Yea Yea Leah ! ! I like the jingle bells idea too.
Here are some practical tips . . . . Put yourself in the "other" person shoes, forget who you think you are and who you think they may be, forget about the circumstances, forget they were known or unknown to you prior to this crossing .... just 2 or more people sharing the same time and space. How would you like to be treated?, treat them that way without any consideration of yourself. Do it anyways . . . . Look at where you ARE as the destination, where-ever that may be at the time, not just "in your way" of getting somewhere else. We're always "on the way" and when we get there, oh . . . "I'm sooo busy . . I have somewhere else to be, something else to do". Always some-where or some-thing else, but never where you ARE... You just kinda are . . may as be friends . On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 1:16:29 PM UTC-5, LeahFoy wrote: > > Ah, the MUP etiquette. It's confounding, isn't it? I've tried ringing > bells, but what I mean as a pleasant alert ends up seeming like honking to > pedestrians. I took a leaf out of Grant's book and put jingle bells on the > kids' bikes. They were clearanced at $1 apiece, and they wrap securely > around the bars with a strong velcro closure. Thus, people hear us coming > as we jingle down the path. But for the "zombies" - folks with ear buds or > phones, I just call out in my cheeriest voice, "Good morning!" and that > works splendidly. Sometimes I yell compliments - "Love your backpack!" > "What a cute dog you have!" "Working hard! Looking good!" I know some folks > are irritated initially because they don't expect us, but it's hard to be > snarky with a rider who cheerfully calls out a morning greeting to you. "On > your left" was dicey, as people often move left, and kids don't understand > it. So, cheerfulness and compliments are the way to go, in my humble > opinion! > > Leah, who rides TBBITW (The Best Bike in the World) cheerfully through the > suburbs. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
