On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:10:03 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:51:35 on Fri, 30 Jul
2010, d remarked:
I had to use the tube today and had the pleasure of some eejit wearing a
rucksack in front of me constantly swivelling it about and bumping me.

I had someone like that bumping me every few minutes on a
full-and-standing Cambridge train one morning. And the wearer almost got
violent when I politely (no, really) asked him to stop it.

Rucksack wearers generally have no concept of their "rear facing"
personal space.

I think with some of them its more a case of their rear personal space is
wherever their rucksack is. I don't have a problem with little rucksacks
but I don't see the need to go on a train wearing something the size of
a suitcase on your back. In fact if someone has that much to carry why don't
they just use a suitcase anyway? Thats what they're for.

B2003

On 30 July, 15:44, wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:10:03 +0100

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:51:35 on Fri, 30 Jul
2010, remarked:
I had to use the tube today and had the pleasure of some eejit wearing a
rucksack in front of me constantly swivelling it about and bumping me.

I had someone like that bumping me every few minutes on a
full-and-standing Cambridge train one morning. And the wearer almost got
violent when I politely (no, really) asked him to stop it.

Rucksack wearers generally have no concept of their "rear facing"
personal space.

I think with some of them its more a case of their rear personal space is
wherever their rucksack is. I don't have a problem with little rucksacks
but I don't see the need to go on a train wearing something the size of
a suitcase on your back. In fact if someone has that much to carry why don't
they just use a suitcase anyway? Thats what they're for.

B2003

Er, no. Suitcases are for stacking. Rucksacks are for carrying. I
could carry a helluva lot more weight in a rucksack than a suitcase of
equivalent capacity.

Neither are great in crowded trains without a luggage space.

On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:44:39 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:

I think with some of them its more a case of their rear personal space is
wherever their rucksack is. I don't have a problem with little rucksacks
but I don't see the need to go on a train wearing something the size of
a suitcase on your back.

Not even if you're, for instance, taking the Tube to the station to go
on a hiking expedition?

In fact if someone has that much to carry why don't
they just use a suitcase anyway? Thats what they're for.

Trolley cases are *far* more annoying, IMO. And not much good for
hiking

Neil
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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK
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In message , at 18:18:30 on
Fri, 30 Jul 2010, Neil Williams
remarked:
I think with some of them its more a case of their rear personal space is
wherever their rucksack is. I don't have a problem with little rucksacks
but I don't see the need to go on a train wearing something the size of
a suitcase on your back.

Not even if you're, for instance, taking the Tube to the station to go
on a hiking expedition?

Rucksacks are fine, but should be removed from the back when inside the
confined spaces of public transport.

In fact if someone has that much to carry why don't
they just use a suitcase anyway? Thats what they're for.

Trolley cases are *far* more annoying, IMO. And not much good for
hiking

Trolley cases can trip up those not paying attention, but at least the
owners don't unpredictably whirl them around, five feet off the ground,
as happens with rucksacks.
--
Roland Perry