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Which of these two jobs do you think is more physically demanding, a "desk job" or a fork lift driver?
Please don’t give one word answers. Please try to wipe the stereotype from your mind and give the logic behind your answers.
I have never driven a fork lift. All of my jobs were “desk jobs.” I was the Special Market’s Administrator at Rubbermaid for a time. I often had to walk miles (it seemed like) through cavernous warehouses to get to which ever shipping department to compare bills of lading before they unloaded the truck. I had reason to walk and walk and walk. I had to file. Had to run up and down stairs.
I was a secretary for a time. I had to walk all over the office and through the warehouse delivering mail and packages. I filed, which involved squatting, then standing, then reaching, crouched over. I unpacked various office shipments then put them on whatever shelves they belonged on.
As a teacher, I was on my feet constantly, up and down, up and down, and often hauling various things into the class room.
Another “desk job” I applied for, had I gotten it, would have required me to run up and down this one flight of stairs 10+ times per day.
What is involved in driving a fork lift?
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