I have so had it with people who insist on keeping their backpacks on in a crowded bus. Every single morning, I have to deal with squeezing past people OBLIVIOUS to the amount of space they take up in the bus aisle by keeping their backpacks on. Along with padded winter coats, a backpack takes up the same amount of room as a PERSON! But can these offenders do the right thing and take them off? Noooooo, why, that would be too civilized and dare I say it, UNselfish. Instead, they just continue standing there going la dee da in their heads while everyone else gets jammed up at the front of the bus. Some days, I want to just personally remove the backpacks off these people myself with my bare white-knuckled hands. Would it kill you to take off your backpacks and just hold them by your side to make a little room for your fellow passengers? Am I making an unreasonable request? Well, here are some good reasons:

5. Your backpack will not disappear and cease to exist if it comes off your shoulders. You may think you are special but you do not have magical powers.
4. Your arm will not break if you have to hold your backpack. Don’t be a wus. If you can hold on to a pole, you can hold on to a bag.
3. Your backpack won’t get pick-pocketed if you TAKE IT OFF.
2. If you take off your backpack and make life more pleasant for others, you will earn KARMA brownie points.
1. It won’t kill you to take off your backpack but leave it on and one day… some angry rider might.