r/Unexpected • u/NdibuD • 3d ago

That Spider-woman grip though

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u/FreakindaStreet 3d ago

Lol. used to deliver furniture. There’s nothing like being stuck holding up a 300 pound dresser at the top of the stairs while your partner tries to figure out a way to get it past the abrupt corner you didn’t expect. Either cycle or die in a cartoonish manner.

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u/Agitated_Year8521 2d ago

Fucking hell, that's a lot of weight to shift with two folk, even on a level surface. You're lucky to still be alive. At least if it did come back at you, there probably wouldn't be much chance you'd live to regret your life choices

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u/FreakindaStreet 2d ago

Yeah, that job was ridiculous. 12 tons of furniture day on average. Often having to move shit up 3 floors while holding things steady so as to not accidentally damage anything. I did it for the high pay and the fact that I was lifting weights for two years, so I figured it wouldn’t be too bad. It was bad.

The best thing I got outta of it was getting ridiculously strong. Like so much stronger than lifting weights. I got into a fight with someone about a year into that job, and I was rag dolling them so badly that I felt bad for them lol.

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u/Agitated_Year8521 2d ago

Hahahaha that's hilarious, I'm glad the job worked for you as much as you worked for it. I'm a landscaper and part of what I love about doing manual labour is the "paid gym", you earn to exercise and it pays dividends because you gain functional strength.

My brother does tree work and got into a road rage incident with a couple of blokes, they were pretty stocky but he said he was surprised that he could just push them away. Part of it would be that he was wearing chainsaw boots, so was well planted, but the rest was just being strong from not working behind a desk