"Cycling is a risky business"

memsley89

So this morning, whilst stopping mid-commute to drop a couple of parcels off at the post office (in full cycling attire) I was given the usual plethora of questions and additional services... when do I want it to arrive/ how much is it worth/ would I like any stamps/ any cashback/ any other services?

The final question got me... Would you like any life insurance? I answered No.
It wasn't the act of asking, I understand they make their money from the extras, it was the comment of "Are you sure you don't want life insurance... you know cycling is a risky business?"

How would you guys have responded? I was dumb-struck!

EKE_38BPM

D-lock the fucker?

cyclingprop

EKE_38BPM wrote:

D-lock the ******?

I'd let EKE respond on my behalf.

rubertoe

I'd have asked for a statistical breakdown of why cycling is any more dangerous than driving a car or walking on the pavement and when they failed to produce the evidence, I would have D-locked the C***.

rjsterry

I've filled out various life and critical illness/injury insurance questionnaires, and I've never seen a question asking if I ride a bike. If insurers, with their wealth of statistical evidence, reckon it's not worth worrying about, then that's good enough for me.

kelsen

I would have responded:

"Are you sure you don't want life insurance... you know cycling is a risky business?"

"Only if you're not wearing a helmet"

Ben6899

"Sometimes you just have to say 'F*** it'."

rolf_f

Or you just accept the fact that yes, ultimately, cycling does raise your risk exposure and that whilst being hassled by salespeople is irritating at the best of times, this was at least a reasonable sales line.

pdw

"Not as risky as not cycling."

kelsen

Or respond "How about you? Have you got life insurance? Working as a post office clerk is a risky business as well y'know"

...and punch them in the face.

Hoopdriver

Rolf F wrote:

Or you just accept the fact that yes, ultimately, cycling does raise your risk exposure and that whilst being hassled by salespeople is irritating at the best of times, this was at least a reasonable sales line.

Some and some. While it can be argued that cycling - indeed any sport - raises your risk factor in terms of an accident or injury, the health giving benefits would offset this to quite a significant degree.

daviesee

"Good point. Maybe I should become a fat lard ass couch potato like you and die early by heart attack".

Maybe.

rolf_f

Hoopdriver wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

Or you just accept the fact that yes, ultimately, cycling does raise your risk exposure and that whilst being hassled by salespeople is irritating at the best of times, this was at least a reasonable sales line.

Some and some. While it can be argued that cycling - indeed any sport - raises your risk factor in terms of an accident or injury, the health giving benefits would offset this to quite a significant degree.

Absolutely - but that still leads to a logical potential for insurance cover. But obviously, the PO salesperson could equally be habitually asking fat bloaters if they have adequate heart attack cover. Personalised approach of the true, professional salesperson

mtb-idle

my usual response is "statistically most accidents happen in the home so I'm actually safer being outside"

vermin

No thank you.

Incidentally, as I walked into the office one day last week, a very pretty young lady with a clipboard noted that I looked like a cyclist (I was dressed head to toe in wet lycra and was wearing a helmet) and asked if I wished to make a will. I thanked her for her kind offer, but declined and carried on my way. It was only later that I began to wonder if it had actually been a thinly veiled threat.

kelsen

vermin wrote:

It was only later that I began to wonder if it had actually been a thinly veiled threat.

Depends, were you wearing white lycra? You know what happens when that gets wet!

Oh, and stop bragging.

spen666

I blame Wiggle

Ben6899

Ben6899 wrote:

"Sometimes you just have to say 'F*** it'."

Nobody got the reference? I am disappoint.

Agent57

EKE_38BPM wrote:

D-lock the ******?

You can't spell ****.

kelsen

Agent57 wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

D-lock the ******?

You can't spell ****.

He said ******, not ****!

:roll:

Agent57

But everyone know's it's D-lock the ****! ¬.¬

EKE_38BPM

I wrote "fucker", not "cunt". I thought "cunt" a bit rude considering we have women on the forum and we don't want another "Girls in..." fiasco.