Comments on: Rucksacks and Wheelie-Cases

By: pandemonia

pandemonia — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:27:16 +0000

I have carried both on occasion. I try to have them in front of me most of the time and I also generally wait for people to clear before sallying forth. However, I also have a problem with the ones who insist in being first off the tube, first upo the stairs and who will stand in the middle of paths. It’s the same thing with pushchair users who insist on being first on the bus who then block up the way on completely and look annoyed that some other people would like to go upstairs or to the back.

To be fair, people are scum all round on buses as I watch people sit at the front and sit on the outer seats to prevent anyone sitting next to them. My policy is, therefore, to sit next to them, even if I have only one stop to go and to treat wheelie suitcases that are poorly managed as something to walk up when held by someone with no sense of communal space.

Aaaarrrgh! I’m a bad person!

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:43:28 +0000

Good question Russell, but no, I think they’re just unable to think and walk at the same time.

I’m all for taking things slowly and appreciating what’s round you, but when what’s around you is a busy commuter rush hour in a crowded station, that is clearly the wrong time to do it.

That said, my sanity is certainly questionable.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:54:25 +0000

Taking the opposite position for a moment (do I get the Russell T Davies prize for double entendres there….”that entrance is for tourists”, etc?), has anyone ever wondered if the people who stop for no apparent reason are, in fact, the sane ones, taking stock of the world around them, and we’re the insane ones, buzzing along at 200mph?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:51:52 +0000

Today a woman with a large wheelie case got off the 133 and stopped dead in front of the doors while she pulled up the handle and tried to figure out which direction to go in. I (and I’m sure everyone else prevented from exiting) cursed her very soul.

People who stand in the middle of the aisle in Boots oblivious to the people who are struggling to get past (and don’t notice you ask) should be shot too.

By: diamond geezer

diamond geezer — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:38:01 +0000

I always think that travellers divide into two groups – those who give due care and consideration to others who might be behind them, and those that don’t. Rucksack and wheelie suitcase users generally fall into the latter category. And should be shot, obviously.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:23:16 +0000

We generally assume a footprint of a certain size for people in public areas, and as soon as they start dragging wheelie suitcases around, that footprint increases massively – and it confuses us.
Also, yes, backpacks worn on crowded tube trains. No need. Ignorant and arrogant. St Pancras is a case in point. Commuters rushing through north to south, from the regional line platforms, through to King’s Cross. This route is bisected by the Eurostar thoroughfare, which seems to be permanently inhabited now by crap tourists, kids with oh-so-cute pink wheelie suitcases, and impossibly beautiful businesspeople, who, faced with an onslaught of 500 determined commuters, all knowing exactly where they’re going, panic slightly…