Originally Posted by Tilts McGhee
I'll be printing this off and carrying it with me! I flew with a girl the other day who had just returned to work after 3 months off with a badly sprained wrist and back. She sustained these injuries while lifting bags for a passenger.
We're not insured to lift bags and now, with the threat of these bags weighing pretty much anything, there is no way I'll be picking them up. You pack it, you stack it!!!!
She should have let the bag back down after perhaps raising it a few inches and discovering it was more than she could handle. No need to print anything and carry the paper on a pocket.
In my earlier lifetime my parents ordered some heavy oriental rugs. When the rugs arrived one of the delivery men singlehandedly tried to pick the smaller one up and my parents saw him sag under the unexpected weight. Apparently trying to be macho, the delivery man strained and forced himself back up with the rug on his shoulder, my parents told me.
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