Keep calm and carry on. After struggling with her bags on the subway, one too many times,

this New Yorker takes the problem into her own hands, literally because she makes tote bags,

and earns over $100,000. Over $100,000 and counting, in fact, we're going to call this story totally, totally

functional bags for women on the go, because again, it is about tote bags.

We had another episode long ago, 759 tote bag tightens, teachers, custom bag, shoulders, $110,000

profits. That is no relation to this episode.

Toebags is a category with many vendors and suppliers, and ultimately many vendors and

suppliers who can be successful. I enjoyed working on this story many years ago. It's been fun to

go back and re-record it with some updates. I also took a peek at the website.

So I'll come back and say more about that at the end.

But yeah, stay tuned.

Detailed story about the totally functional bags,

tote bags earning a six-figure income.

That story is coming right up. Thank you. The infamous salad incident happened on the New York City subway one morning in the spring.

You see, every day, Hannah Fastop took the subway to her job as a product developer at Brooks Brothers.

Between her purse,

lunch, and a change of clothes for the gym, she had to take three bags with her each morning.

And as she was passing through the six train turnstile at 33rd Street, one of the straps of her bags got caught, launching her salad from that bag into the darkness of the subway. Although disappointed in

missing out on lunch, Hannah ended up with something better, a big idea. She started asking the

women in the locker room at the gym if they liked their gym bags, to which she was met with a

resounding no. Hannah prodded them further asking what they would change about those bags if they could.

She hastily scribbled down some notes and then continued to ask around each time she returned to the

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