Originally Posted by ft101

You're doing something very wrong with all of that. No matter what anyone does, including travel, they should be able to do it in a relaxed stress free manner, letting someone else take the strain where possible, and not be in such a rush. That does not include hanging on to all your bags so you can hurry from one place to another without waiting at a baggage carousel just to make another appointment. It also doesn't include insisting someone who has brought one smaller bag on board puts it at their feet restricting their legroom so you and your colleagues can all get your rollaboards above your head (I accept if you paid extra for it you're OK, it's the ones that don't pay and just expect it that need educated). You lose a bag - so what, buy more stuff and claim it back. Relax, slow down, take it easy and you'll enjoy life more.

If it's "part of the job", then educate (or change) your employer. If more Business Travellers took this approach the OP may never have made his post.