Suitcases on Wheels

[jæd]

ARRRGGHHHH Fucking free papers Now there's a good rant topic

I've seen one that has the inventive technique of sitting on railings and then putting his legs across half the pavement so that he is supported like a tripod. From this attitude of repose he hands out his cum-rags of a paper.

Pity the commuters who have to share this 50 % of the pavement with a bus stop and all the people trying to exit/enter the bus.

FUCK-WITTED CUM-RAG LADEN WANKER...

 

[Kanda]

I don't want a fucking Big Issue either... grrr!!!

 

[ivebeenhigh]

no wheely suitcases are far fucking worse than rucksacks.

they are inventions for lazy people with too much stuff that they most probably dont need, that they arent capable of carrying themselves properly.

also they dont work properly, they are forever leaning to one side or another, people cant seem to go round corners with them and the handle on them is too short for anyone over 5' 4"

 

[pogofish]

Free papers!

This place is in the midst of a readership war as the Daily Record try to knock our two local papers off their perch as amongst the highest %read titles in the uk, with a local edition.

From when they take-over one of the busiest stretches of pavement in the city for their nightly "we are a street-team" haka/bonding session - yup, they have the movements & end with a group-hug! till the end of the rush hour, they enter a frenzy of trying to force a copy of tneir daily arse-wipe on to every poor sod who passes by, be it wanted or not. On both sides of the road. - Every night of the week, except Sundays, since Christmas. When will it end?

Being Aberdeen, if you say no, they have obviously been told about our fabled reluctance to part with moneyy & seem to assume we think they are trying to sell us something. So if you say No thanks, you can get chased along the road by some bouncy, smiley pratt giong -

"its free"
no.
"really, its free"
no thanks...
<surprise> "but its really free"
I Don't want one!
"but you don't need to pay for it - here"
NO!
"its free" <looking utterly dumbfounded>
NO! - this time with menace!
<STer stands mournfully for a second, holding-up copy of paper before adopting the smile & bouncing up to some other poor sod>

Any novelty has long worn-off & if you walk any distance, you can get it several times as they concentrate at every junction.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

they are inventions for lazy people with too much stuff that they most probably dont need, that they arent capable of carrying themselves properly.

also they dont work properly, they are forever leaning to one side or another, people cant seem to go round corners with them and the handle on them is too short for anyone over 5' 4"

shut up. When you're short, things are heavier


*ho hum*

 

[Radar]

When you're short, things are heavier

Too true... Those extra 8 inches closer to the ground means the pull of gravity is stronger, ergo stuff you're carrying is heavier !

Strings of shite don't seem to realise the lot of a short arse isn't always a happy one

 

[Radar]

Radar - The sudden dithering twirl of a fully-laden rucksack wearer is the thing to watch for, or that they simply don't realise they are now a human long vehicle.

I just love watching rucksack wearing folk in shops that sell fragile nic-nacs. If you want to watch the epitomy of a cat on a hot tin roof, just watch the owner when a bunch of ruckie wearing tourists walk in, and carry on chatting to each other.

You just know sooner or later, someone will forget, spin round to look at a mate or a display and their rucksack will put the display cabinet behind them into the middle of next week

 

[tastebud]

it was funny... shortly after posting on this thread for the final time (or so i thought) i had to go help my friend in with her boxes/luggage. which meant having to wheel her stupid bloody wheely suitcase down old street... not only are they a pain in the arse, they're made for midgets! which i am not!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Too true... Those extra 8 inches closer to the ground means the pull of gravity is stronger, ergo stuff you're carrying is heavier !

Strings of shite don't seem to realise the lot of a short arse isn't always a happy one

I knew it was something to do with gravity but couldn't explain it so thank you

When you're only 5ft tall, sometimes the bottom of your shopping bags are so heavy they're almost scraping the ground

 

[Radar]

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=202603

I admire your anticipation, but the thread itself is surprisingly bile free

Where's the hate ?

 

[Dead Cat Bounce]

I admire your anticipation, but the thread itself is surprisingly bile free

Where's the hate ?

Hate takes up too much energy, they piss me off big time for sure but to hate them for doing a shite job for shite money, nah I can't be doing that.

Best to start a campaign to make them stand with their backs to the buildings and not force papers at people walking past.

 

[Radar]

Hate takes up too much energy, they piss me off big time for sure but to hate them for doing a shite job for shite money, nah I can't be doing that.

It was tongue in cheek. Believe me, after spending the last 4 months trying to get a job myself I wouldn't hold having to do that job against anyone. And if the boss says "get in their faces, you have to shift X copies" then they do exactly that if they want to be paid

On the other hand, the fuckers who make money on the back of a business model that includes littering and obstructing people after a days work can fuck right off !! I bet they aint sitting on the tube ankle deep in discarded newsprint

 

[Dead Cat Bounce]

It was tongue in cheek. Believe me, after spending the last 4 months trying to get a job myself I wouldn't hold having to do that job against anyone. And if the boss says "get in their faces, you have to shift X copies" then they do exactly that if they want to be paid

No worries, been a long day here, I think I read too much into it.

On the other hand, the fuckers who make money on the back of a business model that includes littering and obstructing people after a days work can fuck right off !! I bet they aint sitting on the tube ankle deep in discarded newsprint

Yep, one of the downside of living in London. But hey, despite the Northern / Central line failing me on a regular basis I still think that London has one of the best transport systems on this planet.

 

[equationgirl]

I *heart* my wheelie suitcase

*gets coat and runs away very fast*

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I *heart* my wheelie suitcase

*gets coat and runs away very fast*

Mind you, girls who have bright pink wheelie suitcases deserve to be shot

 

[spanglechick]

Mind you, girls who have bright pink wheelie suitcases deserve to be shot

it's more multi-coloured-but-mainly-pink-cubist-birthday-cake-vomit design...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

it's more multi-coloured-but-mainly-pink-cubist-birthday-cake-vomit design...

Sorry, I didn't know you had one































If if accidentally falls on a railway track, it wasn't me

 

[Radar]

I *heart* my wheelie suitcase

*gets coat and runs away very fast*

"equationgirl gets tangled up in a vast herd of freesheeters and people waiting for the bus outside Liverpool Street Station and is caught red-handed"

And how can anyone run quickly with one of those things. Go at more than than a snails pace on anything bumpier than a snooker table and the bloody things end up bouncing from wheel to wheel and finally snapping your wrist

Two wheeled spawn of Satan I tell you

 

[paulhackett]

When did this thread morph into 'My suitcase is the most vile fucking piece of luggage in western Europe'?

This isn't the 'I can claim my luggage off the carousel quicker than you because my suitcase has wheels and looks like I wipe my arse on it' thread

It's the Suitcases on Wheels are a fucking blight to the working man thread.

If you must take one of these things out, then at least have the fucking decency to up end those gormless cunts with cameras, maps and a tour guide who can also fuck right off when I'm trying to get to work.

If anyone reads about Suitcase on Wheels rage tomorrow in the papers there's a good chance it will have been me on my way home..

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

When did this thread morph into 'My suitcase is the most vile fucking piece of luggage in western Europe'?

This isn't the 'I can claim my luggage off the carousel quicker than you because my suitcase has wheels and looks like I wipe my arse on it' thread

It's the Suitcases on Wheels are a fucking blight to the working man thread.

If you must take one of these things out, then at least have the fucking decency to up end those gormless cunts with cameras, maps and a tour guide who can also fuck right off when I'm trying to get to work.

If anyone reads about Suitcase on Wheels rage tomorrow in the papers there's a good chance it will have been me on my way home..

I agree to some extent, but as I have one myself, can't agree fully.

Anything that's smaller than an average sized holdall, does NOT need to be on wheels.

Anything that's needed for going away for longer is acceptable.

AND I have to get off at Victoria Station every day and am tripping over wheels so I do know what it's like

 

[equationgirl]

I am a responsible wheelie suitcase user.

It's lilac with flowers on it. Makes it very very easy to spot on airport conveyor belts.

I feel your pain with tourists.

 

[laptop]

I have one

It's red and camp as fuck - I look like a cabin steward for Air Crusty

But I know how to drive it

And I've done too much harm to my back carrying too-large loads on one shoulder - there's a lot of back to harm there. And it's much harder to avoid scraping people's noses off when wearing anything rucksack-like, because it requires their co-operation and their understanding that basic geometry requires that they not stand too close, 'cos I can't see them through the eyes I don't have in the back of my head.

So it stays. Even if it only has three changes of socks and pants in it on the way out. For bringing the reasonably-priced wine back, you see.

 

[ivebeenhigh]

Too true... Those extra 8 inches closer to the ground means the pull of gravity is stronger, ergo stuff you're carrying is heavier !

Strings of shite don't seem to realise the lot of a short arse isn't always a happy one

Um no, the taller you are the more gravitational pull there is on you and whatever you are carrying.

And there are always stilts.

 

[Xanadu]

I have an awesome 4 wheeler suitcase that I got in New York. It's the perfect size for 3 day breaks, and it's really easy to move around. All you haters can go on and hate some more

 

[equationgirl]

I have an awesome 4 wheeler suitcase that I got in New York. It's the perfect size for 3 day breaks, and it's really easy to move around. All you haters can go on and hate some more

I love the way you drop 'New York' in there like a hand grenade.

 

[zygote]

Suitcases on wheels make a surprising amount of noise on paving stones. Probably due to their crappy wheels.

Where I live is a very quiet built up area close to the 24hr bus routes to Luton & Stanstead airports. There are a small number of B&B's unobtrusively dotted around. The racket starts around 2am with the 'incoming' rattling along at a hesitant pace punctuated by frequent stops to consult their emailed directions.

There is a slight lull between 3.30-4.30am when it starts again with the 'outgoing'. A much more confident stride due no doubt to recently acquired local knowledge and time constraints. This lasts until the general city hubbub creeps in around 6-7am.

The noise of one sounds like someone dragging a heavy piece of furniture along the pavement. 3-4 or more sounds like the army on manoeuvres. Really, I kid you not. Enough to spook the dogs when we first moved here, but they's used to it now. Still wakes me up though.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Um no, the taller you are the more gravitational pull there is on you and whatever you are carrying.

And there are always stilts.

Yeah, but your arms are longer and therefore bags aren't dragging on floor thus adding extra drag on your arms

 

[Radar]

Suitcases on wheels make a surprising amount of noise on paving stones. Probably due to their crappy wheels

I agree, a right pain in the arse during the summer months. (and you're probably spot on abouyt those wheels, I never remember my grannies wheelie shopping bag being as noisy.

I live in a ground floor flat, and the rumbling of my neighbours wheelie cases past my bedroom window consistantly wakes me up if the window's open. As does my neighbours discussing the upcoming day's business 2 foot from my head at 05:30, or starting their cunting DIY at 7am on a Saturday morning

I feel its only fair to get off my tits at 4am every so often and let sensible and the rest of the Damned preach to the noisy anti-social bastards

If you can't beat em, join em Urban noise pollution for teh win!

 

[Skim]

God, you lot are a load of sour-faced whingers.

Now get out my bloody way, I've got a plane to catch

 

[pogofish]

Now get out my bloody way, I've got a plane to catch

Hope you get stuck behind someone dawdling along with one of these: