"People in Oregon must be poor."

[shootingstar]

It's interesting to see the reaction of university-educated foreign workers that we have direct from Philippines, India...who are from countries..where cycling is still associated with less money /class...

There are 6 Filipinos, perfectly healthy...who wait around to get a car ride from near where I get off at the bus stop in my long commute. Their car ride is to the work site...it is a 15 minute walk. One of them thought our company should as a courtesy, arrange shuttle bus service. The business manager told them to walk or bike..which offended them.

Now, it's not the prettiest walk, but getting better each month with more paved road and sidewalk for walking as construction progresses. You walk along and face some construction cranes, do see a whole line of mountains ahead of you as sun rises.

On the other hand, there are some German female workers who bike down that road...some without helmets.

There are times I do feel a twinge of low-class whatever...since I am probably one of the very few employees (probably less than 5) out of 200 employees in total, who walk to a bus stop to take a bus. Such twinges come when the weather is wet and it's muddy out. Stupid, eh?