Whenever the weather is really nice in the afternoon, my office mates start asking me if I'm feeling sick. I have loads of unused sick time, so I have been claiming to be sick and leaving early to ride. Then the next day they smirkingly ask me if I'm feeling better. Hmmm, must come up with new strategy.
But you know, when everyone else is in work, the park and the roads are much less congested.
And by the way I can feel myself unwinding while I ride, i know i must be nicer to work with afterwards. I can almost imagine I'm doing everyone else a favor by bunking off.