While spending some time in the air during the previous weeks, I realized that I too am at fault for not considering the abuse I put my iPod through, for example. Maybe the fact that it’s heavy has something to do with it, but in a way, I feel that it is protected from most situations I put it in (the bottom of my backpack, with everything else crammed on top, for example). I’m not saying that we should wrap our mobiles, MP3 players, and laptops in bubble wrap, but perhaps if we took a little time to consider their safety, we’d save ourselves some money too. An example would be having protected cases for devices, etc.