Forming an Opportunity Belief
In our day to day lives, we carry around a lot of things with us. Whether you're a student, working, or just roaming the streets chances are you're carrying items of varying importance on you. When using a bag of some sort to transport these items from point A to point B, you are not only expecting it to get there. But expect a certain level of safety for those items after being placed in the bag. Most of us have experienced their contents being damaged in some way due to the trials of life.
I first talked to a fellow student who I noticed always has a backpack with him. This bag typically carries all sorts of school supplies including, but not limited to, notebooks, textbooks, and a laptop. In another compartment of this backpack, his wallet keys and lunch for the day are housed. More than once the food container placed in this compartment has been damaged and spilled its contents. Effectively soiling all the other items in that pocket and even in the rest of the bag. This student often rides a bike to campus and has fallen victim to bad weather. Sometimes this bad weather results in water damaged books and mold growth. This bag travels often and gets crammed into small spaces while overstuffed.
Next, I spoke to an older woman who uses a very large over the shoulder tote. This woman's lifestyle is much tamer than the previously mentioned students. So the tote suffers much less abuse. Typically is carries medications, toilet paper, medical records, and a calendar. It also has smaller bags inside of it that act as separate compartments housing her keys, wallet, and other important items she may need throughout the day. Despite her calm lifestyle, the tote is subject to being placed on the ground and in the way of spills outside of the tote. However, most of the contents remain unharmed.
Finally, I interviewed my best friend who always seems to have a new bag every time I see her. Each bag has an assigned outfit event deployment. Certain bags are used almost daily while others wait for the special events they are designated for. The contents of there bags also vary. For nights out makeup and minimal important belonging are placed into the bag. Work days are accompanied by a larger bag complete with keys, wallets, and phone. For the most part, her keys, money, and ID of some sort are placed in the daily chosen bag. Each bag, depending on the event it is attending, get abused differently. Bags for outdoor adventures and backpacks tend to take the most beatings from nature and being slung around. Smaller outing bags, on the other hand, tend to be held almost at all times.
After my interviews with these three individuals, I have concluded that there is some opportunity when trying to ensure the safety of contents inside of a bag. However, this depends mostly on the person's lifestyle and the weight of the bag. These two factors seem to dictate how much abuse it will take. The separating of compartments also seems to make a difference in damage control for mishaps taking place inside. I was most surprised by the varying degrees of usage by each of the three people and how they combated potential damage to their contents. All three attempted to take care of their carrying devices but ultimately would sacrifice it at the slightest threat to what is kept inside.
I first talked to a fellow student who I noticed always has a backpack with him. This bag typically carries all sorts of school supplies including, but not limited to, notebooks, textbooks, and a laptop. In another compartment of this backpack, his wallet keys and lunch for the day are housed. More than once the food container placed in this compartment has been damaged and spilled its contents. Effectively soiling all the other items in that pocket and even in the rest of the bag. This student often rides a bike to campus and has fallen victim to bad weather. Sometimes this bad weather results in water damaged books and mold growth. This bag travels often and gets crammed into small spaces while overstuffed.
Next, I spoke to an older woman who uses a very large over the shoulder tote. This woman's lifestyle is much tamer than the previously mentioned students. So the tote suffers much less abuse. Typically is carries medications, toilet paper, medical records, and a calendar. It also has smaller bags inside of it that act as separate compartments housing her keys, wallet, and other important items she may need throughout the day. Despite her calm lifestyle, the tote is subject to being placed on the ground and in the way of spills outside of the tote. However, most of the contents remain unharmed.
Finally, I interviewed my best friend who always seems to have a new bag every time I see her. Each bag has an assigned outfit event deployment. Certain bags are used almost daily while others wait for the special events they are designated for. The contents of there bags also vary. For nights out makeup and minimal important belonging are placed into the bag. Work days are accompanied by a larger bag complete with keys, wallets, and phone. For the most part, her keys, money, and ID of some sort are placed in the daily chosen bag. Each bag, depending on the event it is attending, get abused differently. Bags for outdoor adventures and backpacks tend to take the most beatings from nature and being slung around. Smaller outing bags, on the other hand, tend to be held almost at all times.
After my interviews with these three individuals, I have concluded that there is some opportunity when trying to ensure the safety of contents inside of a bag. However, this depends mostly on the person's lifestyle and the weight of the bag. These two factors seem to dictate how much abuse it will take. The separating of compartments also seems to make a difference in damage control for mishaps taking place inside. I was most surprised by the varying degrees of usage by each of the three people and how they combated potential damage to their contents. All three attempted to take care of their carrying devices but ultimately would sacrifice it at the slightest threat to what is kept inside.
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