Quote Originally Posted by Red Rock View Post
I had a conversation with a work colleague about all of this last week. I told her that I was a hiker and cyclist. When I mentioned that, katy bar the door..here she came with how cyclists should not be in the road. She new of a cyclist who was in the road or on the edge of the road and was clipped by a car/truck and killed in Moab. When she started going off on all of this my head could not keep the pace as to how to repond. I did think of everyone hear and how this was a teachable moment. She was saying how cyclists should use the sidewalks that is what they are made for. Then she said something to the effect of how cyclists should pay for the right to use the road. At that point, I had had it. I was fumming inside and did not know how to make it a "good" disscussion without there being problems. So I did not really say much to her comments. I think I was in total shock mostly. I have never spoken with anyone who was so against cyclists. I thought I was in a religious or polical debate.

I came home and told my DH about it and he was glad I did not totally respond.

If it happens again, I do not know what to say to someone who already has their mind made up and is not going to change.

Red Rock
No use arguing with an idiot. Just a big waste of time.