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British Olympic Athletes All Have The Same Bag And Nobody Knows Whose Is Whose
Team GB may have returned from Rio with a record haul of Olympic medals, but unknown to them, one last challenge awaited them when they landed at Heathrow – trying to find their luggage. Because somebody decided to give all the athletes the same red bags, and as you can see, trying to figure out whose was whose was an Olympic event in itself.
“Having lots of fun,” wrote British gymnast Becky Downie in a video she uploaded to Twitter. “Spot your bag.” Other athletes also chipped in, with rower Alex Gregory tweeting “Anyone seen my red bag?” and silver medal windsurfer Nick Dempsey adding “mine’s the red one!!” Whoever was responsible for providing the luggage won’t be winning any medals…
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Team GB returned from the Rio Olympics to face their biggest challenge
Trying to figure out whose luggage was whose!
“Having lots of fun,” wrote British gymnast Becky Downie in a video she uploaded to Twitter. “Spot your bag”
Click to unmuteAll of the bags for the British Olympic team were exactly the same
Which made trying to find them almost as hard as an Olympic event
Team GB won a record number of events at the Rio Olympics, but whoever was responsible for the luggage won’t be winning any medals…
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Donna Oades 9 years ago
This may be a silly question, but did they not have this problem when they arrived in Rio to start with?!
Alec 9 years ago
My guess is that either they arrived separately, or they were taken by bus to the Olympic Village, and maybe even had the bags delivered to their respective quarters. Upon their return, as they were going their separate ways, the problem became apparent
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Nomadus Aureus 9 years ago
It's funny. But next time, if you don't want to go through the hassle, just use colour-coded Gear Tags. If there aren't enough colours, than decide on one colour / team, so you will only have to weed through, say 20, instead of 200. Eg. blue for swimmers, red for gymnasts and so on.
Virginia Su 9 years ago
Can they allow the Olympians to decorate their luggage? Like put a ribbon on it or something?
Michele Rasmussen 9 years ago
um, that's what luggage tags are for, i'm sure they all had NAMES on those luggage tags
dougdoug 9 years ago
there was a study done with balloons that would work well with this. the study was the speed of teamwork. fill a room with balloons with peoples names on them, send people in one at a time and have them find their name only... only a few people were successful. then restart and have each person just remove 1 balloon and find the person whose name is on it. it took less than 10 mins for over 100 people to get their balloons. this is what needs to happen with this luggage.
Amy Force 9 years ago
I don't understand this..... why not just tie a colorful handkerchief to the handles that is unique to everyone else's??? That's what my mom did to spot her luggage at the airport for years. Is that against code or something??? Such an easy problem to fix.... Perhaps i'm not seeing the whole story. :/ *shrugs*
Caroline Driver 9 years ago
I was thinking 'did no one personalise their bag?' but if they were all delivered seperately from the athletes, then I guess no one had a chance. Except maybe in Rio, but then in their own groups they may not have realised the problem. Oh well, just have to dig through them all!
Naomi Prior 9 years ago
None of them thought to tie a piece of coloured ribbon on their bag???????????
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 9 years ago
They should have put tags in their bags that said "Mine"... peopla are sooo dumb... ;)
Brooke Crawford 9 years ago
How is this any different than going on a deployment?! I had to wrap my bag in fluorescent green duct tape to tell my bag from others!
Donna Oades 9 years ago
This may be a silly question, but did they not have this problem when they arrived in Rio to start with?!
Alec 9 years ago
My guess is that either they arrived separately, or they were taken by bus to the Olympic Village, and maybe even had the bags delivered to their respective quarters. Upon their return, as they were going their separate ways, the problem became apparent
Load More Replies... Nomadus Aureus 9 years ago
It's funny. But next time, if you don't want to go through the hassle, just use colour-coded Gear Tags. If there aren't enough colours, than decide on one colour / team, so you will only have to weed through, say 20, instead of 200. Eg. blue for swimmers, red for gymnasts and so on.
Virginia Su 9 years ago
Can they allow the Olympians to decorate their luggage? Like put a ribbon on it or something?
Michele Rasmussen 9 years ago
um, that's what luggage tags are for, i'm sure they all had NAMES on those luggage tags
dougdoug 9 years ago
there was a study done with balloons that would work well with this. the study was the speed of teamwork. fill a room with balloons with peoples names on them, send people in one at a time and have them find their name only... only a few people were successful. then restart and have each person just remove 1 balloon and find the person whose name is on it. it took less than 10 mins for over 100 people to get their balloons. this is what needs to happen with this luggage.
Amy Force 9 years ago
I don't understand this..... why not just tie a colorful handkerchief to the handles that is unique to everyone else's??? That's what my mom did to spot her luggage at the airport for years. Is that against code or something??? Such an easy problem to fix.... Perhaps i'm not seeing the whole story. :/ *shrugs*
Caroline Driver 9 years ago
I was thinking 'did no one personalise their bag?' but if they were all delivered seperately from the athletes, then I guess no one had a chance. Except maybe in Rio, but then in their own groups they may not have realised the problem. Oh well, just have to dig through them all!
Naomi Prior 9 years ago
None of them thought to tie a piece of coloured ribbon on their bag???????????
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 9 years ago
They should have put tags in their bags that said "Mine"... peopla are sooo dumb... ;)
Brooke Crawford 9 years ago
How is this any different than going on a deployment?! I had to wrap my bag in fluorescent green duct tape to tell my bag from others!
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