How I feel about it and what I do about it depends on the situation. I actually love bag check stations in stores. It's so nice to shop at Nordstrom without carrying really heavy panniers around. I feel secure in checking my bags with them, as well as other shops that have that service. I would be insulted in a grocery or drug store. (Heck, my pharmacist lets me roll my bike right on in when I pick up my prescriptions.) No one ever asks me in places like that.

Last week I went into this really fancy women's shoe store. The tiniest little saleswoman comes up to me and asks for my bags. She was extremely snotty about it. (Like I'm going to stuff floor model shoes in my panniers? ) I looked at her with a big smile and handed them right over. Now, I'm a big girl and people are surprised at how much I can lift. My panniers were especially heavy that day. I guess she thought that by the way I appeared to be carrying them so easily, they were lightweight. My goodness, she sure was surprised to find out that was not the case. It looked like her arms almost popped out of their sockets. Too bad.