On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:42:17 +0100, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote:

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 ?

Yesterday I was on the District Line from Embankment to Victoria. The number
of backpackers with packs 1/2 their size was immense. When they turn, they
risk cold-cocking other passengers who can't dodge them.

I often wear a small backpack, but take it off when boarding buses or Tube
trains. These packs are too big to remove and carry.

There are rules against bicycles at certain times of day and on certain lines.
Why not a "Backpacks must be carried" rule?

Chris "Especially since you have to carry dogs on the escalators." Hansen
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