Today, I found myself getting told ‘no’ by way more people than normally. Usually, I find that if someone tells you no, you might be on the track to something good. Today, however, it was mostly a track to getting security on my case.
I was working at the Denver Convention Center, representing green power at an orthodontist’s convention. Don’t ask me why that is a logical choice; I am still trying to figure it out myself. But what I did figure out is that security doesn’t like bikes being there, even if you are an exhibitor promoting green and sustainability. They also don’t want you using internet terminals there, even though literally no one has used them all day. It is worth their time, apparently, to employ someone to stand around waiting for a non-conference goer to try to use one and kick them off.
Finally, Denver made the rather unfortunate plan of not having bike lanes pretty much anywhere. Simultaneously, the city doesn't actually let you use bikes on the non-car portion of the 16th Street Mall. The exception to this rule is on Sundays of course, when bikes are allowed and there isn’t any traffic anyway. I know all of this because a semi-employed man with the title of 'greeter' stopped me and told me so. He was nice enough about it, though he did emphasize that "there are signs on every block about this."
Like I read signs.
Maybe I should try telling people no more to see what it is like. Then, I might know better what to do when I get another day of 'no'.
1 comment:
People who feel like their own desires have been thwarted love to spread the ill will, the "no", the denial and suppression.
F*** 'em.
And remember what they say in 4-Hour Work Week: its better to charge ahead and do something (and be prepared to make the occasional apology) than to sit around waiting for permission. Though it sounds like you've mastered that already.
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