Angry about today's club ride

[roguedog]

DUDE!

What a stupid a$$, arrogant mo. Where's the smiley with teeth/fangs??

This is with the yellow jackets? Seems so outta character for them and seems to go against their whole club philosophy.

[ace]

Yes, the OYJ is generally a great group. The thing with this leader is he really isn't a bad person, just lacking in empathy/sense or something. I think he thought he was paying us all a big compliment. He said a couple of times that this was the highest level beginner's group he's ever had, so I think he thought by having us ride the harder route, he was saying something positive about us. That's partly why this is so hard....I know he didn't mean any harm. But I really can't give him that degree of control over my life- just letting him decide what route we're going to do every week without conferring with anyone (and I know he'll do just that if the club president doesn't speak to him).

I think there's some conflict about the club philosophy. The leader said that the point of the Light group is to transition people to better groups. But it's a social riding club, not a competitive club, so I don't really see why if I want to keep riding shorter slower rides why I shouldn't be able to do that.

[mary9761]

DUDE!

What a stupid a$$, arrogant mo. Where's the smiley with teeth/fangs??

This is with the yellow jackets? Seems so outta character for them and seems to go against their whole club philosophy.

Here's a good one for this...

Then there is this one, but I think the first one is more appropriate.