Quote Originally Posted by KathiCville View Post
Feeling backed into a corner on a volunteer effort is definitely no fun! ....Is it possible that your officemates are really (if awkwardly) paying you a compliment? If they're not serious cyclists themselves---particularly not daily commuters----they probably see you as so capable and passionate about riding that they assume you welcome any and all opportunities to bike. (The gal waving the clipboard in your face is possibly an exception, LOL!)........
A backwards compliment ...I guess.. The insane thing is that no one at work has actually seen me on bike..because I have to leave my bike midpoint in my huge commute and get back on commuter train, then bus and walk. I WALK in my cycling gear and carry my pannier for 15 min. each to and from work site to get to bus. I pick up my bike from locked area and cycle home. It's a fitness, destressing thing..y'all know that!

Thx, folks..I thought I was being graceless and grumpy at them. But no, corporate team-bonding can get abit too much. I'm in a contract job that will be finish at end of next year. Many of these people are ex-pats, from overseas on work visas..I wouldn't choose them as friends outside of work, anyway. (I have kept just a few long-term friends from other workplaces...which doesn't mean I don't believe in possible friendships growing. But I choose work-related friends abit more carefully.)

I sent by email to them yesterday late afternoon, some links to my personal web pg. of some self-loaded touring rides here in southern B.C.. photos taken across several different years and locations. Just proof that I genuinely AM on the bike and do like doing/can do distances.