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Lirpa Strike's avatar

I am slightly disappointed that I'm not more offended after reading this.

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Chaos Oracle's avatar

The TaskRabbit thing brought back some memories lol. I used to work on TaskRabbit in NYC, and people were *always* hiring me to assemble IKEA furniture. It's something I'm good at and really enjoy, but people would be surprised when I showed up and they saw how small I was. It wasn't about being strong-- it was about following instructions and intuitively using physics to work smarter, not harder. Most of my clients were women who had just been through a breakup, so there was an emotional support "girl power" part of this job along with the actual furniture assembly, but it was also funny when it was a nerdy guy hiring me. The entire schtick was that I'm 5'2" and can assemble furniture flawlessly. I've also put together a bed from the 1820s, complete with holding it together with ropes that lace through the holes on the side. For some reason, that blew a lot of people's minds.

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