BIKE: NEVERMIND Showers at Work

[D'Amico]

Never mind on the city question...saw Colly's post on
COA now having a project manager. Good news.

--- D'Amico <damicoaustin> wrote:

> On another issue (and I apologize if this has come
> up
> before, since I haven't been able to follow the list
> for awhile) has anyone heard any new news on the
> federal grant money the city has (upwards of
> $400,000
> at last check) for construction of showers/lockers
> in
> area businesses?
> 
> Dupriest got this money a long time ago and it
> languished unspent...last time I pressed Austan
> Librach about it in April, he said the city didn't
> have the manpower needed to spend the money...which
> was the case, he said, with a lot of grant money.
> 
> Pretty ridiculous. I'm out of the transportation
> game,
> so I haven't kept tabs on what progressed, if
> anything.
> 
> 
> 
> --- Mike Dahmus <mdahmus> wrote:
> 
> > Lane,
> > 
> > I was commenting on the general idea - that all
> one
> > had to do was ask 
> > their coworkers if they were stinky. If you think
> > that's reliable enough 
> > to be worth affecting your work relationships,
> then
> > I don't know if we 
> > can bridge this divide - because I think it's not
> > (reliable enough) in 
> > most cases from personal experience (i.e. I've
> > worked with people who 
> > were stinky, and never told them about it).
> > 
> > This is very different from accusing you,
> > personally, of being stinky. 
> > Had I meant to do that, I'd definitely have
> deserved
> > a diatribe like 
> > this one!
> > 
> > - MD
> > 
> > Lane S. Wimberley wrote:
> > 
> > >Fairly presumptuous of you, Mike, to assume that
> I
> > or anyone else is
> > >deluded, or that my (or anyone else's) coworkers
> > are somehow dishonest
> > >in this regard.  I can absolutely guarantee that
> > neither is true in my
> > >case.  I *know* that I am fully presentable while
> > at work (in my
> > >office job, casual as it is), as I *know* that
> both
> > my boss and my
> > >coworkers would definitely let me know if this
> were
> > not the case (as
> > >they have on other rare occassions, not related
> to
> > biking, etc.).
> > >Over five years, there have been innumerable
> > opportunities for me to
> > >learn from trusted others that I stink or am
> > otherwise unpresentable,
> > >including from my wife and kids, and it just
> hasn't
> > happened.
> > >
> > >Do you think my boss would let me meet with
> clients
> > and business
> > >partners if he thought I were not presentable? 
> Do
> > you suspect him (and
> > >the rest of our executive management) of bad
> > business sense?
> > >
> > >And, for the record, I'm a pretty sweaty mo-fo on
> > the bike myself.
> > >
> > >(funny story: one of the very few times I had any
> > sort of aroma issues
> > >at work was one rainy day when, pleased with
> myself
> > for my creativity,
> > >I thought I'd dry my wet socks on my warm
> computer
> > monitor.  WARNING:
> > >do not do this!  I don't know the physics, but
> > suffice to say that my
> > >coworkers made me promise to never do this
> again.)
> > >
> > >As I said, my suggestion may not work for
> everyone.
> >  If your job
> > >requires you to be prim and proper in a pressed,
> > starched suit, gleam
> > >in eye, sparkle in tooth, and reeking obnoxiously
> > of cologne, then a
> > >shower may be an absolute must.  Fair enough.  On
> > the other hand (and,
> > >this is the reason I mentioned it in the first
> > place), there may be
> > >some for whom my suggestion will work, and who
> may
> > not have otherwise
> > >considered it or believed that it might work for
> > them.
> > >
> > >Unrealistic advice?  Well, your mileage may vary,
> I
> > suppose.
> > >
> > >All this is not to say that the bus
> recommendation
> > is not a good one.
> > >
> > >Pondering whether Mike's issues might be
> > diet-related,
> > >
> > >-Lane
> > >
> > >Mike Dahmus writes:
> > >  
> > >
> > >>I'll dissent,. Not only am I way too sweaty to
> > make a full ride in 
> > >>"undetectible" most of the year, I'll bet most
> of
> > you are too, but your 
> > >>coworkers would never tell you (how do you tell
> > somebody when they 
> > >>stink? even when they ask, most people would lie
> > and say you're fine - I 
> > >>know I wouldn't want to go on the record telling
> a
> > coworker that they're 
> > >>stinky even if they asked).
> > >>
> > >>I second the bus recommendation. Take the bus in
> > the morning, ride home.
> > >>
> > >>I'll be riding in fully in the mornings some
> more
> > this year, but I'm not 
> > >>going to fool myself into thinking that
> > >>
> > >>a) I don't stink
> > >>and
> > >>b) my coworkers would tell me if I did
> > >>
> > >>Trick for me is that I'm willing to accept some
> > stink as the price to 
> > >>pay here, and I work in a very very casual
> field.
> > I think people need to 
> > >>give realistic advice on this subject and not
> > sugarcoat things, though.
> > >>
> > >>- MD
> > >>
> > >>cjwyche wrote:
> > >>
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>I concur. I biked 7 miles from downtown out 290
> > at 
> > >>>JohnnyMorris rd. I would ride in shorts &
> > t-shirt, carrying 
> > >>>work outfit in my pannier. In the restroom I
> > would 
> > >>>cool my face and hands, disrobe, paper towel
> off,
> > don my 
> > >>>work clothes, stick the discards in a plastic
> > bag, comb 
> > >>>hair, and emerge. 3 to 5 minutes in there.
> > >>>
> > >>>Over 2 years I never had a complaint or even a
> > raised 
> > >>>eyebrow.
> > >>>
> > >>>On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Lane S. Wimberley wrote:
> > >>> 
> > >>>
> > >>>      
> > >>>
> > >>>>[SNIP]
> > >>>>While many people find it hard to imagine bike
> > commuting without
> 
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=====
woof...woof woof. Hisssssssss. Grrrrrrr.
D'Amico
damico
http://www.damicoaustin.com


		
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