I hate carrying bags.
I've got pockets for my keys, phone and wallet, how did my life get to the point where I have to carry a bag?
There's a really thin line between a bag for carrying work things, or a day trip (or something), and being a girl.
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Same here. There's nothing I need to carry that would require a bag. Keys, phone, wallet, that's it.
Yeah. Often I need a briefcase or a shoulder bag to carry my laptop, documents and stuff for work, but I hate it. Shoulder bags ruin suit jackets, and ruin the way other clothes hang on me. The briefcase annoys me because I have to hold it, which makes doors, train tickets such a fuss with one hand. Yeah, I know 'first world problems' and all that, but the result is that I avoid a bag of any type whenever I can.
I think most of us are in this boat, no bag unless necessary for work, although I will carry a smaller ammo pouch sized when traveling to carry some gear with me, cross shoulder with some travel books, sunscreen, etc... I don't mind a heavy bag on my leather jackets, although I will move it from side to side to balance out any wear. Good suits and sport coats on the other hand, no straps on the shoulder as they can do serious damage. One of my least favorite things about summer is the lack of a spot to put things when I can no longer where a jacket.
Absolutely. My 'techie' friends keep telling me that the 'paperless office' means that soon my bag will be empty (and maybe they will be in the US), but only yesterday a Japanese friend of mine, full of breathless excitement, told me that I could now trade in Bitcoins over the fax machine :eusa_doh:
Here's the irony: As we approach the "paperless" office, the average business traveller has a laptop, a large screen phone, his iPad and/or Kindle, the three different chargers, bottled water, etc... all weighing approximately the same as the files we used to drag around.
Of course, you can wear your strap under your jacket which I think the Indy Jones character does. I used to do this because it guaranteed I was less likely to lose my bag after putting it down.
I used to have an "across the shoulder" bag, persevered for as long as I could but just felt too "girlie". I now have a Frost River small ruck sack, a compromise I can handle and get away with. Still prefer no bag really/
maybe the idea is to left the laptop chained to the office desk, and carry SSD external drive/ USB sticks around
While I'm not keen on carrying a bag, I really hate ruck sacks. If I look or feel girlie, which is unlikely, I don't give a toss.
Quite. I've never really cared whether I "look girly"... tbh, it's not something that would occur to me to think twice about. If anyone else thinks I "look girly", well... they're entitled to their views, though if they are overly keen to share them with me, they'll abruptly discover the lack of airborne fornications I give in respect of such opinions.
Sorry, I don't think I was very clear. I don't think that I do look girlie, it's just that I see the way my wife faffs around with her handbag, and I feel really self-conscious that I look and do the same with mine.
Big J you need to send us pics of you carrying your handbag and let us be the judge of how much you might be into your feminine (girlie) side.
Maybe even take a poll ... lol ound: