Craig Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I try to draw the line at carrying other peoples baggage.
ReluctantRomeo Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Oh I'm getting this mental vision of someone surrounded by their luggage, sitting on an otherwise empty luggage carousel at the airport that's going round and round and round..... It had to happen sooner or later. I'm just surprised that no-one else thought of the baggage handler joke before I did...
slubberdegullion Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Oh I'm getting this mental vision of someone surrounded by their luggage, sitting on an otherwise empty luggage carousel at the airport that's going round and round and round..... Yea, that's good... but remember, that's only part of it. Somewhere, maybe on the other side of the world, there's another person doing the exact same thing, watching a bag that's not theirs pass them by over and over and over...
lindya Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Yea, that's good... but remember, that's only part of it. Somewhere, maybe on the other side of the world, there's another person doing the exact same thing, watching a bag that's not theirs pass them by over and over and over... I've actually had my baggage stolen a couple of times! sorry JS17
Craig Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I've actually had my baggage stolen a couple of times! sorry JS17Maybe someone liked your baggage more than their own.
ReluctantRomeo Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 are the luggage jokes over yet? Wondered when you'd be "checking in" to this discussion
slubberdegullion Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Wondered when you'd be "checking in" to this discussion oh, RR, why oh why did you have to go there? "Baliff, whack his peepee!"
Author JS17 Posted December 13, 2005 Author Posted December 13, 2005 I was expecting the jokes I just thought the ratio of jokes to thoughtful posts would be a bit lower. Not that you all haven't clearly put a lot of thought into your jokes.
Yamaha Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 If your baggage becomes bitter then you have a hard road to a happy relationship. The walls you have built are solid and strong and protecting our emotions becomes of paramount importance. We alll have baggage but does the baggage rule you or you rule the baggage?
lindya Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Maybe someone liked your baggage more than their own. Well, it was pretty expensive baggage The baggage thing definitely is a good metaphor. I've noticed that if I'm travelling with a lot of very heavy baggage, very seldom will anyone help...and generally the people who have offered to help have been female. When, however, I'm travelling light you can guarantee that a charming voice will pipe up "allow me"...and a gent will manfully sweep the neat little case away from me. btw guys - sorry, but it is true. I guess the moral is, when travelling a suitcase is sexier than a backpack.
slubberdegullion Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 and a gent will manfully sweep the neat little case away from me. ... and run away, never to be seen again, with all your flimsy things in the bag he's just swiped!
lindya Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 ... and run away, never to be seen again, with all your flimsy things in the bag he's just swiped! For all he knows, I could be a suicide bomber! Come to think of it, the last few times I've been carrying a suitcase nobody has offered to help.
ReluctantRomeo Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I was expecting the jokes I just thought the ratio of jokes to thoughtful posts would be a bit lower. I think Lindya's comment - which I misappropriated, along with her luggage (am still enjoying your underwear, L ) - was an excellent answer. The real issue is not the baggage, but whether the person is prepared or not to acknowledge and deal with it. After finishing the job, we knocked off early and started to play
ReluctantRomeo Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 "Baliff, whack his peepee!" Judge Judy has really gone downhill these days...
Author JS17 Posted December 13, 2005 Author Posted December 13, 2005 For all he knows, I could be a suicide bomber! Come to think of it, the last few times I've been carrying a suitcase nobody has offered to help. Where I live nobody ever offers to help. I always feel bad for the old people but I rarely offer to help because I'm afraid one of them is going to haul off and whack me with their cane or purse.
ReluctantRomeo Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I rarely offer to help because I'm afraid one of them is going to haul off and whack me with their cane or purse. You're joking right? Or is it really that bad?
uleryrns Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Yes, my H too came with a child and although that child lives with his mom in another state and we only see him about 10 weeks out of the year, the "baggage" of that is that we have to deal with the pain in the @ss ex (girlfriend, Thank God they never married) AND worse, all that the ex has done to my H is transferred onto me. So all the wrongs she did to him and the pain she put him through with their son and in their relationship, even though it's been about 9 years since they were together, my h still holds onto that "baggage" and I pay for it. Our therapist said it's called transference. And it's not a positive character trait. My H had a lot of great positive quality traits when we met and were dating and about a year after we married, all his "baggage" came to roost and now I'm suffocating in it.
Author JS17 Posted December 13, 2005 Author Posted December 13, 2005 You're joking right? Or is it really that bad? No actually I'm not joking. People can get pretty beligerent if you offer to help and they think they don't need it. Nobody wants to feel helpless, I think we just take it to an extreme here.
lindya Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Where I live nobody ever offers to help. I always feel bad for the old people but I rarely offer to help because I'm afraid one of them is going to haul off and whack me with their cane or purse. I've been to NY once. I went into a shop near where I was staying and asked for something "please". The guy looked at me with utter contempt. Feeling a bit puzzled, I thanked him and received another derisive glance. As an experiment, I went into the same shop the next day and was downright curt. I swear, the response I got from him was almost warm. Is that normal?
Author JS17 Posted December 13, 2005 Author Posted December 13, 2005 I've been to NY once. I went into a shop near where I was staying and asked for something "please". The guy looked at me with utter contempt. Feeling a bit puzzled, I thanked him and received another derisive glance. As an experiment, I went into the same shop the next day and was downright curt. I swear, the response I got from him was almost warm. Is that normal? Part 1 screams tourists. Part 2 says you're a NYer. We take more kindly to our own. Everyone here is pretty straightforward. I'll admit it's a tough city to live in but I love it. I always help people when they ask for it though. I think the MTA should pay me for all of the subway info I give out.
lindya Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Part 1 screams tourists. Part 2 says you're a NYer. We take more kindly to our own. Aha! Well, I don't think with my accent I'd get mistaken for a New Yorker...but I suppose that taking more of a blunt approach might make it seem like I'd been there for longer than a couple of days. It's an amazing city though.
uleryrns Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 It had to happen sooner or later. I'm just surprised that no-one else thought of the baggage handler joke before I did... Yes, now it's just a matter of getting a handle on it....
Author JS17 Posted December 13, 2005 Author Posted December 13, 2005 Nah there are a lot of Brits that live here that don't lose their accent. I just wrote a whole tourist rant that I erased because I think it's a great place and don't want to turn anyone off but for anyone coming to visit, please pull yourselves over to one side of the sidewalk when gawking up at tall buildings.
ReluctantRomeo Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I've been to NY once. I went into a shop near where I was staying and asked for something "please". The guy looked at me with utter contempt. Feeling a bit puzzled, I thanked him and received another derisive glance. As an experiment, I went into the same shop the next day and was downright curt. I swear, the response I got from him was almost warm. Is that normal? The "be a bad boy" dating advice you see on LS and elsewhere is suddenly explained... Don't try this in Europe, folks
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