Stepping up with a Suitcase

Have you ever carried a heavy suitcase up stairs? Agamedes has -- and did not enjoy it.

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Have you ever carried a suitcase up stairs? It's difficult, isn't it!

First, there's the weight of the suitcase. That's bad enough. You arm stretches, you shoulder feels as though it is about to pop out. That's just on the level ground...

It's even worse going up stairs.

There's the weight of the suitcase. Your arm stretches. Your shoulder feels as though it's about to pop out. Plus... that awful thump, thump, thump... as the case hits each step on the way up.

Step, thump. Step, thump. Step, thump.
It's heavy and now it's thumping. You just wish that every airport, hotel, b&b, village, bus station, railway... had escalators and lifts. But they don't.

If you think about it -- and Agamedes has thought about it -- it's that leading corner of the suitcase that causes the thump, thump, thump. Or, going down stairs, it's the trailing edge that hits every single stair on the way down... Thump. Thump. Thump.

Yes, you could lift the case clear of each step. Lift, strain, step. Lift, strain, groan, step. Lift, stretch, step, rest. Groan, lift, drop, curse, lift, step.

Or... You could remove the corner that thumps:

Okay, it's still heavy, I can't help you with that. (Other than advise you to pack less, next time.)

But the thump, thump, thump is gone. Yes, your arm still feels as though it's about to drop off.

But -- with the Agamedes Corner Cut [(c) & pat. poss. pend.] -- carrying a case up and down stairs is no worse than carrying it along the flat. No better, perhaps. But certainly no worse.

Suitcase up the stairs? No worries.

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