Dragging Your Cash Through the Snow

It snowed in Columbia, Missouri today, creating a real mess of the town (as usual). But as I was walking to class the snow presented me with a sight of questionable human behavior.

There was a young woman who had one of those new wave backpacks with the wheels on them, you know in case your books are too heavy you can now wheel them to class. To me this has always been a bit extreme to have wheels on a backpack. You can only fit so many books in a bag and since you normally carry them on your back pretty much everybody over the age of seven is strong enough to lug their belongings to class. These bags do make sense for those under the age of seven, but to me, do not have much need in the college age crowd. I understand the need for the wheels on suitcases (those can get very heavy) but on a backpack it seems to be a bit extreme.

Anyway, this young woman was dragging her rolling backpack through the two inches of snow on the ground. Just dragging it right along. The small wheels had long since stopped spinning, but that wasn't going to stop her. Quick research shows that these bags sell for between 60 and 100 dollars, and this young woman was just dragging it through the snow and slush! I'm pretty sure you can still wear these things on your back, and if not you can definitely pick them up and carry them like a suitcase. What did she have in there? A snake strip of machine gun bullets? How heavy could that bag have been? Apparently, it was heavy enough to drag an 80 dollar (just splitting the difference) accessory through the snow and slush.

On a nice day, sure go ahead and roll your books to class. You may not need to do it, but go for it. When there are two inches of snow on the ground and slush all over the place, I would recommend picking that bag up.