"Edward Cowling London UK" wrote in message
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I was on the Victoria line tonight and to be honest it was crowded, but the
main problem wasn't the number of people, it's the amount they all seem to
carry with them these days.

Back pack culture ! Everyone seems to need a backpack and then of course
a laptop clutched under their armpit. All this carried high up where there
is no room anyway. Then when people get on or off all this junk get stuck
on other peoples similar loads and gets stuck.... they get angry and
snappy with each other, and it becomes unpleasant.

How much of this stuff is really needed ?

Plus of course we're using energy resources to move all this flotsam
around the city.

How about a campaign to encourage people for their own comfort and the
comfort of their fellow passengers, not to carry non essential baggage at
peak times ?


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Edward Cowling London UK

Having a back pack jammed into your chest for a few stops is very
unpleasent.

The biggest problem though has to be those cases with wheels and a
telescopic handle.
They seem to be getting larger and larger with the weight increasing
relative to the size.

The exit stratagy from the tube seems to follow the same pattern. Lug the
bag of, stop,
pull out the handle, weave there way to the escalator, stop, push in the
handle, lug bag
on the escalator, get of escalator, stop, pull out handle and then get stuck
in the ticket barriers.

Entering the underground follows a similar pattern. First push down the
handle. I wont go on.

A station i use every working day is Kings Cross underground, i use the exit
into the main line
station. The stairs to a person with one of these cases as big as themselves
must look like Everest.

Having helped a few people to the top with there luggage my arm muscles are
developing nicely
but my back is suffering.

Regards
Clyde