If you like umbrellas, and you think umbrellas are the truth type here

What is the best umbrella strategy? I'm not a savvy consumer (OR AM I? SECRETLY???????)

but like, if it's raining out, do you a. carry an umbrella
or

b. carry one and then lose it

or

z. buy an expensive one and then lose it

or

c. buy a cheap one and wind hurts it. and then years of therapy commence

It's the proverbial no-win situation. Like when Heinz was outsmarted by the salsa mafia.

One day I was BRINGING potato chips to PTA meetings and then the next some gents and ladies were all like buy cheap umbrellas [a spanish word] and spice your chips up with picante. I'm from Ireland, sorry, you jerks. And no, I am not sorry

salsa therapy commence. No. I'm in Obamacare, dude.

buy a mid range one and don't lose it, by virtue of it being a foldable one that you can stash in your bag or something.

i'm not an accountant! jesus I need a spreadsheet just to get through yr post! are there even enough excel pages in the world?????????

but yeah, I just, it's really difficult. no one understands. :(

Hate umbrellas. One of the more antisocial varieties of deadly weapons.

I also hate umbrellas as they are clearly anti-social in well-trafficked areas but i'm finding myself increasingly tempted to use one for the long sections of my walk to work that are along quiet streets.

Maglia Francesco ones are beautifully made but i know i'd end up losing it or breaking it at some point. I may get the next foldable Missoni one i see at TK Maxx.

i'm exclusively a raincoat guy, umbrellas are cumbersome and annoying. i can move much more easily in the rain w/ just a raincoat and my hand doesn't get cold from holding an umbrella. if i'm dressed up for something and wearing a suit i might carry an umbrella though

I often use an umbrella, but my pattern of use doesn't match up well to your question, but I'll give it a shot.

I use relatively inexpensive folding umbrellas that have no spring-loaded automatic-opening mechanism. I most often use them when I am leaving the house on foot and I will remain on foot until I return. If I will be carrying it folded at any point, I always have a place where it will go - usually a fanny pack, sometimes a less dorky conveyance, if I care how I look.

If it is windy enough to damage it, I generally won't bring it, because fighting the wind is a losing proposition. Blowing rain gets around the umbrella, even if you succeed in keeping the umbrella intact. What's the point?

I wouldn't use it on a crowded city sidewalk, either. Too anti-social.

goodamnit, what do you mean they are "anti-social"? the hollies wrote at least an entire song exploding that whole idea

It's called "Bus Stop". It's about a guy who goes to a bodega to buy snacks, gets caught in the rain, and then shelters himself and some goblin from the rain using a snickers bar wrapper

buy a mid range one and don't lose it, by virtue of it being a foldable one that you can stash in your bag or something.

― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Tuesday, April 1, 2014 1:55 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If you stash it in your bag after using it, it gets all your important papers wet. That's why it's just better to lose it on the bus.

u need a special umbrella compartment in your bag

I really do. It's raining like hell here today and I currently don't own umbrella one.