>take job interview>"Do you have Reliable Transportation?"How do you explain that your bike is "Reliable Transportation" in the High Figgies Job Interview?
Many years of unemployment have taught me the painful lesson of lying to get the job, then do whatever you want and dare them to fire you.
I'd be like no, I would not consider the MTA "reliable" per se but Americans will settle for anything if the alternative is framed as "communism"
>>2076284They should see your Lycra and know that you're Fast.
>>2076284Remember that businesses look for normal people so they don't want off-the-wall excuses and you need to reason why you ride a bicycle. Usually people who ride bicycles as their main form of transportation are college students, poor people, and people with some unusual circumstance that prevents them from using a car, like too many DUIs. Your options are pretty limited>I'm poorThat might work for a while until you can get "real money" than you'll be seen as a weirdo for using a bicycle.>I have too many DUIsNever admit this.>I'm disabledThis won't work as if you had a documented disability you could get your top pick in transit including dial-a-ride services. Plus if you're disabled it opens up a can of worms about what you can do and can't do, and reasonable accommodation.>I have an ideological opposition to driving a carBusinesses look for people who can pose as normal or the "right kind" of quirky. This is not one of them.
Yeah, I ride a bike. I rode a bike to my last job too. Picrel, here's my bike.
>>2076308You're missing a 5th option which is being a fitness nut which businesses look favorably upon as it shows discipline.
>Do you have reliable transportationYes, it's called a bicycle, I'm also prepared to use public transport as necessary for this job>Why?Because gas is expensive and I need the exercisethat's all you need to say, Christ everyone here is so autistic it's unreal
>>2076284I ride an e-bike, so no, it's not very reliable, but you're hiring a tech, so I can fix that shit in the morning anyway. I have access to the company DigiKey account, right?
>>2076284I really hate that nonsense. 90% of the shit that goes wrong on my bike I can fix easily and quickly, how many people can say that about their cars? I almost didn't get one of my first jobs because they were concerned about my ability to get to work, I was never even late in a year and a half at the job but at least once a month someone would miss an entire shift because their car wouldn't start.
>>2076316>at least once a month someone would miss an entire shift because their car wouldn't start.this happened to me with an ebike once but even then I was like "I can pedal it and I'll be only `on time` instead of early but hella sweaty"they told me i could just stay home to try to troubleshoot it if i spent a vacation day. i spent the day getting very drunk instead
>>2076317>i spent the day getting very drunk insteadBased
>>2076290 #>has all the money a car would have cost still in his possession>is a "cuck"Endless projection.
>"Do you have Reliable Transportation?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJRMldSmy-M
>>2076321Not that anon but does that ever actually work?
>>2076326i have like 60k in savings and it's mostly from not having expenses beyond rent, utilities, and telephony. i dont make much either
The only acceptable answer is "yes". The purpose of the question is to make a statement to the employee that having transportation issues isn't considered a valid reason to be late or miss a shift.
>>2076317>>2076319Lazy drunk faggot casuals.
>>2076326Good point. If it declares pindick materialism even more, fantastic. Not wanting stupid shit is freedom
>>2076431I'm not reading all of that
>>2076284>"The bicycle is the most reliable transport"
>>2076284I've never been asked this question. I make 170k. I have multiple cars. I ride my bike to work more than half the time.
Just got fired from my job at the AI Code Vibe Store for not driving a Rivian...
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I expect a car as part of my salary package.
>drive car for interview and beginning phase of employment>start coming via bike>"I need to do some exercise somehow mate"ez
>>2076330And also to weed out the dumb asses that mooch off of their spouse/partner/parent/sibling/roommate/Uber/neighbor/local crackhead. Because no matter how often they claim that their ride is totally reliable, they always end up late more often than being on time. Always.
That's none of your business
>>2076284>"Do you have Reliable Transportation?"just say “yes”. if they press the issue say you have a car, even if it’s a lie. once you’re hired you won’t get fired for showing up on a bike as long as you’re on time.
>>2076500this except a velomobile
>>2076533Pretty much this. >good healthy cardio>muscle building>can sometimes beat rush hour traffic>use trails to get to work quickerautomobilfats hate this one simple strategy.
>>2076284>High Figgiesdon't inquire about reliable transportation because they assume you have a car like a functional adult.
>>2076284The answer is yes. Did you just turn up in lycra and a hat to a proper interview.
>>2076284I have never been asked this outside college kid insternships, it just hasn't even been a question. Of course I own a car, I'm not a fucken bum. Multiple people ride their bikes to work a lot of the time at my office. They all own more than one car too.
>>2076316If you aren't a poorfag incel you have at least two cars. Wife has one and your kid has one, too. So at least four cars in a normal and healthy family, they won't all break down at once, right?
>>2076284steel IS real
A "high figgies" position does not ask you that question. Dogshit jobs that pay you by the hour and a manager texts you to come in for a shift in 15 minutes ask you that.Also it doesn't say "car" dumbass, it just says "reliable". You just answer "yes" unless you're a fucking idiot.
>>2076284"Yes."
>>2076284Literally just say "yeah, I live in biking/walking distance. no problem"You're not committing to any specific form of transport but at the same time reassuring them that even if your hypothetical car breaks down you'll be able to show up.
>>2076309If I saw my subordinate on one of these I would fire him on the spot.
>>2080816t. middle manager who can't actually sack people
>>2076284As for reliable transportation, my employer doesn't ask that as a matter of form. BUT interviews are full of flexible situational questions, so if the interviewer hints that you have NO CAR, then they will ask about your transportation situation. My employer doesn't care what you use as long as you reliably arrive in presentable condition. Riding a bicycle in the rain means you show up wet to work and that is NOT acceptable for the workplace. And yes, we do have people that regularly bicycle to work and they change clothes completely to avoid wearing sweaty clothing in the workplace. Reliably on time and presentable is what the workplace needs.
>>2081004>park car outside>have to go into the rain>get wet>get fired instantlydo wagies REALLY
i rode my ebike to work 1 day& it caught fire... got fired on the pot...
>>2081018>unemployed anon discovers umbrellas and outer clothing and the concept of multiple offenses
>>2076309>>2080816Imagine firing your most dedicated employee all because of cager npc indoctrination lol lmaoAmerica is cooked beyond cooked
>>2081004>that is NOT acceptable for the workplace.I don't work in an office full of vaginas, I outside because I'm a MAN
my car got small scratch... fire on the snot
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>>2076309>he rides an illegal ebike to workAnon are you a drug dealer?
>>2081108>anon feels a slight breeze>hand jumps to catch the umbrella>bike instantly turns and flops onto the driving lane>right under the wheels of the bus driving by>anon's boss makes a new rule to turn all cyclist potential employees at the door>one of them makes this thread on /n/
