To,
The-women-who-sling-their-hand-bag/purses-over-their-shoulder-while-riding-a-two-wheeler.
Dear Miss I-wont-Let-Go-Of-My-Bag,
There are a few things I’d like to bring to your attention first –
1) Its been raining here for the last few days. Note that. Its going to rain here everyday. They call it the Monsoon.
2) There is something called as a ‘dicky’ or storage space in your scooterette.
3) There is also a possibility of something called as a goods-hook under your seat (above the footrest) or maybe under the bike’s dashboard.
4) Read the newspapers. There are cases of bag-snatching incidents practically everyday.
And now, to the real purpose of this message –
1) It’s not funny when you are driving at high-speed and your bag’s strap slips down your shoulder. I know you manage to put it back, but not without much zigzagging at high-speed and enough to scare the wits off the riders behind you.
2) If the bag is so precious that you pull it towards the front and then hunker down over it to prevent it from getting wet, in the bargain, making sure that you pay very little attention to the people driving in front and around you, I suggest you make use of the area under you. Of course I mean the dicky and NOT the expanse of your posterior!!
3) If the bag is bigger than you (which seems to be the normal case these days. Whats it with treating oneself as menial labourers!! I’ve seen awfully petite women lugging the biggest, ugliest monstrosities!!) and you have difficulty in maintaining your balance, do a favour. Put down the bag on the footrest. Believe me, your designer bag is not more expensive than your life!!
4) If you are busy driving on a lonely road, and someone snatches at your handbag, what exactly do you intend to do? Do you intend to die saving your bag or maybe get jerked badly enough to crash anyway and lose your bag? Either way, how would you benefit?? I’m rather curious to know!!
I seriously hope that this slinging-bag-on-shoulder-while-driving is just a trend and wouldn’t last long!! I mean, your fashion-street bag may be as precious to you as diamonds…but definitely not when it threatens my life, which you do when you apply sudden brakes or swerve suddenly, just so that your bag doesn’t slip off your non-existent shoulder!!
On that note, I hope you and I are on the same bag. I mean, page. Of course!!
I absolutely agree with you on this
Thanks Prats 🙂
Raises hand and jumps up and down, crying “I’m one of those!” What can I say, I’m shameless like that.
But, I swear I’ve never let the bag on my shoulder threaten anyone else’s life or mine! When I know it’s going to be unmanageable, I tuck it into a backpack and carry the backpack. Otherwise my purse sits pretty in the death-grip of my arm and err… body. Much as I love my bike, it doesn’t have a foot board to rest these things on, and the dickey in the front is only good enough for water bottles 😛 You’ll see 🙂
But I know what you mean. I’ve seen several women do that, and it’s not funny watching them trot their stupidity around town.
(God, I can be funny on someone else’s blog, but words evade me when I begin writing post on mine! Drat.)
LOL!!
You are funny sweetheart and thats why I love your writing 😀
Et tu, Pallu?!!! 😀
A honest confession though…and I’m glad you take care not to endanger anyone’s life.
Kudos to you 🙂
LOL
You are so funny! I cud practically picturize what goes on. Although I don’t see much of that here, reminded me of my days when I rode bike to college. Fun times!
Aint all that fun these days sweetie…you gotta see it to believe it!!
ahaa! Thankfully I don’t face this problem. Gurgoan doesn’t have too many females on two wheels. We have too many idiots on four wheels here 😦 Most of them who’l open their windows to throw empty bottles and chips packets onto my windscreen 😦
Goodness!!
That’s worse!!!
Whoaaa.. u really in the mood to give them some piece or ur mind!!! 😀
Maybe i agree too with you.. but all i sit thinking is.. how r they managingit.. i would be o busy thinking abt the bag.. im sure to knock myself and someone else down 😀
Same’s my worry too, Sheets……I seriously wonder!!