To find (small) bags on wheels really annoying

[Gangle]

Have almost been tripped up on these a number of times, mainly because they seem to extend to about 3ft behind someone, which seems really inconsiderate, especially in confined spaces like the tube. Also, most of these bags on wheels seem to be no bigger than my handbag. Can people really not carry their own bags and use up less space? Understand for suitcases etc or for people who aren't able to shoulder a load but not for teeny tiny bags belonging to able bodied adults.

duke last time we went on an international flight it seemed everyone had brought "hand" luggage instead of stuff to go in the hold. Thing is that these bags are quite big so with one in their own overhead locker they are trying to pinch someone else's as well. I want my (small) bag someone near me so I can get to it, not halfway down the plane.

My own bugbear on trains is rucksacks. I always seem to end up behind a 7 foot tall foreign student with the kitchen sink in his rucksack that is swinging around level with my head. They are definitely antisocial.

Oh god... this remind me of having to travel through London and change from Kings Cross to St. Pancras when they were doing it up. All those wheely bags, like a go slow convoy up Midland Road, make me feel even now.

If it had been pushchairs they'd have been banned there! I say give them their own lane

Gangle - I don't really think most people do things because they are being rude! When I was catching the tube while pregnant - in winter so it took a bit more attention to notice the big tummy under the A line coat! - I was usually offered a seat. On the aboveground train, I was rarely offered a seat. I don't think that's because people were rude on the above ground, but that they just generally weren't able to see me as easily because of the positioning of the seats.

I've lost count of the number of times that I've completely zoned out on the train and then when getting ready to get off realise that there was someone that I should have offered my seat to, and felt mortified. Yes, there are people who deliberately hide their noses in books etc to avoid giving up their seats, but for a large number of people they just enter a different place when they get onto the train, and just tune out.

On the whole, I rarely wasn't offered a seat on the train if someone actually saw me, I am usually offered assistance with a pram and those awful stations that only have stairs.

And the bags? In crowds, I used to do my best to make sure I kept the bag as close to me as possible, but people brush so close to you that they barely miss your feet let alone your bag!

Gangle YANBU about the bags - they are the devil's work. Trouble is, they are one of those things that are intensely irritating in other people but incredibly useful if you have one yourself. However on the odd occasion I have used one, I've perfected the technique of seamlessly going from carrying to wheeling at the top of stairs, because people STOPPING AT THE TOP OF STAIRS TO PULL THE HANDLE OUT makes me feel a bit homicidal (not because I'm impatient but because it causes multiple pile-ups behind the person).

The idea that people on public transport are not selfish has made me snort milk out of my nose.

YABU. People drag bags because they have good reasons for not carrying them. I don't live in London but my town is very busy at the moment. Despite me taking great care to keep my shopping trolley close to me people just do not look where they are going, they just push, push, push. And then look daggers at me for having the temerity to be pulling something when they trip over it. I don't take up any more space than people carrying bags.

I can't carry stuff, end of, now and for ever, not even my own toddler. No shopping trolley, no life for me. Should I be required to stay at home or hire somebody to carry my stuff?

Learn to look where you are going and remember the bag-draggers are people too.

It's not the bag, it is the people who use them. I have problems with people with large (or small) rucksacks on the tube who turn round quickly and hit me in the face, or wedge themselves into small spaces, forgetting that they have doubled their depth with their rucksack.

YANBU Ok if it's big and useful but some really are so tiny I can't see the point. I also look where I'm going but recently was overtaken by a woman with one of these on a very busy pavement. The bag caught on the back of my leg and she just yanked it to get it moving again. Really hurt but I was too busy hopping around to yell at her.