Pedestrians are people too

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  • May 4, 2015 at 12:42 pm #916791
    Rootchopper
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    A co-worker was walking down the Custis Trail near the Intersection of Doom last week. This happened:

    “I have a gripe/question about the biking community in DC. This morning when I was walking from key bridge Marriott into work I passed a man giving out free high fives near the counting station that counts the bikes. He had a sign and everything. He was smiling at and offering high fives to all the bikers but nothing for a walker! I could have used a high five this morning! :) does the biking community discriminate against walkers?!?!”

    From my perspective the high fives were free and you get what you pay for.

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  • May 4, 2015 at 1:26 pm #1029271
    Henry
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    @Rootchopper 114985 wrote:

    A co-worker was walking down the Custis Trail near the Intersection of Doom last week. This happened:

    “I have a gripe/question about the biking community in DC. This morning when I was walking from key bridge Marriott into work I passed a man giving out free high fives near the counting station that counts the bikes. He had a sign and everything. He was smiling at and offering high fives to all the bikers but nothing for a walker! I could have used a high five this morning! :) does the biking community discriminate against walkers?!?!”

    From my perspective the high fives were free and you get what you pay for.

    I was the Smiling Man giving the Free Highs, along with my BikeArlington Colleague Erin. Early in our stint along the trail, we had a jogger do a Crazy Ivan to come across the trail to get a Free High Five and nearly caused a cyclist to crash. So we scaled back a little to not create hazards. But if we could so safely, we high-fived everybody.

    I can’t speak to the situation of when your co-worker happened by, but my guess it had something to with crowded trail conditions. Since I was mostly taking pictures, the one time I handed the camera to Erin so I could do some high-fives, I know there was a steady stream of cyclists coming by.

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    Please let your co-worker know that we do not discriminate and will happily deliver a high-five to him/her. I will be down at Gateway Park on BtWD on May 15 and if they come by they can get TWO free high fives and maybe even a hug.

    May 4, 2015 at 1:29 pm #1029272
    baiskeli
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    @Henry 114990 wrote:

    TWO free high fives

    = one high ten.

    May 4, 2015 at 1:30 pm #1029273
    baiskeli
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    I tried to get a down low, but I was too slow.

    May 4, 2015 at 1:51 pm #1029274
    Steve O
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    @Henry 114990 wrote:

    . . . and maybe even a hug.

    From you?. . . .or Erin?

    Rootchopper will probably want to know that info to pass along to his co-worker.

    May 4, 2015 at 2:18 pm #1029276
    Dickie
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    Pretty sure that’s Me, Dana, and Consularrider in the first pick. Thanks for the high five Henry!

    May 4, 2015 at 2:24 pm #1029277
    Henry
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    @Steve O 114993 wrote:

    From you?. . . .or Erin?

    Rootchopper will probably want to know that info to pass along to his co-worker.

    Only speaking for myself.

    May 4, 2015 at 3:11 pm #1029283
    runbike
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    I ran in to work that day and definitely got my high-five from Erin (and no, I was not the crazy ivan jogger).

    May 4, 2015 at 3:15 pm #1029286
    rcannon100
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    @Rootchopper 114985 wrote:

    A co-worker was walking down the Custis Trail near the Intersection of Doom last week. This happened:

    “I have a gripe/question about the biking community in DC. This morning when I was walking from key bridge Marriott into work I passed a man giving out free high fives near the counting station that counts the bikes. He had a sign and everything. He was smiling at and offering high fives to all the bikers but nothing for a walker! I could have used a high five this morning! :) does the biking community discriminate against walkers?!?!”

    From my perspective the high fives were free and you get what you pay for.

    Pedestrian Problems

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    May 4, 2015 at 4:11 pm #1029290
    Crickey7
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    I suspect the co-worker was teasing.

    May 4, 2015 at 4:37 pm #1029291
    baiskeli
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    Pedestrians should get off the trails, they were built for cyclists! Plus pedestrians don’t pay their fair share in taxes for the trails. Pedestrians look funny in their little spandex jogging pants. Also, pedestrians are always jaywalking against red lights!

    May 4, 2015 at 4:45 pm #1029292
    DismalScientist
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    THAT trail looks suspiciously like a sidewalk.

    May 4, 2015 at 4:56 pm #1029295
    baiskeli
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    @DismalScientist 115012 wrote:

    THAT trail looks suspiciously like a sidewalk.

    (Shhhh!)

    May 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm #1029298
    rcannon100
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    @Crickey7 115010 wrote:

    I suspect the co-worker was teasing.

    I dont know. I would not trust Rootchopper’s co-workers. They have been known to go postal.

    May 5, 2015 at 12:56 am #1029318
    Rootchopper
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    My co-worker’s remark was tongue in cheek. I will pass along your explanation though. Thanks.

    May 5, 2015 at 1:41 am #1029321
    rcannon100
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    @Rootchopper 115040 wrote:

    My co-worker’s remark was tongue in cheek. I will pass along your explanation though. Thanks.

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