hi! iâm a secretary with a lifelong congenital back issue that i had fixed via surgery.
the first thing i want to point out is that the box of paper that @bransrathâ posted is not the weight of the box. the 20 lb in that description is the paper weight, which is the amount of force a piece of paper can take before tearing. i know this because itâs described as copy paper, and copy paper is by default 20 lb weight. so posting that picture as a âgotchaâ in response to this post is ignorant at best and intentionally ableist at worst. in reality, that box probably weighs no more than 15 lbs.Â
secondly, i have never had to actually pick up one of these boxes ever. and i have to deal with them a lot, given that iâm a secretary who, prior to the pandemic, was printing off 1000+ pages of booklets per week. iâve never had to pick these up because you can literally just open them, grab a ream of paper, and take it to the printer to load it in. thereâs no fucking reason why you would need the whole box. most places, like my office, also store them on or near the ground because theyâre heavy, so what i do is a just drag the boxes to their designated corner until they need to be used.Â
so âmust be able to lift 20 lbsâ is a tactic of discrimination, and thereâs no excuse for it in office jobs like mine. i canât actually lift more than 15 lbs and chances are, iâll never be able to lift more than 20 lbs. i can still do all the duties of my secretary job, though, and itâs really easy to find work arounds for things like heavy boxes of paper. even i can, and my office literally employs 3 people including me. a weight limit is not a reason to deny someone a job.Â
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