Those stupid rolling bags. I HATE them.
Let me put those god awful things into perspective. Today, I was getting off of the Metro and veered to my right to get to the stairs, when "Bam!" I'm on the ground. My glasses fell off and my hand bent one of the sides. I fell over one of those horrible contraptions. To top it all off, the lady has the audacity to yell "Watch it" to me. Seriously? (How many of you have caught on that I'm a big fan of Grey's Anatomy from the number of times I say seriously?) I immediately realized that she had one of those rolling bags.
The thing about these bags is that the people who carry them take no responsibility for how much they annoy other people. Especially people who routinely use public transportation. Another example. Last week, I'm getting on the Metro with a guy I work with. We happen to get behind this woman (I'm seeing a trend) who is also getting on with one of those horrible bags behind her. She is taking her sweet time and there is no one in front of her. We are getting irritated because we hear the bell signaling that the doors are about to close. My friend, who is in front of me, is about halfway on when the doors shut with his bag hanging out and I'm still outside. I had to wait eight more minutes for another train. My friend told me later that he had to wait until the next stop to get his bag out from the door. He said something to the lady who shrugged and said we should have taken another car. Very frustrating.
So hear is my plea. Please, if you have one of these bags, be courteous. FYI, lady who I ride the bus with, I'm talking to you. Your bag does not deserve it's own seat in the front, when the 80 year old lady has to stand the whole way. Also, when on the escalator, the bag should either be in front of you or behind you. Not beside you. There are people (usually not me) who want to walk up the stairs of the escalator and they can't because your bag takes up the whole stair. Also, I hate little kids rolling their bags along. The next generation of kids is going to be lazy anyway, do we really need to get them rolling bags? Also, what's up with briefcases on rollers? I thought the whole point of briefcases was to carry them. Also, those stupid bags are top heavy and fall over a lot. So when you're not paying attention they fall over and hit a stroller on the Metro.
You know what? I have no plea. I hate those stupid, God-awful things.
Sadly, as awesome as big cities are, big City people are bitches. and that's as nice as it can be said. :/
ReplyDeleteThey've probably been living in big city for years too long and early on had sincere manners and good hopes for the world like you. In their past however they probably encountered people like whom they are today and this forced them jaded. Its a vicious cycle.
We aren't born cynical.. we become that way, because of other peoples actions, which ultimately will result in future generations being cynical because of us. ::hugs:: It sucks when we trip over assholes who think they own the world, it sucks when we miss trains because of d-bags.. but we sadly can't change them this late in their game. So to stop the cycle and not become dicks like them and end up tripping 20 somethings later on in our own lives, we can stop at least one negative trend and sigh and shrug it off.. and not let them get the better of what could be an awesome day.
Tomorrow will be better..