Thursday, April 10, 2008

Airplane tags - Why do we keep them ?

One Doubt ...

We see many people carrying bags with airline tags hanging from it, dont we? Tags of Kingfisher, Indian, Spicejet, Jet etc et. I find it utterly despicable. I would be irritated to have a useless tag around my bag that keep poking my nape.

Why do people not remove them as soon as they are out of the airport. They remove all other stickers but let the elastic cord tag to be on their hand bags. There are people who will carry those bags with those tags around for many a days after their air travel. Isn't it just ridiculous ?

Is it to show-off that you travelled by airplane? Now come on.... how can people be so naive and so childish. I started noticing this queer phenomenon about two and half years back when one of my classmates after flying back to college from home, carried around his bag with the Paramount airlines tag around it for many many months. ( i think he never removed it thereafter )

After that I have never failed to notice this whenever I see any hand-bag. funny, eh?

There are so many frequent travellers, some of them have this irritating habit and some do not. I remember when I travelled by airplane for the very first time, I immediately removed the tag as soon as I got out of the airport - I found it irritating and very repulsive. As if it was putting a sticker on to your self and endorsing some brand for free. So cheeesy !!!! yuck !!!

Even today a few minutes back I saw a lady carrying a beautiful hand-bag ( and I do know a thing or two about the quality and aesthetics of hand-bags ;-) ). Now the whole look of the bag was spoilt by that irritating "kingfisher" tag on it. I thought to myself, " How can you spoil the look of such a beautiful bag by such naivety?"

Have you all not noticed this phenomenon? What do you think about the real reason for this? It just never ceases to amuse me !!!

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