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  • #1

    Guess I need to work out?

    I'm a 5' female and thus think of myself as a bit of a weenie. I'll be the first to admit it, too--I'll joke with you men about your 40-lb bag of dog food. "Sorry, I'm a weenie, and can't lift that, I'll come around and scan it."

    I had so many people come through my line today and put their heavy items (24 packs of drinks and so on) on the belt that it's not funny.

    I had more than one person say "But I can't lift it!!" Bull! I just watched you lift FIVE OF THEM onto the belt!!

    Do I just look like some sort of a bodybuilder or something?

    Note--I had to hold my hand on the bag-turner to stop a toddler from turning it. I...was...LOSING.
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    Put something on it that'll fall off if the turner is spinned.
    Customers should always be served . . . to the nearest great white.

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    • #3
      you and i seem to be on opposite ends of the spectrum and i find it facinating.

      I'm a 5'4ish female and I always assume I can lift or move anything just as well as the 6' something men i work with and it drives me up the wall when customers insist on helping me or telling me i can't do it because i'm a girl.

      I guess it just comes down to the customers insisting that we can or can't do something just because they said so. Either way they suck for deciding what we're capable of.

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      • #4
        ...and that is when you brandish your 20lb. sledgehammer.
        "IT stands away, interrupting himself from the incessant hammering of the kittens…"

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        • #5
          Quoth jjllbb View Post
          Either way they suck for deciding what we're capable of.
          That's just it. It falls under the category of Telling Us How to Do Our Jobs.
          "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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          • #6
            Hey, I'm a 6'2" guy, and I got the "he's a pack mule" mentality from customers.

            Heh, even the trainer at the gym egged me on about the weight I was using on the leg press.
            I shut him up when I put 360 kg on it and did a full set
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            • #7
              Quoth ApolloSZ View Post
              Hey, I'm a 6'2" guy, and I got the "he's a pack mule" mentality from customers.
              At least you only get it from customers.

              My parents still use me for the heavy lifting. My dad jokes that's why they keep me around. "Strong back, weak mind," as he puts it.

              To which I always reply, "I get 'em both from you, Dad."

              Yeah, my Dad needs new jokes.
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