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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Working can be Comparable to a Gym Workout




And you might think I’m joking, but I’m not.  Those demo carts we have to push around aren’t easy when they’re loaded with pounds of product.  Although, I’d much rather have this situation going for me than a fold up table.  For some reason mantling and dismantling those tables is no easy task for me.



A few days ago I was doing a demo for white grape juice.  My cart must have weighed three hundred pounds, perhaps more once I had all the bottles of product on there and the ice and ice bucket and everything else needed to do the demo.  I must be a ninety-pound weakling because once I had my cart in place I felt like I had just come off the machines at the gym.  My legs were burning from pushing that weight from the back to the isle I was on that day.



There’s no doubt about it – you get a workout every day at work.  Even on my breaks I have to power walk from one end of the store to the other in order to stay on schedule and get back to my demo in time.





 Me at work
Anyway, the gal breaking me for lunch took this picture of my cart.  I had already taken my blue apron off.  I served about 1100 cups of juice that day.  There are many times you feel like a one-armed-paperhanger and just can’t move fast enough to keep the tray full of samples.



But I have to say there’s a lot of variety and everyday I’m doing something new.  I see the worst of human nature, in the course of the job, but there are plenty of nice folks too.


6 comments:

  1. It does sound like a never ending battle to keep those samples going. I know when we shop at Costco the sample tables always have lots of people milling around them. A good workout indeed!

    Betty

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    1. Betty,

      You wouldn't believe how much food we serve everyday. It's astounding. We never quit moving so it sure does feel good to sit down once I'm home.

      Thanks for reading and leaving a comment.

      Sunni

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  2. I bet those are hard to finagle around. And fold up tables? Those things are way heavy. I don't blame you for liking wheeled contraptions.

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    1. Liz,

      The wheeled stainless steel carts are heavy but nice. They can be super heavy loaded down with product samples for the day. But the tables are a hundred times worse in several ways, at least in my opinion.

      Thanks for reading and leaving a comment.

      Sunni

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