Every day I make the trip between Westchester County and the West Side of Manhattan using a combination of car, public transportation (train and subway) and walking. This morning it was raining lightly, causing every one of my pet peeves to be activated in a single trip.
If you use a backpack and you are getting on a subway train that's even a little crowded, take the damn thing off and hold it down by your legs. Do you realize you are taking up the space of two people with your overloaded backpack?
There is no obvious reason to me why you need a golf umbrella to sheild you from the rain during your walk to work. It's designed to protect you and your golf bag from the elements on the golf course, not to create a zone of protection three people wide on a crowded New York sidewalk.
If you do have to use an incredibly large umbrella, when it is not open make sure you hold it vertically, not horizontally. All you weekend golfers who walk along with your umbrella horizontal while you swing your arms as though you are on a Sunday stroll between your BMW and the clubhouse are basically creating a weapon that is just about goring anyone walking 5 feet in front or behind you.
Why do you need a rolling backpack to travel between work and home? Unless you are a stone mason who is falling behind in your work and taking home something to finish up, I don't understand it. And for Pete's sake, if you are using one of those annoying contraptions, walk in a straight line at a consistent pace. Your constant swerving back and forth at variable speed is driving me and everyone else in Penn Station freakin' crazy!
OK, I feel better now.
