"Here, let me carry that for you"

L Sass

L Sass

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Huh? Whatever! I just came from Dick's where I picked up 2 more 10# plates for my barbell in anticipation of the new DVDs. So 20#. While I was checking out they paged some guy - why, I had no idea. So when I was done there he was saying "here, let me get those for you". Uhh, no really, I've got it. He asked if I was "sure". Yep pretty sure I can handle 20# and not even break a sweat. I told him if I'm going to add them to what I have and lift them, I'd better be able to carry them. Surprised, he asked "oh, they're for YOU?"

Isn't it sad that so many people automatically assume weights are always for men? And, yes, I also get those same looks when I easily lift the 40# bag of dog food at the pet store. Just keep going right?

Lorrie

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Lorrie,

I can totally relate. I've had the same thing happen to me...

Also, when I first bought my condo and went to an electronics store to buy a flat-screened TV, it p*ssed me off beyond belief that ALL the salespeople walked up to my fiancee (then boyfriend) and asked him what he was looking for, if they could help HIM with anything, etc. Even after I said I'm the one that's shopping for a TV, they would talk to him like I was totally invisible!

I honestly can't believe that in today's day and age people still have that kind of mentality. x(
 
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I thought this thread was going to be a spiritual thread such as, "letting Jesus carry our loads!" :7 You go Lorrie...20 pounds? Geesh, just think of the look on his face if he saw you lifting a 40 pound barbell! Keep up the good work. Hey, when are your new workouts arriving? I get mine today! We'll need to meet soon to gab all about them. http://bestsmileys.com/talking/5.gif


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That's so silly. Moms carry around their kids all the time and no one offers to help carry them out!:p

Erica
 
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They didn't believe you can lift 20#?

I could understand if you were buying 2, 20# weights, maybe (though *I'M* sure you could lift them, I can understand that many check-out people don't think women can lift that much).

What gets me is, how do they think the weights got to the check-out counter in the first place? And when they don't take a simple "no, thanks. I've got it" for an answer, but insist you need help. I used to get that when I'd buy 50# bags of bird seed. Finally, I got to the point where I'd say, "No thanks, I like to lift heavy things!"


About them assuming the weights are for a man: I once rented a power stapler (for installing subflooring to put kitchen linoleum squares on) and the guy renting it said something about telling 'your husband or whoever is going to be using it' something about it. I told him *I* was the one who was going to be using it, and he sheepishly apologized. (though maybe women who don't do those kinds of things themselves, or lift weights, are somehow offended when one assumes they are the ones who are going to be using them?)
 
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I'm totally with you guys. I get the same looks when I buy heavy dumbbells. But no one bats an eye when I lift my 55 pound son into and out of the grocery cart (he likes to ride in the basket side). But, on the other hand, isn't it nice to surprise people with our strength?
 
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I get this all the time! In fact, last week after I left the grocery store I came home and said to my DH, "I must look really weak." I had bought mabe 15 items(nothing *heavy*) and I came home with 7 bags!?! The bagger honestly put 1 pack of chicken breast(approximately 1.5 pounds) in a bag all by itself!

Now, I'm on the small side, but really? I don't look like I can lift more than 1.5 pounds at a time? x(

So annoying...
 
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I'm chuckling here as I bought 15 pound weights from Dick's with the same result. But I think the funniest was when I was buying a 20 pound bag of dog food and the clerk lifted it up, struggling may I add, to scan it, then I picked it back up, with one hand to put it in my cart. The clerk looked at me, eyes wide and said, "Wow, you are STRONG!" It's a 20 pound bag, come on... :+
 
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This thread is cracking me up! ;) I've had the same reaction and I think it's pretty entertaining. I'm 5'2" and have had a bootcamper laugh when I was curling 15lbs because she said the dumbbell was bigger than my head. :+

Anyway, Pippa, I think maybe the checker was having issues! Or maybe you bought different things that the store requires the bagger to bag separately? I think chicken and cleaning products are supposed to be in different bags. That said, it's still weird. ;)
 
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I had this same thing at a Sports Authority and all I was buying was one 10-lb dumbbell and a couple 2.5 lb weight plates! I don't know if I just look super-weak or if it's just because I'm a woman. I'm in there all the time buying equipment or workout clothes, so I thought maybe they'd figure out by now that I work out a lot.

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>>
>Anyway, Pippa, I think maybe the checker was having issues!
>Or maybe you bought different things that the store requires
>the bagger to bag separately? I think chicken and cleaning
>products are supposed to be in different bags. That said,
>it's still weird. ;)

I worked in the grocery store business for 10 years and, trust me, I didn't need all those bags:7 I had only food and I had more than one pack of chicken breasts which, you guessed it, they put each in it's own bag. I pretty much had only one or two things in each bag. I expected to walk out of their with maybe 3 bags, not 7! Plus, this was Whole Foods, the place that is *supposed* to care about the environment so much. I can't believe the way they waste plastic bags...but that's another topic.:)
 
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I also had the same experience at Modell's. I was getting my new plates for P90X and had about 40#. I also think they must think because you're a woman you can't lift them but why would we be buying them if we can't lift them?

Marcy
 
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This is hilarious! I get this all the time, I guess b/c I'm small.

Honestly, it doesn't bother me. If some guy wants to carry my crap for me I'm more than happy to let him. That way I can save my strength for a REAL workout. ;-)
 
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Well, I guess we could look at this in a positive light:
Maybe the uniformed masses imagine that for a woman to be strong, she has to look like a man in a wig, or like some of those hard-core bodybuilding competitors (ie: man in a wig). They are surprised to see strength in a woman who looks more feminine?

Just a thought.
 
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Oh, Lorrie! That's funny. Funnier even, because the EXACT OPPOSITE thing happened to me on Sunday. We went to the used sports store and I bought 55lbs worth of plates....4-10 #ers, and 2-7.5 #ers. The sales guy didn't even bother to ask if I needed help! I picked the entire stack up, turned toward the door, then turned back around and said to the guy, "thanks, I'll take your NOT asking to help me as a compliment". lol The guy looked like he could just sink into the ground! But I wasn't mad! LOL

Gayle
 
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I always get that when I'm sitting next to some guy in the exit row on an airplane.

"Don't you think you should change seats? That exit door weighs 50lb!"

I always answer, "My son weighs 75lb and I can lift him. I think I can manage the door". Never mind the adrenaline rush that I'd have if I actually HAD to open that door!
 
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