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| Resistant pig |
The wheel bearings in my laptop trolley bag are so worn that they've started sticking and squealing. It's like dragging a dead weight. Or taking a resistant pig for a walk. I don't think you're meant to do serious mileage with one of these. It's probably just for 'executive'-style transfers between taxi and luggage rack. Not for cross-country. I did once wheel this over Wimbledon Common, which was unpleasantly tussocky and heavy-going.
In addition to the squealing, there's a grating noise. Probably because I am driving on the rims. I've got no tread left.
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| Different pig. More biddable. |
Might get away with this on the back streets around King's Cross. But in Canary Wharf I am drawing looks - a mixture of incredulity, pity and embarrassment. Let us not forget that Canary Wharf is the sort of place where people have a man clean their shoes at lunch time, while they make phone calls. People do not have bags that complain and squeal.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease, according to the proverb. Not so. The squeaky wheel gets the boot. Time for a brand new pig bag. A less resistant one.
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