Stupid fucking wheelie cases
It seems that in the last couple of years, the use of a small wheeled suit case has become the norm for a lot of people on the tube. It wouldn't be so bad, except for the fact that they are about the size of a standard laptop case and therefore shouldn't need wheels.

I was behind a woman the other day at Embankment, wheeling her stupid little bag along the platform. This in itself gave her an operating radius of about 5 feet, but what really pissed me off was that at a set of stairs, she pushed down the handle, carried the bag down the stairs, then pulled up the handle, wheeled it 6 fucking feet to the next set of stairs, pushed down the handle, carried it etc..

Get a fucking rucksack or a case that is worthwhile in size so at least i have a chance of seeing it and not tripping over it.

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(mejt, Thu 29 May 2008, 15:32, 6 replies)

^This^
And why, if you insist on having such a thing, must you stop at the immediate top or bottom of the stairs? Really, you've just carried the thing down/up the stairs. You've proven to yourself that you can indeed lift the sodding thing. You can walk another few meters before setting the case down, lifting the handle and then dragging the thing along behind you.

You utter bell end.
( Moey, Thu 29 May 2008, 15:43, closed)

^That
Also - is there some kind of driving test these people can take? It seems to me that they're incapable of walking in a straight line!

Can they be fitted with indicators and a "warning - may stop suddenly and without reason!" sign?

Gah!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 29 May 2008, 16:00, closed)

^The Other^
My thoughts exactly. They move as if they're oblivious to the fact that they are dragging something behind them.

And is it me, or does it appear as if the case is moving slower than they are?

Pick it up you lazy c*nt! You can carry it out of the station and THEN use the wheels you fucking weakling!
(perfectrhys come find me on PS3., Thu 29 May 2008, 16:09, closed)

Wheeled luggage ...
... is a sign of moral defectiveness.
(ubergeekian, Thu 29 May 2008, 17:53, closed)

They are rather fabulous
For punting over small distances when said owner declines to carry them more than a couple of metres at a time.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 29 May 2008, 20:57, closed)

I think of them...
as for people who are throwbacks who can use their long monkey arms to drag along the precious tiny box without having to be able to stand upright.

Don't get me started on people who take the slightly bigger ones on planes as handluggage AS WELL AS another bag/laptop case...
(Brigadier Arthur Charles, Mrs, Thu 29 May 2008, 21:12, closed)