On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:40:29 +0000 someone who may be Richard Bates <[email hidden]> wrote this:-
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A fellow employee at my new job is a little vocal about the fact that I am having a bike shed provided for me.
Bike shed or bike hutch?
One can fit eight parked bikes into the space occupied by one parked car. This allows the company to make much better use of space.
How much it costs for one car parking space depends on the value of land and what sort of car park it is. Your council should have figures on the cost of public car parks in the area. As well as the tarmac there is also lighting, line painting and access controls.
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A fellow employee at my new job is a little vocal about the fact that I am having a bike shed provided for me.
What good arguments can I use to convince that it is no big deal.
I thought about trying to discover how much it costs to provide a car-space (and hoping that it is more than the land occupied by my shed)
There is also the fact that by me not using a car, it is easier for her to park her car.
What other arguments can you provide me with?
You probably won't convince her - its most likely an emotional not logical issue for her. She probably won't have a clue what it costs or what else the land could be used for but is objecting just to the fact that you have it pure and simple. Just ignore her and suggest she take it up with the senior management if she has a problem with their decision. I am sure they will be delighted.
A fellow employee at my new job is a little vocal about the fact that I am having a bike shed provided for me.
What good arguments can I use to convince that it is no big deal.
I thought about trying to discover how much it costs to provide a car-space (and hoping that it is more than the land occupied by my shed)
There is also the fact that by me not using a car, it is easier for her to park her car.
What other arguments can you provide me with?
The employer wants to keep the cyclist employee so they give him a bike shed. They might do the same for motorist employees if sheds were needed for cars.
A fellow employee at my new job is a little vocal about the fact that I am having a bike shed provided for me.
What good arguments can I use to convince that it is no big deal.
Does her complaining cut any weight with anyone who has influence on the decision-making process? If not, I would try to ignore it in the hope that she will soon get bored and find something else to whinge about.
If she continues to kick up a fuss, just tell her to shut up and stop being so childish.
If that fails, staple her eyelids to her desk and set fire to her hair.
A fellow employee at my new job is a little vocal about the fact that I am having a bike shed provided for me.
What good arguments can I use to convince that it is no big deal.
I thought about trying to discover how much it costs to provide a car-space (and hoping that it is more than the land occupied by my shed)
There is also the fact that by me not using a car, it is easier for her to park her car.
What other arguments can you provide me with?
You probably won't convince her - its most likely an emotional not logical issue for her. She probably won't have a clue what it costs or what else the land could be used for but is objecting just to the fact that you have it pure and simple. Just ignore her and suggest she take it up with the senior management if she has a problem with their decision. I am sure they will be delighted.
There are people who cannot spot the difference between their detriment (a reasonable basis for complaint) and somebody else's benefit (none of their business). Has her own parking space been taken away to make room for the bike shed? Is the bike shed to be yours and yours only? Has she asked for a bike shed as well and been turned down?
If she is provided with a free parking space she is already in a receipt of a benefit that many people will greatly envy; a benefit significant enough that the Inland Revenue have considered taxing it.
Tony's right (assuming the answers to the above questions are the likely ones). If she tries to make a big deal about it she is just going to look stupid, bitter and unreasonable. The danger then is that the management do not have the nerve or the will power to stand up to her. Sometimes it is just so much quicker and easier to give way to stupid people.
It seems to me that if the employer is providing her with parking then she has no argument. The employer is essentially supplying her with about (20 X 8) 160 sq. ft of storage space on which she parks her mobile storage shed/vehicle.
Of course, many car drivers seem literally to not understand something like this.
"Richard Bates" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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A fellow employee at my new job is a little vocal about the fact that I am having a bike shed provided for me.
What good arguments can I use to convince that it is no big deal.
I thought about trying to discover how much it costs to provide a car-space (and hoping that it is more than the land occupied by my shed)
There is also the fact that by me not using a car, it is easier for her to park her car.
What other arguments can you provide me with?
Point out that it is completely selfish that you get a 'garage' and that she must use the carpark. But remind her that she is welcome to become one of the priviledged few.
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:40:29 +0000, Richard Bates <[email hidden]> wrote in message <[email hidden]>:
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A fellow employee at my new job is a little vocal about the fact that I am having a bike shed provided for me. What good arguments can I use to convince that it is no big deal.
Why put the flames out when you can pour petrol on them and get a really good blaze going?
Try: "Yes, good, isn't it? Plus, with the IR176 scheme, they will pay half the cost of the bike as well."
Guy -- "then came ye chavves, theyre cartes girded wyth candels blue, and theyre beastes wyth straynge horn-lyke thyngs onn theyre arses that theyre fartes be herde from myles around." Chaucer, the Sheppey Tales
A fellow employee at my new job is a little vocal about the fact that I am having a bike shed provided for me.
What good arguments can I use to convince that it is no big deal.
She loves you, and this makes you notice her. She's nice really.
.... and once you have a *bike* *shed*, the two of you can go behind it and get passionate! Or at least have a smoke. Or have a smoke after you've been passionate.
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:37:15 +0000 someone who may be Richard Bates <[email hidden]> wrote this:-
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It's a registered charity
Often hotbeds of serial motorists.
I would have been amused to note that someone from a "charity" that claims to work for children had a company car. All their senior staff had one. The greatest killers of children (other than family members) are probably motorists. I would have been amused, if it was not so serious.
However, after a bit or re-education the person concerned got rid of the company car, much to the annoyance of the "charity".
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:37:15 +0000, Richard Bates <[email hidden]> wrote in message <[email hidden]>:
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Try: "Yes, good, isn't it? Plus, with the IR176 scheme, they will pay half the cost of the bike as well."
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It's a registered charity - do the same tax rules apply?
Well, now, IANA(tax)L but I think you will find that it applies in respect of any employer, where the bike is bought primarily for use in commuting.
Guy -- "then came ye chavves, theyre cartes girded wyth candels blue, and theyre beastes wyth straynge horn-lyke thyngs onn theyre arses that theyre fartes be herde from myles around." Chaucer, the Sheppey Tales
