I've traveled a lot. I remember being a young child and having to help carry luggage at the airport or during family vacations. We had suitcases that didn't have wheels. This was the norm.
I continue to travel a lot.. and even own a few bags which have wheels for easier transport. Do I think that all suitcases should be carried? Goodness no. Having a large, checkable suitcase with wheels is the way to go.
What really gets me is the smaller bags with wheels. The ones that people insist on carrying onto a plane despite the fact that planes were made long before these "carry-ons" were created and thus 90% of the people that own one has no freaking idea how to load them into the overhead bins. I believe that if you can't lift your "carry-on" over your head and place it into a bin by yourself.. then you shouldn't be allowed to carry it on.
As much as that pisses me off... in recent years smaller and smaller things have had wheels added to them. I see backpacks with wheels.. laptop bags with wheels... briefcases with wheels... what's next.. purses with wheels?
So I was walking through Chicago this morning on my way to the office. I like to walk fast for a variety of reasons... which i won't get into here... but I got stuck behind a slower gentleman pulling a tiny briefcase on wheels. Normally this isn't an issue and I can easily pass them... but due to the wheeled bag... he was taking up roughly the width of 2.5 people... (insert whatever fat comment you want here.. Sean, I'm looking at you).
I couldn't pass him. The bag trailed a good two feet behind him... so he was a slow moving road block basically. Now, I try not to judge to quickly.. since the briefcase could have been filled with gold, lead or osmium thus preventing him from carrying it normally. But we arrived at a curb and he easily, with one hand mind you, hefted the bag up to waist level and then gently set it back down once he was passed the curb.
It just boggles my mind.
-Later
1 comment:
There's nothing we can't put wheels on!!!
I agree. The whole point of a wheeled bag is that it's too heavy to carry, right? If you cant' carry your bag, you probably won't be able to lift it over your head easily. AND if it's that big and going in the overhead bin why not just gate check it? Do these people plan to remove and replace their too-big luggage from the overhead been mid-flight? Are they just not thinking?
It's not a fat thing, it's a courtesy thing. It's rude to take up the whole sidewalk. It's rude when cyclists ride side by side and block up a bike path. It's rude when runners do it. It's rude when people with dogs let their dogs walk on the opposite side of the path, blocking the entire thing with the leash line.
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