That’s not what he said!

One of the things we cyclists do while out riding is warn other cyclists of conditions ahead and behind.

If we’re riding in a group we’ll point a fair bit as well as calling out things like, “Bike left” if we’re about to overtake another cyclist or, “Bike right” if there’s a rider heading our way. We also call out things like, “Glass” so that the cyclist behind doesn’t end up shredding his tyres simply because some moron couldn’t manage to place his beer bottle in a bin but instead felt it’d be better smashed on the side of the road.

While I was out on the local shop ride this morning we were cycling on one of the dual use (cyclists/pedestrians) pathways near Canning Bridge. There were two young ladies walking beside the path, one on either side. The rider at the front of the group called the warning to ensure that neither pedestrians or cyclists met with any grief.

As I cycled past I heard one of the women call out to the other, “Did he just call us lookers?” Ah, no. He may well have considered that you were both ‘lookers’ but he actually called out ‘walkers’. If you want to believe that he called you ‘lookers’ and consider that as a compliment, go right ahead, but I can assure you he wasn’t making a value judgement on your looks. 🙂

I wonder how often we hear something completely different to what’s been said and base an opinion on something that was never spoken.

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