u/Weird-Space-782

It's getting warmer and there will be more bicycles on the road so I thought I'd share this pro tip to make everyone on the road happy:

When you have the right of way, just go. Simple as that.

Stopping in the middle of a 4 lane road to tell me to go while the other 3 lanes aren't stopping is just dangerous.

Telling me to go when I'm at a stop sign and you are not is nice, but it takes way less time for you to go than for me to start pedaling.

I've had a handful of people actually get angry because we did the "no you go, no you go, no you go, no you go" back and forth until they threw thier hands up in frustration and drove away in thier mobile air conditioned couch.

Treat bicycles like cars. Just go when you have the right of way.

Years ago I worked as a mover. Actually one of the best jobs I've ever had, and did it for 4 years. Anyway, we were on a job and the customer asked us to bring a wood desk to the alley for disposal. As I was moving it down the stairs I could hear things moving around in the drawers. When we got to the alley I opened the top drawer and there were pencils, pens, the usual office stuff. But under a notepad was a large wad of cash. I can't remember how much it was exactly, but it was over $500. Being the non-scumbag human that I am, I brought it to the customer. They barely showed any emotion and said "oh thanks." Fast forward to the end of a long day (they had a huge house), we do the paperwork and receive our tip of 1 cheap bottle of water each. Cash tips were a common occurrence at this job and even though the more wealthy people didn't usually tip, I was appaled they tipped so poorly considering I just saved them $500+. It was a pretty disheartening experience to say the least. Part of me wishes I would have just pocketed the cash, but I wouldn't be surprised if they planted it there to see what we'd do.

From that day on I always stop to check dressers and desks people are throwing out because you never know.