RedRose wrote:
I have what I assume to be an irrational hatred of umbrellas. I dont think I'm co-ordinated enough to use one, I always end up still getting wet, plus I struggle when passing people on the street, I hold it awkwardly and get my hair caught in it and all sorts. Dont even get me started on sharing an umbrella with someone else, the logistics are a nightmare!
I find there's too small a range of conditions where I find umbrellas to be useful. If it's just drizzling like it does mostly in Seattle then an umbrella is totally pointless. If it's pouring down cats and dogs and/or windy the umbrella is also useless as you're going to get soaked pretty much no matter what. In this case it's almost better to just close the umbrella and make a mad dash for it.