Backpack Burns

I never thought a simple Backpack can become a talking point for me. Recently I have been hearing a lot of comments about me still using a backpack. Though I never respond back with any comments, I just laugh it away but in the recent past taking a lot of heat.

Basically it does serve me in lot of ways, right from carrying Tiffin box, snack box, head phones, ear phones, i-pod, license, money, books and many more things that are not worth a mention. I tried answering the question as to why I still use it, below is what I found:

1. May be… I am over compensating for all the days that I did not go to college with a back pack.
2. May be… It’s the revenge of the sling bag that I stopped using as it was not so convenient for me.
3. May be… It is people’s way to complain that I am not carrying enough snack and Tiffin for all of them.
4. May be… It is the cry of the laptop that I deny to carry.
5. May be… Carrying it around still makes me feel like an unruly college going youth in complete office formals.
6. May be… It is keeping me company on those travels, to and fro. (Yes, basically when your ass is chasing big numbers and a backpack is the only thing hugging you from behind, this is possibly a thought that might pass by)

Some Reminisces:

There are 3 in specific that stand out in my memories as those still are very special for me. The first one is a back pack from footloose that I purchased with a credit card (add on), usually any purchases I made with add on card needed prior approval from higher authorities (I used to take them, they were not mandatory) but this one time I did it without any approval or did not even mention that I bought it through the card. I was also teased a lot in college because of this bag, as the color matched with a girl’s bag, in our group.

The second one happens to the current one that I purchased with my own money, feels silly mentioning that, but still it is fine. More than money factor it is the feel that no one questioned me that you already have one why another one now, why are you wasting so much money on that bag…etc etc.

Third one was a gift from my sister, owing to my over crazed infatuation for Ferrari my sister gifted it, an official Ferrari merchandise, and I use it very rarely…

If all my backpacks had an option to voice their feelings, then I would have been in jail by now!!!

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