Free Michael Kors Tote: Worth Sitting In Traffic On The Jitney?

While traffic may be horrendous, Michael Kors is giving you a reason to take the Hampton Jitney this holiday weekend.  Free handbag!  Well...tote bag.

Personally, we're thanking our lucky stars that we're already out east and don't have to deal with that whole mass-exodus-out-of-NYC ordeal.  But for those of you who do, we're sorry.  And maybe this will serve as some sort of consolation: a free Michael Kors bag!  To celebrate the USA, Hamptons pride, and, of course, his stores in Southampton and East Hampton, the designer is giving away a total of 480 cloth totes on 16 Luxury Ambassador Jitney rides with a "personalized" note attached.  Here's what the oh-so-personal note entails:

So now while you're on a bus for five hours you'll at least be able to hold your pretty new beach tote and think "so this is why I didn't call the helicopter..."

[Photos via Blackbook]