Isn't it nice when you find something you really want and ALSO NEED so you can justify buying it?
I just got myself a SwitchStick:
(Mine is a different colour and style, but still the same sort of thing.)There are three reasons I wanted this.
1) It's adjustable.
This is
wonderful. I have been using a walking stick that's two inches longer than it should be - which ends up really hurting my wrist after a while. Now I have one that's the right height!
2) It's foldable.
A definite plus. You see, the problem with needing a walking stick
occasionally and catching the train
daily is that there are all these people who know that I don't normally need a stick - and might decide that I'm only carrying one so I can nab a disabled seat on the train when it's crowded.
If I'm seen carrying a stick when I don't need it, they're even more likely to decide this, even on those occasions when I really do need it and also desperately need a disabled seat.
Funnily enough, I will often need a stick for my morning, and not need it by the afternoon. But I still have to carry it home.
...which leads to the ludicrous situation in which I walk around the train station pretending I need the stick more than I do,
so that people won't think I'm just pretending. Because I might not need it now - but I will need it later, and it's imperative that the passengers give me that disabled seat on the day that I really need it.
(Please note: no, I am not getting given the disabled seat when I'm just pretending. I'm not that selfishly dishonest.)The good thing about this foldable stick is that I can just unpack it when I actually need it, and hide it on the journey home when I don't.
3) It's pretty and sparkly!
Woo!
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