you all what are the things that happen at work that make you want to pack up shop, unlock your bike and ride and keep riding?
    everything. the very concept of work makes me want to ride my bike. I make up for it by riding to and from work, and spending all my day on cycling websites :)
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    I'm sensing high levels of job satisfaction here :lol:
  • Riding is therapy. Riding is a stress buster. Riding is Zen.

    I attend meetings where our big cheeses forget I'm not one of them. The way they speak about and treat the staff is shocking - and then they moan about the staff having a "them and us" attitude :shock: :!: :!: sometimes I get out of those meetings and just want to go down to the basement, unleash the bike and ride forever.

    The colleagues nearest to me while nice people are a real moaning lot and that gets me down as well

    Getting on the bike at the end of a hard day is great. I shart the 11 miles like an enraged Rambo and get home like a Zen master
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  • Hi there.

    Work is just the bit in the middle between bike rides, no?

    Cheers, Andy
  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    I work so little that I have just about enough time to recover there before I swan home again.
    :D
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  • hisoka
    hisoka Posts: 541
    People on the phone who can't understand how to "press the right rubber button" on a laptop in order to right click. After 15 minutes of explaining I had to get his boss to do it, which meant another 5 minutes explaining.
    20 minutes riding at those energy/stress levels and I would have made it right to town, and the pub!
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