Bike shop geek
Dec. 10th, 2004 08:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ninevirtuesI sold a bike frame and gave away my beater mountain bike. I'm down to four bikes. In process, I got hired at the bike shop, as I will now relate:
I brought my old Trek and new GT bike frame (bought cheaply from a teammate who upgraded) to the bike shop, and asked them to put the old parts on the new-to-me frame. (The old frame is cracked. Yes, that's right, I rode it into the ground. I can't say I'm sorry about that. ;-)
Bike shop owner: We'll call you if it's more than 10% more expensive than we said.
Me: Oh yeah, expectation management.
I got a speculative look.
Bike shop owner: I never thought of it that way. What do you do?
Me: I'm a PT student at Elon, but I used to work in software QA and technical writing. And I know that the smart technical writers go to the support people to ask them where customers experience problems, and tailor their writing that way.
And that was that: before I knew it, I was hired at the bike shop, commencing when I return from my clinical. One day a week. No, it doesn't pay a lot. Yes, I really want to, because I want to learn about bike fit and wrenching bikes. ;-)
I brought my old Trek and new GT bike frame (bought cheaply from a teammate who upgraded) to the bike shop, and asked them to put the old parts on the new-to-me frame. (The old frame is cracked. Yes, that's right, I rode it into the ground. I can't say I'm sorry about that. ;-)
Bike shop owner: We'll call you if it's more than 10% more expensive than we said.
Me: Oh yeah, expectation management.
I got a speculative look.
Bike shop owner: I never thought of it that way. What do you do?
Me: I'm a PT student at Elon, but I used to work in software QA and technical writing. And I know that the smart technical writers go to the support people to ask them where customers experience problems, and tailor their writing that way.
And that was that: before I knew it, I was hired at the bike shop, commencing when I return from my clinical. One day a week. No, it doesn't pay a lot. Yes, I really want to, because I want to learn about bike fit and wrenching bikes. ;-)
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Date: 2004-12-10 11:02 pm (UTC)Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Bike _geek_, roberto, bike _geek_.
Date: 2004-12-11 05:45 am (UTC):-P
Naw, make that
Date: 2004-12-11 05:46 am (UTC)_Doctor_ bike geek, to you. :-P :-P