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The mornings. The only sound is my footfalls on these wonderfully soft wooden floors
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A softness which makes a hell of a difference if you stand 8 or 12 hours, depending on the shift
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The guard I shadowed during training, her name was Ada, a tall woman from Finland
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This was almost 10 years ago. She told me, a 12-hour day standing on wood, that's like an 8-hour day standing on marble
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An eight-hour day standing on wood, that's like nothing. Your feet will barely hurt
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When you stand for a living, it isn't just standing. It's standing, and it's stretching
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It's shaking out the legs like they're emptying cartridges. Most famously, it's leaning the way a museum guard leans
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Hands together, fleshy part at the tailbone, legs out about 30 degrees, ankles crossed
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I have seen a hundred-year-old photograph of a colleague leaning just like this
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The technology has never been improved upon The mornings The only sound is my footfalls on these wonderfully soft wooden floors
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a softness which makes a hell of a difference if you stand eight or 12 hours, depending on the shift
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The guard I shadowed during training, her name was Ada, a tall woman from Finland
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This was almost 10 years ago. She told me, a 12-hour day standing on wood
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that's like an eight hour day standing on marble. An eight hour day standing on wood
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that's like nothing. Your feet will barely hurt. When you stand for a living it isn't just standing
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it's standing and it's stretching it's shaking out the legs like they're emptying cartridges
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most famously it's leaning the way a museum guard leans hands together, fleshy part of the tailbone
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legs out about 30 degrees, ankles crossed. I have seen a 100-year-old photograph
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of a colleague leaning just like this. The technology has never been improved upon
