Sweetleaf wrote:
But always with the you need to be able to lift 50 pounds or a valid drivers license.
Like I am weak it is hard for me to attempt to lift 50 pounds, and I do not currently have a drivers liscense I probably should at the age of 33 but I don't. So it's just like two disqualifications right off, thinking of just giving in and working at walmart, seems they will hire anyone so idk if I did get a job there maybe I could at least get more job skill experience. To put forth to apply to other jobs after.
But also every job that looks like something I could do is thrown off by the being able to lift 50 pounds part, like I cannot do that...too small and weak but still seems like its an expectation for half the jobs...so like do I lie about it and just when it comes up ask for help, or be straightforward that I may struggle with idk heavier loads and need a coulple strong guys or gals with me to help unload cause I am not very strong idk. Like Idk what do you do when you are working class but can't regularly lift 50 pounds, like f**k I am not a big muscular woman so yes I struggle to lift 50 pounds, so why do half of all jobs have to require that I get equality but it doesn't erase that weak women do actually exist. I am sure there are weak men to...
Idk are people who can't just constantly lift 50 pounds just doomed for life or what.
I used to work for UPS and unless there's a physical injury, lifting 50# is mostly a matter of knowing how to do it. We used to have some pretty tiny women that could lift that and more. The bigger issue tends to be when the weight is in larger boxes or ones that are oddly shaped.
That being said, I'd apply anyways or just ask how often that's going to need to be done. That 50# figure might just be an occasional thing, or more of a theoretical to try and avoid having a situation where nobody can do the lifting.
Sweetleaf wrote:
BTDT wrote:
The job environment can be more important than the job itself! So yes, try dish washing again if you can find a restaurant with a good reputation for looking out for its workers. One place that I go to shut down for the day because it got too hot for its workers!
I used to hate going to amusement parks because I was too small for anything but the little kiddie rides!
It would have been a much different experience if I could have gone on half the rides.
I never did any heavy lifting at work. I'd always get someone else to do that for me!
I have been doing a pretty physical job and yeah I feel like I am not cut out for it, I thought maybe doing it for a while I'd get stronger and be able to handle it better but it has been a year and that hasn't even started happening. And I do have an unnamed genetic condition that seems to mostly manifest in me just always having weak muscles no matter what, its not muscular dystrophy but has simular features. Like at least my muscles are not deteriorating the way they would do with MD, but they are still weak and seem resistant to gaining any strength whatsoever.
And idk maybe I am a bit self conscious about it, but never really thought of that.
Body weight calisthenics is likely the way to go there. The exercises start out trivial to the point where pretty much anybody that isn't paralyzed can probably do it, and can work up to the point where hardly anybody can do it without years of training.
21 Jul 2023, 12:21 am
