walk to work week

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Please tell me if IABU and should shut up and let it go or if I have a point.

Today at work we all had an email about 'Walk to work week', encouraging us to take part. All very lovely; walking's very good for us, for the environment etc etc, fine.
Even if you live a car journey away, you can still join in; perhaps go for a walk at lunchtime or something.
Sign up and pledge to walk to work this week and be entered into a draw to win an ipad. Fab.

Nothing about disability or mobility problems, not even a token sentence acknowledging that someone might be in a wheelchair and unable to walk.
I do feel a bit miffed. I can't help my reaction though, right?

I'm with you on this one. Not U at all. Apart from anything else, whose business is it how employees get to work? As long as they get to work on time!

Am also with you. They can feck right off - interfering do-gooders. And how patronising to say you can go for a walk at lunchtime to join in.

Get lost!

Is it not the same as 'walk to school week'? Where, although only walking is mentioned in the title, it's actually encouraging you to come to work by some means other than a car- and as well as being environmentally friendly it reduces parking problems.

We have a 'walk to school week' where the children earn points by arriving at school in an environmentally friendly manner, and the class with the most points earns a prize (nothing major, extra half hour playtime or something like that). 2 points for arriving solely under your own steam- eg walk, bike, scooter, and 1 point for not making a straight car journey- eg bus, park and stride, car sharing.

Not quite sure what the point of going for a walk at lunchtime would be though? Is that not environmentally unfriendly, as it's an unnecessary journey and you will burn calories, meaning you need to eat more and will produce more waste and food miles?

Certainly not practical, I work 20 miles away. Start before the first bus of the day as only get a 15 min break.

It's a charity called Living Streets probably is the same one as walk to school. It is about walking specifically, not public transport or cycling or anything else.

I walk to work but IME those people who live closest enough to make it a practical proposition do that anyway. If you live too far away to walk then what is this campaign hoping to achieve?

I kind of agree with it for schools. I see loads of people ferrying children less than a mile to school and causing chaos on the roads. And I am not talking about little children here but able-bodied teenagers.