REJECTED! Is this weird or is it me

[WhiteStripe]

I ride for my own reasons which i am sure 99% of the people here understand and share.  Being part of a 'group' or 'scene' is not even a consideration to me.

That said, i commute most days to my office.  Not a bad commute, but dealing with Boston-area rush hour traffic and colder weather its not for everyone.  Three other riders in my professional building commute many days - a GSX and a Yamaha R somehting.  I have never met either rider, but always felt a kind of brotherhood.  Each morning we park our bikes in the same spot.

This morning, waiting in traffic on the highway the GSX pulls into traffic behind me - i recognize the bike and we ride in the last 15 minutes together.  Pulling into the garage i a, thinking "great, get to meet this guy (or girl) and say hi".  Not looking to be best friends, just share an acknowledgement of the cold ride and crazy traffic.

I pull into the garage first and ride around the long way as i do each morning so that i face out to leave.  The GSX takes the short route, cuts in front of me and parks in the protected spot that i park in EVERY DAY. 

Mildly annoyed, i think whatever the garage is huge and empty and pull up right next to him looking forward to saying hello.  The guy gets off his bike and starts walking to the elevator with his helmet on, without the slightest acknowledgement.  I get off, unbuckle and head for the elevator.

As I am about 10 feet from the door it starts to close.  We make eye contact and he lets the door close on me...

I just stood there, feeling like the dorky guy rejected by the popular girl at the 7th grade dance.

Just seems weird to me that you wouldn't take literally 20 seconds to say hello to another rider in your building.  Maybe its me?

[swampduc]

You live in the NE right? Shouldn't you be used to that behavior by now? 

Sounds pretty rude to me, but whaddayagonnado?

[Slide Panda]

Well... seems like the other dude is just a douche. Removing the fellow rider element from the situation, he's rude enough to just let the elevator just close in your face.  Perhaps he's not worth meeting... Or he might have just had a crap commute and was angry at the world... NE traffic will do that to a body...

[DesmoDiva]

Don't take it personally.

As Yuu said, if that is an example of his normal behavior maybe you're better off not meeting him.

[trpletme]

Sounds like you were rejected by a MASSHOLE, which you are not.

[motoboy]

I would have yelled out............"HEY CHIEF, THANKS ALOT" 

[BastrdHK]

Give him another chance.....might have been a really bad day. 

Sometimes you just have to use a chainsaw to break the ice!  [moto]

[causeofkaos]

if it were me i would goto work early and waite by the elevator to return the favour, even if it took a month!!!
i keed i keed.

[Frosty_spl]

What a douche!

I always say HI to the Triumph cruiser rider in my building.

[somegirl]

I agree it seems odd and rude.  Hopefully it was just that he was having a bad day.

[junior varsity]

shit, that's weird. i'd have attempted to strike up a conversation, and see if there might be a regular friday lunch group for the guys/gals that ride.

maybe bad day, maybe late, maybe stressed about a project, maybe you forgot to bathe, who knows. maybe just a d'bag.

[yamifixer]

You live in the NE right? Shouldn't you be used to that behavior by now? 

After 20 years in CT sounds about right. Sad but true.

[teddy037.2]

pee on his tire.


that solves everything

[Boog]

pee on his tire.


that solves everything

I always found pissing down the exhaust much more satisfying. But whatever works.  Just don't get to close to a hot exhaust. It hurts like hell and people look at you funny.

[WhiteStripe]

I always found pissing down the exhaust much more satisfying. But whatever works.  Just don't get to close to a hot exhaust. It hurts like hell and people look at you funny.

this has me chuckling.  Debating in my head the merits of hot vs. cold...