ppl are weirdly making fun of me for calling my library shelving job physically intensive? Sure, some library jobs aren't, but I was a spry, active 17 year old and it left me exhausted every day. I'm saying it was physically intensive because it *was*.
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I was on my feet and walking nearly all day, bending down with heavy books, standing up with heavy books, pushing heavy carts full of books. I got muscled, my thighs got real swole. My feet hurt. We were understaffed and pressured to go as fast as possible.
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I agree there are jobs more physically intensive than my experience, there's also ones less. In general, the phrase "physically intensive" seems to cover the end of the spectrum I was on.
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Half those people have probably never worked a physical job. I’d imagine it’s like bricklaying, move one brick - yeah fine. Move 1000’s and you’ve moved tons of stuff.
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I worked as an usher, showing people to their seats at an opera house. It had 1300 seats and a ton of stairs. My feet absolutely hurt at the end of my shift. I've got no doubts that your library job was physically intensive.
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Lolol whoever said that needs to get a grip on reality, the vast majority people are working physically intensive jobs from 16-65.
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Wood is heavy. Paper is made of wood. Books are made out of paper. Therefore...
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Lol I've worked in several library jobs, one job was barely physical but the other had me carrying boxes and transferring huge stacks of books. It was tiring and i constantly had bruises in my shins from kicking the carts by accident
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Having worked at the library moving large amounts of books from trucks to storage and back again (in years past), I can confirm: Books are heavy.
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