Gez73
Veteran
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25366998
Interesting read. Sorry if it's mentioned elsewhere, on my phone at work. Gez
Interesting read. Sorry if it's mentioned elsewhere, on my phone at work. Gez
so how employable does your riding make you?
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shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
I'm taking the "heel condom" idea...
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
What a rubbish article, it's just made up sudo science.
How does she know the bloke with no lights was a banker, he could have been doing any number of other jobs within the organisation. I would expect actual Bankers to be in the minority in a bank.
Why not follow everyone home and see how all employees drive their cars at the weekend? Or whether they shout at their wives and kids, or get drunk and use drugs. That will tell you more about them than how they ride a bike.
How does she know the bloke with no lights was a banker, he could have been doing any number of other jobs within the organisation. I would expect actual Bankers to be in the minority in a bank.
Why not follow everyone home and see how all employees drive their cars at the weekend? Or whether they shout at their wives and kids, or get drunk and use drugs. That will tell you more about them than how they ride a bike.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
I only shout abusive obscenities at drivers when I've been cut up. Apart from the potty mouth moments I'm quite calm. I might grumble about the cold though. I'd be ok anywhere in the warm and away from the road.
- Location
- Egham
Load of old twoddle. She should find herself a proper job, and then cycle accordingly...
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
GIve the girl a break. It's not pseudo-science, it's just a little opinion piece of the kind which the meeja likes to pay middle-class young people to write (and usually pay very little). I think she has a (very general) point, ie watch people doing something else and you will see things about them that you miss in interview.
I've interviewed many many people in my time and I think you can nearly always spot most issues, but if you were told: here are the riding patterns of 10 cyclists, which would you choose for x job?, then you could probably use the info pretty well. The way we behave when nobody's looking is pretty revealing...
I've interviewed many many people in my time and I think you can nearly always spot most issues, but if you were told: here are the riding patterns of 10 cyclists, which would you choose for x job?, then you could probably use the info pretty well. The way we behave when nobody's looking is pretty revealing...
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Gez73
Veteran
To be fair as cyclists we ourselves tend to judge drivers based on whatever preconception we have in relation to type of vehicle/occupation (taxi, builder etc) gender if that's your thing, etc. There's no reason not to apply the same nonsense judgements to cyclists based on the bike type, clothing, riding style etc. I quite enjoyed reading it and let's face it a rljing banker can only be a good thing..... eventually!
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Yes we do, but this woman has been paid by BBC licence holders to air the views we can hear in pub, workplace or wherever people meet
.Despite the smiley, I'm not really angry
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GuardTwin
Active Member
Even I do not agree on alot of this article she does have some good points such as the woman going over the red light which would stop me from hiring someone if I was a manager is a big point down. However you can say and do the same about other drivers, the ones who tailgate other drivers are not team leaders I could say and those who race people in a two to one lane are show offs of their powerful car which could just be a tipical thing that some drivers do because the one in front might be driving dangerously slow. Good personal opinions but not facts however I feel some managers do use this when you're asked "How would you travel here to work?" They asses how capable you are on getting from one place to another with the answer.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Pile of dross.
I know colleagues who are excellent workers, helpful and polite, but are selfish, aggressive bumholes behind the wheel. A person's driving or riding style tells you nothing about how they'll be as an employee. I am very chatty with other cyclists while out on the bike but at work I do what I can to get my job done with as little involvement with other people as possible.
GC
I know colleagues who are excellent workers, helpful and polite, but are selfish, aggressive bumholes behind the wheel. A person's driving or riding style tells you nothing about how they'll be as an employee. I am very chatty with other cyclists while out on the bike but at work I do what I can to get my job done with as little involvement with other people as possible.
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Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Mindless waffle. Par for the course with the BBC nowadays.
No, Lucy Kellaway is definitely one of the Good Guys - "Martin Lukes: Who Moved My Blackberry" is brilliant.
