Tuesday, April 5, 2011

"I wonder why people do that?" - #2, 05/04/11

Yesterday morning, on my way to the platform at King's Cross, I was forced to walk at a pace I would consider towards the slow end of the scale.  Especially considering the circumstances: train about to leave, barriers initially chosen by my good self and fellow commuters closed, needing to make a last minute detour to the working barriers.


The slow walking pace was thanks to a fully grown adult male with an overnight bag the size of a fucking toaster.  What is my problem with such a small item of luggage?  I don't have a problem with such a small item of luggage.  Until Samsonite fit wheels; allowing self-important businessmen to wheel such a small item of luggage behind them in the clean air.


It's all so fucking pointless!  Why don't these - usually hulking - people simply carry the luggage like in the good old days?  When men were men.  Instead of trailing it in their wake - like the synthetic dog they never had - while they slurp hot brown liquid from Starbucks.  I make exceptions for larger items of luggage and/or more slightly built commuters where the weight of luggage and commuter are approaching equilibrium.  After all; we do need to look after our bodies.


So the next time a 'Sales Executive' roles a shoebox over my feet or makes me walk at a pace which I consider unacceptable, I will be forced to kick said shoebox across the station concourse.  And I don't want to have to do that.  Not with my groin.