it never ever gets old when a man sees you carrying something big & heavy and they offer to help so you hand it off and they go "woah!!!! this is so heavy!!!!" in genuine shock revealing they just assumed you're weak and now they're stuck carrying it for you out of pride and they huff and puff all the way. important lesson for them.
i'm not a sadist. i always say, "want me to take one side and we can carry it together," and they always say no even though they're visibly struggling. ok yay be my guest <3
back when I worked at a hardware store people would come in for concrete mix we sold in 50 pound bags (like 23 kg) and the cashier would ring them up then call over the speakers that there was a quikrete order. one of us had to go out to the concrete garage and meet the customer and load up all the bags into their vehicle and I always worked closing shift with this guy named Bob who had to be at least one thousand years old and he was so skinny and curled in on himself he reminded me of a Brian Froud illustration. and he would be like "let me get it. this isn't a job for a girl" and I was like, "well then who's job is it, because it aint a job for you either."
and he'd be like, "between the two of us?" as if the answer was obviously him
and we're standing there like this
"We are losing more Backs in this country to men's Strength Dysmorphia than anything else." - Josh Johnson
