Coworkers, and what they equate you to as a motorcyclist.

[corey]

So i get to work today, and get an email from my lady who also rode in today, and her workmates told her that she looked like THIS on her bike:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CCItnKrXvMM

and one more simply because it is amazing:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nvfnBlcfx2w


What do your coworkers equate YOU with as a motorcyclist?

[dropstharockalot]

Our Admin Assistant always says "You're such a bad ass" when I come in with my gear on.  Which always makes me think of this...

[Jarvicious]

My coworker (yeah, there's only one) think's I'm a "pansy" for riding "that little italian goober".  "What, did your scooter have trouble keeping up on that last run?".  In his defense, he has two Victorys and to Kawi dirt runners and I gotta say I'm pretty impressed with the Victorys.  Most other people just call me a bad ass becasue my jacket, helmet, and boots are all black.  I'm not going to argue with them.

[Bick]

She looks like Rex Smith? 

[KnightofNi]

i get that i look like a stormtrooper, a space hero, the black power ranger, one of the guys from battlestar galactica (i'm assuming they meant the cylons), and that i look bulletproof.


it's kinda funny when they start trying to come up with new ones.

[derby]

i get that i look like a stormtrooper, a space hero, the black power ranger, one of the guys from battlestar galactica (i'm assuming they meant the cylons), and that i look bulletproof.

i didn't know you were black...

[KnightofNi]

i didn't know you were black...

i'm not, that's kinda what makes it funny. i accuse them of being racist when they do it. 

my gear is mostly black. it doens't help that i wear dirt boots most of the time either.

[NuTTs]

i'm the nice guy who turns into a nutter.. apparently. I'm also that crazy engineer who races motorbikes. Now i'm known as that crazy engineer who gets run over on his motorcycle.

[somegirl]

I have one of my track photos as the wallpaper on my laptop, and customers are always asking if that is me.  They are usually quite impressed when I say yes.

[Grio]

The owner of the company used to call me "Motorcycle Mama" all the time until I explained to him that I really did not want to be refered to that way, especially at work.  He really had no idea why I wouldn't want to be thought of that way.

Here's google's #1 moto mama...not bad...just place a dollar in my boot as I pass by.

[ODrides]

EVERYBODY around here likes to make comments on rainy days.  Especially as I'm walking into work in the morning, clearly with no jacket or helmet: "You have the motorcycle today?"  "I hope you didn't ride today!"  "How's that Ducati in the rain?"  "Wet out there for a motorcycle, i'n it?"  Ok, yeah, no.  I drove my car.

[somegirl]

EVERYBODY around here likes to make comments on rainy days.  Especially as I'm walking into work in the morning, clearly with no jacket or helmet: "You have the motorcycle today?"  "I hope you didn't ride today!"  "How's that Ducati in the rain?"  "Wet out there for a motorcycle, i'n it?"  Ok, yeah, no.  I drove my car.

Funny, I'd get the opposite.  "I know you didn't ride in today" during a bad storm.  Um, actually I did, that's why I have dripping wet gear everywhere.

[ducpenguin]

Funny, I'd get the opposite.  "I know you didn't ride in today" during a bad storm.  Um, actually I did, that's why I have dripping wet gear everywhere.

It is even worse when it is a beautiful morning and that occasional super storm comes up in the afternoon as you are leaving...and coworkers say..."your'e gonna get wet out there"...How are you supposed to politically respond to that..."ummm...no shit genius"; or do you say "no, I will be ok...I have a bikini top".  The common sense of some people is baffeing!

[KnightofNi]

Funny, I'd get the opposite.  "I know you didn't ride in today" during a bad storm.  Um, actually I did, that's why I have dripping wet gear everywhere.

i get the same questions and commetns from the same people everytime.

sunny day = great day to be on the bike isn't it? aren't you lucky to be on the bike. have a good ride.

hot day = isn't it too hot to wear all that stuff? are you crazy?

rainy day = oh my god, how do you ride in that?  don't you know it's raining? are you crazy?

cloudy day = it's gonna rain, won't you get wet? are you crazy?

cold day = aren't you cold? do you realize what the temperature is? it's freezing out there! are you crazy?

snowing or threat of snow = just get a car already. aren't you cold? you ARE crazy!



i think the fact that i have my helmet and gear with me all but 4 days out of the year confuses people and they think i'm not actually riding on sub optimal days.
though i did get "i applaud what you are doing. it's better for the environment because bikes get better mileage than cars do." from one guy after he found out.

[Bick]

The only one I ever got re: weather was from the big boss (stores 5 of his ? Harleys at the office)

Low 30's one morning last winter -

"You are either the toughest or the dumbest SOB I have ever met"

I did not point out all the Gerbing hanging on the back of my door.  Just admitted it's probably a little of each.