2007-01-30 09:25:21 · 4 answers · asked by ruthanne b 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Most of those jobs have a weight limit imposed by the Department of Labor. For warehouse jobs, it's 60 lbs, and for heavy lifting jobs it's usually 100 lbs. I've never heard any restrictions for waiters.
2007-01-30 09:33:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is a weight restriction. If someone can't handle the weight of the trays they should not be waiting tables. I have a bad neck and back from being rear-ended and I had been waiting tables. My boss got me in the kitchen cooking because I could not carry the trays anymore.
2007-01-30 10:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual 'number of pounds' a person may carry in various jobs can differ from job to job and state to state ... but I don't think that it is 'unreasonable' for your husband (or for any woman, either) to cary a 'fully loaded' tray that weighs 35 pounds. I used to sell 'cotton candy' at events, and the 'cotton candy' plus the board weighed 40 pounds, and I could carry it in one hand fully extended over my head ... which is the only 'right way' to carry cotton candy, since it is so fragile. And I am a 'crippled woman' by the way ... I have 'rheumatoid arthritis' now and I also had it when I was selling the cotton candy. My husband wea selling 'snow cones' ... the 'rack' that was in weighed 60+ pounds fully loaded, but he had a 'strap' to help him carry it ... and I couldn't have done that.
2007-01-30 09:37:18 · answer #3 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I saw one girl at the beer bar I go to carry 6 pitchers of beer (3 in each hand.) These are heavy glass pitchers. I was just amazed at how strong some of these dancers are.
2007-01-31 11:24:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋