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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.

8:06 PM · Apr 17, 2021

Exhausted Middle

@ExhaustedMiddle

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This sounds like the predecessor to Amazon warehouse jobs today.

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@ExhaustedMiddle

I've also worked at a warehouse! Or rather, some of my days working at a factory were spent working in the warehouse. Warehouse days were about as physically intensive as my library job.

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Buchstabendompteuse

@translatorbunny

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maybe some people don't know that books are really fucking heavy

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I worked in a library at 17 as well it was hard especially for a dyslexic like me

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I work circulation at a library and our shelvers work their butts off.

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Maciek Gorywoda

@makingthematrix

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They're just jerks and they have no idea what work like that involves.

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Repetitive strain injuries are legit!

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Lol @ tech/knowledge workers not understanding how real jobs work

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Wayward Millennial

@WaywardMillenn2

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Some people here have never worked a low paid, understaffed job and it shows.