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Commuting: Changing Clothes?
Anybody got some ins and outs on clothes changing?
I've been changing in the bathroom about 15' from my desk for the past year or so. Works for me.... But last week, some guy got noticeably bent out of shape over it. "We have a locker room downstairs, you know...." Locker room downstairs adds a good twenty minutes to the commute. Gotta get to my desk, retrieve the shoes/slacks I have stashed there, walk though the building dressed totally inappropriately, change in a locker room where the humidity is about 110%, then walk back upstairs to my desk. Works for lunchtime workouts where somebody's carrying it a all in a gym bag. Doesn't work for morning/evening commute. I'm guessing the guy's problem is that he wanted to use the crapper and found a full house - and one of them was changing clothes instead of reading the sports pages for a half hour. Anyhow... not to rant on and on... but does anybody have a workaround that works for them? -- PeteCresswell |
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"(PeteCresswell)" wrote: Anybody got some ins and outs on clothes changing? I've been changing in the bathroom about 15' from my desk for the past year or so. Works for me.... But last week, some guy got noticeably bent out of shape over it. "We have a locker room downstairs, you know...." Locker room downstairs adds a good twenty minutes to the commute. Gotta get to my desk, retrieve the shoes/slacks I have stashed there, walk though the building dressed totally inappropriately, change in a locker room where the humidity is about 110%, then walk back upstairs to my desk. Works for lunchtime workouts where somebody's carrying it a all in a gym bag. Doesn't work for morning/evening commute. I'm guessing the guy's problem is that he wanted to use the crapper and found a full house - and one of them was changing clothes instead of reading the sports pages for a half hour. Anyhow... not to rant on and on... but does anybody have a workaround that works for them? Wear a kilt at work. If the locker room is fairly close to the bike parking, bring your slacks with you on the bike (roll 'em up nice and tight, and they'll take little room and stay unwrinkled), and then change into your dress shoes at your desk. -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls." "In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them." |
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Pete Cresswell wrote:
But last week, some guy got noticeably bent out of shape over it. "We have a locker room downstairs, you know...." From an employers view/policy point I'd agree before the situation escalated into a "federal case". Example - Michigan recently passed legislation _requiring_ all businesses to provide rest room facilities, on demand. Obviously there's more to the story but the law stems from a person with IBS being denied access to a _non-public_ inner office rest room. Now the "bent guy" may just be taking issue with you. If you someday discover him squatting on your circular file with his drawers about his ankles, I'd consider that a vendetta. Best Regards - Mike Baldwin ps - is it any wonder Michigan is the nations leader in business closings and resulting job loss? |
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Per Michael Baldwin:
Example - Michigan recently passed legislation _requiring_ all businesses to provide rest room facilities, on demand. Obviously there's more to the story but the law stems from a person with IBS being denied access to a _non-public_ inner office rest room. When I lived in Philadelphia PA, people were constantly expressing outrage about other people defecating and urinating in public places. OTOH, working in Center City, my experience was that if you're outside of your office building and need bathroom facilities you're pretty much out of luck. OTOOH, at that time, the reason most people lived on the street was that they were mentally ill - and not the kind of people who would respect the facilities they used. Seems like a tough nut to crack. -- PeteCresswell |
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"(PeteCresswell)" wrote: Anybody got some ins and outs on clothes changing? I've been changing in the bathroom about 15' from my desk for the past year or so. Works for me.... But last week, some guy got noticeably bent out of shape over it. "We have a locker room downstairs, you know...." Locker room downstairs adds a good twenty minutes to the commute. Gotta get to my desk, retrieve the shoes/slacks I have stashed there, walk though the building dressed totally inappropriately, change in a locker room where the humidity is about 110%, then walk back upstairs to my desk. Works for lunchtime workouts where somebody's carrying it a all in a gym bag. Doesn't work for morning/evening commute. I'm guessing the guy's problem is that he wanted to use the crapper and found a full house - and one of them was changing clothes instead of reading the sports pages for a half hour. Anyhow... not to rant on and on... but does anybody have a workaround that works for them? Apologize whole heartedly. Promise to be out in two minutes. Finish the quick change where you find yourself. Do not explain to the guy that the locker room adds twenty minutes, as that will only increase his resolve to inconvenience you. -- Michael Press |
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Per Michael Press:
Apologize whole heartedly. Promise to be out in two minutes. Finish the quick change where you find yourself. Do not explain to the guy that the locker room adds twenty minutes, as that will only increase his resolve to inconvenience you. Rings true to me - but I was done and he was on the way out the door by the time it happened. I'm thinking about just changing outside of the stalls. Certainly can be done with just as much modesty as changing in the locker room - OTOH, I had considered that before and figured it was sure to offend somebody sooner or later. The safest/most logical suggestion so far seems tb bringing the slacks in every day and not changing shoes until I get back to my desk. Takes up the space I'd use for raincoat/pants... but maybe I need to re-think my saddle bag anyhow. -- PeteCresswell |
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On Oct 25, 8:02*pm, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
Anyhow... not to rant on and on... but does anybody have a workaround that works for them? Ignoring the impatient ones? Flush, and claim you were "multi tasking." |
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On Oct 25, 7:02*pm, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
Anybody got some ins and outs on clothes changing? I've been changing in the bathroom about 15' from my desk for the past year or so. * Works for me.... But last week, some guy got noticeably bent out of shape over it. "We have a locker room downstairs, you know...." Locker room downstairs adds a good twenty minutes to the commute. Gotta get to my desk, retrieve the shoes/slacks I have stashed there, walk though the building dressed totally inappropriately, change in a locker room where the humidity is about 110%, then walk back upstairs to my desk. Works for lunchtime workouts where somebody's carrying it a all in a gym bag. * Doesn't work for morning/evening commute. I'm guessing the guy's problem is that he wanted to use the crapper and found a full house - and one of them was changing clothes instead of reading the sports pages for a half hour. Anyhow... not to rant on and on... but does anybody have a workaround that works for them? -- PeteCresswell I use the only stall in the close bathroom too. My in house locker room is on the other side of the building. Not too inconvenient but it adds 3-4 minutes of walking. More room than the stall. I don't worry about being inappropriately dressed. |
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On Oct 25, 5:02*pm, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
Anybody got some ins and outs on clothes changing? I've been changing in the bathroom about 15' from my desk for the past year or so. * Works for me.... But last week, some guy got noticeably bent out of shape over it. "We have a locker room downstairs, you know...." Locker room downstairs adds a good twenty minutes to the commute. Gotta get to my desk, retrieve the shoes/slacks I have stashed there, walk though the building dressed totally inappropriately, change in a locker room where the humidity is about 110%, then walk back upstairs to my desk. Works for lunchtime workouts where somebody's carrying it a all in a gym bag. * Doesn't work for morning/evening commute. I'm guessing the guy's problem is that he wanted to use the crapper and found a full house - and one of them was changing clothes instead of reading the sports pages for a half hour. Anyhow... not to rant on and on... but does anybody have a workaround that works for them? -- PeteCresswell Is this guy in a position to screw with you professionally? If so, I don't see that you have much choice but to comply. If not, why do you care what he says? |
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Per Dave:
Is this guy in a position to screw with you professionally? If so, I don't see that you have much choice but to comply. If not, why do you care what he says? Probably not. But, in the words of one of my esteemed ex-colleagues, I don't sell application dev elopement, I sell happiness - and knowing that I'm agitating somebody to that degree eats at me. I don't really give a damn about the other guy - it's my own peace of mind I'm concerned with. -- PeteCresswell |
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