Kids these days

[triskellian]

(In backlash against being five yesterday, today I shall be seventy-five ;-)

Parts of my journey to work are shared by dozens of teenagers walking to school, and I have observed that all of them wear their backpacks properly, on both shoulders. What is the world coming to? In my day, no one used both shoulder straps, and backache be damned!

[Poll #1023562]

Comments

[triskellian]

Wow, you can swap shoulders? I can't - makes me feel all hunched and odd if I wear a bag on my left shoulder.

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

I'm left-shouldered. Which goes with my left-footedness but not my right-handedness. Maybe I'm just a freak :)

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

No, I'm the same; left-shouldered, right-handed. Actually I think it's because it's easier to do something with your right hand when you don't have a backpack on that shoulder -- open doors, that kind of thing -- so that the backpack doesn't slide off and dangle painfully from your wrist. undyingking is obviously just a freak of nature (but we knew that)

[white_hart]

Me three.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

It took a bit of practice... but like mousing with your wrong hand, you can get used to it if you push through the oddness barrier.