how to carry 90 kg worth of shelving across budapest

if you noticed from the pictures, our rooms are very unfurnished (except for some sweeet ikea beds and a lamp and night tables that are really cardboard boxes with gift wrap on them to hide their true identity) so Rock and I ventured to where else but ikea to grab ourselves some dressers, rugs, pillows, and mirrors because one of the bathrooms doesnt have a mirror. We did not really consider how to trek two 45kg dressers across the entire city and get them on and off the metro line. it was really an exercise in team work. at first we held the two 5.5 ft long boxes on top of each other and carried them in one hand with bags in the other (see fig 1) but this was really awkward. then we split it up and put one box in each hand on either side of our bodies. that was pretty good but all the weight was on our fingers and it hurt (see fig. 2). At this point we still werent sure whether the people at the subway would let us on with all of this shelving. Delivery would have been about 5500 Forint or $30 canadian (in retrospect its not that much except that when you consider the shelves themselves only cost $60 total its alittle bit excessive). This technique got us all the way to the subway.


When we left the subway, we realized that it might be easier to work as individuals to carry the shelves instead of together. Rock suggested that if we carry the shelving on our shoulders it might be easier. Usually when tasks are to be experts agree that to work as a team determines the best course of action. In this case individualism won out revealing two important facts. One. Experts are wrong. Two. Individualism rules. case in point. im going to try and fit an I in Team.

Tieam?

Teiam?

Teaim?

iTeam? (an apple product)

Teami? (The I is silent, naturally)

well its a stupid saying anyways. Theres a ME obviously in Team, theres also an AM which is the only conjugation for the verb 'to be' that makes sense with I, theres also an EAT which is done alone (because no one can eat for you) and an ATE (which happened sometime ago when you were alone and hungry), other words like TEA and MEAT are things which I EAT therefore making them individual as well, finally the most difficult of course is MATE because that is done with someone else and therefore in a team and not individual. Mate can refer to the first or second mate of a ship (individual) and a complete stranger as in 'G'day mate, lets put another shrimp on the barbie!'

As you can see, TEAM is just another word for I and therefore i will never accept teamwork as the correct way to solve a problem or carry out a task. with this logic i shall find that the best way to win a hockey game is not to play; space travel should be done alone (from building the rocket, to ground control, to reentry); and that all games should be called Solitaire.