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

In article ,
"(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."

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?

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

In article ,
"(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

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

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."

On Oct 27, 4:31*pm, Brian Huntley wrote:
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."

This is my favorite reply so far.

Personally, we don't have locker rooms @ my workplace, but I change in
a bathroom that's somewhat inconvient. I do so because it's the only
single-person bathroom here, so I can lock the door and wipe up a bit
using the sink. I show up, walk to my desk in my cycling gear, get my
work clothes, walk back to the bathroom right next to where I park my
bike, clean up and change, punch in (since the time clock is right
next to that bathroom and my "bike parking" and head back to my desk.
Takes ~5 extra minutes, but it's worth it to me to be able to clean
and desweat myself.

Just because that's what I do doesn't make it the right answer for
everyone. Personally I'd kill for a locker room with showers at
work. However, if you want to change by your desk, by all means, do
so! And if called out, flush and claim multi-tasking. What office
manager can't appreciate that?

My winter commute will be slow, on studded tires while bundled up
nice. I think a nice pipe may be in order, although the closest to a
jaunty cap I'd be able to pull off that would keep me warm enough
would be one of these http://tinyurl.com/5guylk

On 10/29/2008 9:10 AM Phil W Lee wrote:

" considered Wed, 29 Oct 2008
06:33:01 -0700 (PDT) the perfect time to write:

On Oct 27, 4:31 pm, Brian Huntley wrote:
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."
This is my favorite reply so far.

Personally, we don't have locker rooms @ my workplace, but I change in
a bathroom that's somewhat inconvient. I do so because it's the only
single-person bathroom here, so I can lock the door and wipe up a bit
using the sink. I show up, walk to my desk in my cycling gear, get my
work clothes, walk back to the bathroom right next to where I park my
bike, clean up and change, punch in (since the time clock is right
next to that bathroom and my "bike parking" and head back to my desk.
Takes ~5 extra minutes, but it's worth it to me to be able to clean
and desweat myself.

Just because that's what I do doesn't make it the right answer for
everyone. Personally I'd kill for a locker room with showers at
work. However, if you want to change by your desk, by all means, do
so! And if called out, flush and claim multi-tasking. What office
manager can't appreciate that?

My winter commute will be slow, on studded tires while bundled up
nice. I think a nice pipe may be in order, although the closest to a
jaunty cap I'd be able to pull off that would keep me warm enough
would be one of these http://tinyurl.com/5guylk

If you can find one, a deerstalker would provide the ear coverage, and
complement the pipe very nicely.

But just don't get a calabash pipe. Yes, that's the pipe they stuck in
Basil Rathbone's mouth and has forever become the signature Sherlock
Holmes pipe for stage and screen, but Doyle never mentioned Holmes using a
calabash.*

Calabashes have lousy aerodynamics anyway. Chart your own course in this
matter.
==============
* Or a deerstalker, for that matter, just an "ear-flapped traveling cap"
in "Silver Blaze".


--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
Bend, Oregon

On Oct 29, 12:22*pm, Mike Rocket J Squirrel
wrote:
On 10/29/2008 9:10 AM Phil W Lee wrote:





" considered Wed, 29 Oct 2008
06:33:01 -0700 (PDT) the perfect time to write:

On Oct 27, 4:31 pm, Brian Huntley wrote:
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."
This is my favorite reply so far.

Personally, we don't have locker rooms @ my workplace, but I change in
a bathroom that's somewhat inconvient. *I do so because it's the only
single-person bathroom here, so I can lock the door and wipe up a bit
using the sink. *I show up, walk to my desk in my cycling gear, get my
work clothes, walk back to the bathroom right next to where I park my
bike, clean up and change, punch in (since the time clock is right
next to that bathroom and my "bike parking" and head back to my desk.
Takes ~5 extra minutes, but it's worth it to me to be able to clean
and desweat myself.

Just because that's what I do doesn't make it the right answer for
everyone. *Personally I'd kill for a locker room with showers at
work. *However, if you want to change by your desk, by all means, do
so! *And if called out, flush and claim multi-tasking. *What office
manager can't appreciate that?

My winter commute will be slow, on studded tires while bundled up
nice. *I think a nice pipe may be in order, although the closest to a
jaunty cap I'd be able to pull off that would keep me warm enough
would be one of thesehttp://tinyurl.com/5guylk

If you can find one, a deerstalker would provide the ear coverage, and
complement the pipe very nicely.

But just don't get a calabash pipe. Yes, that's the pipe they stuck in
Basil Rathbone's mouth and has forever become the signature Sherlock
Holmes pipe for stage and screen, but Doyle never mentioned Holmes using a
calabash.*

Calabashes have lousy aerodynamics anyway. Chart your own course in this
matter.
==============
* Or a deerstalker, for that matter, just an "ear-flapped traveling cap"
in "Silver Blaze".

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
Bend, Oregon- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I was thinking corn cob. Simple, disposable, straightforward.
Calabash never crossed my mind.