God, but I’ve read some crap in my time, but Lucy Kellaway’s piece for the BBC takes some beating.
No, really you cannot tell what sort of employee someone is by the way they ride a push-bike, just as you cannot tell what sort of employee someone is by the way they drive a car or ride a motorcycle. I recall many years ago being scared witless by one of my colleagues’ driving when responding to an incident (I thought at one point we would be involved in an incident ourselves), but he was exemplary at his job – just a terrible driver. So, the whole concept is a pile of poo.
That said, an employee who thinks that people can be sorted by the way they ride a bike and the type of bike they choose to use is probably best kept well away from recruitment and selection, frankly.
All cyclists view cars, lorries and buses as natural enemies…
As someone who occasionally cycles, I don’t. I regard all other road users in exactly the same way as I do when using other types of transport – as potential hazards, not my enemy, natural or otherwise.
Not only does cycling show how competitive someone is, it shows how men feel about women being faster than them.
Yawn. We just had to get a feminist dig in, didn’t we?
Y’know, I could write garbage like this (and don’t all rush to tell me that I already do) could someone pay me to do it? I’m sure I could do a better job than the so-called professional journalists.
She rides a bike wearing high heels – why? What sane person would do that?
The piece refers to “the test” as if it”s some new science; turns out it’s just a daft concoction – and then one the author can’t be arsed to develop beyond a few anecdotes from (yawn yawn) cycling in London.
She rides a bike wearing high heels – why? What sane person would do that?
No sane person would, which goes a long way towards an explanation for her article.
Y’know, I could write garbage like this (and don’t all rush to tell me that I already do) could someone pay me to do it? I’m sure I could do a better job than the so-called professional journalists.
Unfortunately for you, you write common sense, so you have no chance.
John Gibson
An excellent response. Well said.