The full Pet Please #54 is: When you help someone lift something heavy, and you get the light end, but they don’t know it.
This is the best for several reasons:
- You get to look really tough and strong even though you only have glamour muscles, and tiny ones at that.
- You don’t have to exert much energy on your superficial glamour muscles.
- If you see the other person struggling, you can adjust your hold so that you’re helping them out a little more. Thus from their perspective you’ll go from lifting 50% of the weight to about 70%, but really you’re going from about 10% to 20%.
Another related strategy I’d suggest using is when you’re at a big family gathering and it’s time to clean the kitchen, excuse yourself to go to the bathroom for a while. Take your time. Check your e-mail on your iPhone 3Gs.
Then when you finally come out of the bathroom, be super helpful for the remaining 2-3 minutes needed to finish cleaning. Everyone will remember you being there the whole time, and you will be a family hero, showered with praise and hot cousins. (What?)
Does this make me lazy, strategic, brilliant, or despicable? I hope my mom doesn’t read this one. Or anyone who’s ever helped me move.
The picture reminded me of this story line from Friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJYH4lO6Bug&feature=related
🙂
Must we choose between the four adjectives?
Those are the only four choices.