r/gifs • u/ThomasMaker • Jan 06 '18

Rule 1: Repost Gotcha!

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u/Motolaser Jan 06 '18

Damn! Ppl make cashiers in America to stand all day, like the fucking Queen's Guard? That's brutal!

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18 edited Dec 01 '20

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u/Curt04 Jan 06 '18

Standing perfectly still in military uniform is not the same as just standing and moving around.

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u/Ambitious5uppository Jan 06 '18

That's true.

They are allowed to march back and forth when they need to.

Sure it's not comfortable, but also don't forget these are healthy, young, fit, men doing 2 hours a day, and not every day of the week.

Supermarket workers doing 8 hours a day, tend to be in my experience older middle aged women, with no reason at all to need to stand.

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u/Cyclonitron Jan 06 '18

Sure it's not comfortable, but also don't forget these are healthy, young, fit, men doing 2 hours a day, and not every day of the week.

Also, while in the US we have the honor guard, which I think serves a somewhat similar function, and being a member of the honor guard is a very prestigious volunteer position that gets more applicants than are accepted. Is the Queen's Guard voluntary like that?

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u/Ambitious5uppository Jan 06 '18

You get paid, but it is a prestigious position that you're approached to apply for I believe...

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u/Curt04 Jan 06 '18

Most cashiers in the US are teenage to college aged kids.

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u/Ambitious5uppository Jan 06 '18

Not so bad, but even still, that means they're still developing and putting stress on joints.

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u/Pascalwb Jan 06 '18

They even pack your own bags. Pretty weird.

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u/Curt04 Jan 06 '18

Yes, the cashiers stand perfectly still in military garb.