I swore I wouldn't write another rant for at least a week, but this time I couldn't help it.

Latest Metro irk: People with those retarded "rolling backpacks" or "rolling briefcases." Basically, they're teeny tiny suitcases with a retractable handle, and look pretty ridiculous, especially if you've got the gall to wheel them on to Metro during rush hour.

I see third graders pulling their pink and yellow Barbie-adorned ones to the bus stop. Grown women pull them while wearing shoulder padded buisness suits with white high tops. (Gag - please, at least buy a pair of sneakers that sort of blend in well, not the ones you'd see adorning a geriatric ward nurse's feet.) Anyway, for all I know, people could be hauling around 50 lbs of papers, books, laptops (well, not for the 3rd grader, I hope), and for that I can understand at least somewhat.

But seriously, those handy little suitcases on wheels take up as much space as a 5 year old toddler, and how many work people do you see hauling around a kid with them to work? Not many. In fact, if most people did, they'd have to start putting together 8-car long Metro trains, because there simply wouldn't be room.

So, mini-suitcase people… pick it up, carry it with you on the escalator and don't let it sit on the stair behind you. If you can't muster up the strength to do that, take the elevator. And on the train, please at least put it between your feet or something, because there's nothing worse than nailing my shin on one of those suckers.

/end rant.