Professional Messenger

<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=glassblockvis-20&l=li2&o=1&a=B002E0MO58" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />After all the hustle & bustle of yesterday's post (no pun intended! 😂), my "bagging needs" changed in the next half dozen years. By the time I got my second diploma (the one I got when I graduated from college 😁), it was time for the reality of how I was to carry a change of shoes, some food for mid-day, & whatever other essentials I'd find myself deeming necessary as time passed on. I'd become a professional.

My first "long term gig" was in downtown, so I used the public transportation system - a bus - to get there. Since the days of peer pressure in junior high & high school I'd not found myself much akin to the ever lady-like purse (like this one, though not advertised back then for carrying cell phones 😂). I never preferred the way it dangled. It would turn & twist at my side & I frustrated in that I would spend more time awaiting the unravel than actually using it adequately as intended. The straps back then weren't designed long enough to wear across the body - that hadn't become a trend yet - & I couldn't figure out from which shoulder it was to be most dangling...so I skipped out on it entirely...Then again, so technically was Mom. As a little girl I watched her use an actual purse, though one with straps just long enough to put over her shoulder & therefore hold the large bag against tight against her body. She needed the large bag & had everything "Mom-like" inside of it. By the time junior high & high school rolled around she'd greatly downsized to just having a tiny little zipper thing that had her essential plastics (that is, her plastic cards) in it. She'd stuff it into her jacket pocket when the weather called to begin warding off the chill; otherwise she used her pants pocket. When that wasn't a possibility (like when the occasion deemed a dress or skirt necessary), Dad still had pockets & she'd leave her little-zipper-thing back at the house.

So by nurture I was learned away from strappy, dangly bags. I pleasured on the days when I could stick the prevalent plastic cards into my pocket & be on my way. None of these would be necessary. So I began my days of downtown employment with one very similar to this design. Eventually I knew I'd need to graduate & carry another instead. I was dealing with "open top" & the raining factor, as well as potential falling out factor, had me too anxious too often; I needed to figure out the next-best-alternative. A complete flap-over, like I'd see many others utilizing on the bus, didn't seem to be right for me. It seemed to be too cumbersome & complicated with no practicality, a stumbling block rather than a purposeful assistant; a no-go.

Somehow I found my way to something like this. With the additional pocket, sleek color, & plastic buckle clasp, I was winning without a clue that I was winning. I'd learn down the line that this was, what I call, an "advanced fault"; I didn't know what I didn't know.

Once this one wasn't up to snuff & had run its course I went digging among the racks & sniffing out the stores for my next replacement. At this point I'd "graduated" to carrying certain things, like food containers; I still also carried a pair of shoes for around the office. Fortunately, many brands were also beginning to cater to the professional who'd be carting around a computer. I wouldn't be doing this, though I definitely could appreciate the same sized spacing allotment for all of my needs.

My newest problem became this. It seemed to be the latch for almost every one of them. I'd carry it, cross-body style & backwards as to eliminate the situation. Honestly, I couldn't even figure out what the situation was at first. It didn't add up. Eventually, & in some ways too late, (after damaging a few garments) I realized that this couldn't be on any other one I'd ever get. It just wasn't worth the trouble. At all.

I did my research & it's come to this one. Yep. Simple & basic & it's still the one I'm using (though I'm using it solely for toting my laptop). It's all-around durable & great. It has a clip, though not a plastic one, which is also good because it's more durable because of it 😂, & it doesn't have this. The color is great. I can wear it cross-body (so it doesn't get all dangly underneath my arm 😉). (And I do wear it cross-body! 😊😂)


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