Purse Abuse

[westvillage]

Guilty! But necessary! Often restaurant tables in New York City are too small for a bag; this includes lunch places but also nice dinner restaurants. I would never hang a bag on the back of my chair only to have it “walk” while I’m engrossed in conversation, and my lap only works for small bags, so very often I have to place the bag on the floor with my feet clasping it lightly. Same thing in too small, poorly designed or badly maintained restrooms where there are no hooks. Sometimes I give the bottom a good wipe-down with a damp paper towel after hand washing. Also when descending into the subway, I keep my bag on the inside (right) and it hits into the wall and slides on the handrail as I go down several flights. I often carry food items from home during the day and water is a must. I’m on foot and my bag is my back seat or trunk. I have about 40 bags in a range of designer and contemporary. I keep them rotating and they all have gotten this same treatment except the few light colored ones where I make a special effort to keep the bag on my lap while eating, awkward though it can be. All the above is pre-covid of course ... but on top of all that, now I see myself sanitizing my bag several times a day when I finally get to return to some form of real life.

 

[Winter’sJoy]

Guilty! But necessary! Often restaurant tables in New York City are too small for a bag; this includes lunch places but also nice dinner restaurants. I would never hang a bag on the back of my chair only to have it “walk” while I’m engrossed in conversation, and my lap only works for small bags, so very often I have to place the bag on the floor with my feet clasping it lightly. Same thing in too small, poorly designed or badly maintained restrooms where there are no hooks. Sometimes I give the bottom a good wipe-down with a damp paper towel after hand washing. Also when descending into the subway, I keep my bag on the inside (right) and it hits into the wall and slides on the handrail as I go down several flights. I often carry food items from home during the day and water is a must. I’m on foot and my bag is my back seat or trunk. I have about 40 bags in a range of designer and contemporary. I keep them rotating and they all have gotten this same treatment except the few light colored ones where I make a special effort to keep the bag on my lap while eating, awkward though it can be. All the above is pre-covid of course ... but on top of all that, now I see myself sanitizing my bag several times a day when I finally get to return to some form of real life.

Maybe you should buy one of those portable purse holders.

 

[westvillage]

Maybe you should buy one of those portable purse holders.

Thanks for that suggestion. I’ve tried them. They often don’t fit the table well and carrying one around makes the bag heavier which is a factor too. Bars now have them and I do use one when I can… and when they’re built in

 

[eunaddict]

I've put my LV canvas bags under the seats in airplanes - beats having them grabbed or smushed by suitcases in overhead bins. But, I carry my dustbag around when i travel, so for x-ray machine containers and planes - bag goes in dustbag then into the xray bin or onto the plane floor.

My other petpeeve is watching bags bag against escalator sides as people go up and down them...just standing behind watching the poor leather/canvas RUUUUUUUB slowly against the (usually warm) metal and rubber sides all the way up/down.

(I do carry food in my bags, can't help it. I need snacks to function. And I bring lunch with me whenever possible.)

 

[westvillage]

Maybe you should buy one of those portable purse holders.

You know, maybe I WILL revisit a purse hook. I have an almond colored Ferragamo bag that I can’t bear to put on the floor, ever. Maybe I’ll carry a hook just in that bag and see how it works out. When I had a hook, it was an early iteration but I just googled them and they look lighter and more useful than I remember. So thanks! I always get such useful ideas here.

 

[Winter’sJoy]

You know, maybe I WILL revisit a purse hook. I have an almond colored Ferragamo bag that I can’t bear to put on the floor, ever. Maybe I’ll carry a hook just in that bag and see how it works out. When I had a hook, it was an early iteration but I just googled them and they look lighter and more useful than I remember. So thanks! I always get such useful ideas here.

Great! I hope it helps!