Things I have been duped into purchasing by companies that know I am a fool, a multipart series, part 1

A Passport Holder

In functionality, a specifically-identified passport holder is no different from a large wallet, a pocket in your bag, or the passport holder it literally arrived in whence sent to you from The Government.

The differentiation comes from parting with the financial reward of two hours work for the privilege of owning it, and it coming in attractive pastel hues that look nice poking out your bag in the instagram picture you post from the airport when curating an interesting if fictitious life for yourself.

In reality, a passport holder actually makes using a passport harder, by creating yet another impediment in the search for your passport at the check in counter, having utilised the past 20 minutes in the queue on the more productive task of scrolling through instagram making notes on how to better curate your fabulous, fictitious life.

The situation is further exacerbated if, like me, you’re sweatily fumbling around for your damn passport whilst also trying to conceal the five carry on bags slung about your person in which you’re concealing an extra 10 kilograms or so of luggage.

Halfway through the trip, the passport holder is abandoned altogether and the passport returns to floating around your bag, either sticking halfway out at a jaunty and easily snatchable angle, or collecting debris with the shameful McDonalds receipts and old pen innards at the very back corner.

My hat is tipped to the sadist who saw humans like me, and saw us wanting, and knew we would be sucker enough to purchase.