Moving Mob

Moving sucks. Your friends know you are moving and they aren’t really looking forward to it either.  And you aren’t looking forward to asking.  I know, I have helped more than a few friends and clients move and they rarely had more than 8 people but I knew they had lots of friends.

So here’s what happens.  You tell them you will buy pizza and beer halfway through and to show up at 4pm.  Stragglers are half an hour late, half the people only can stay for the loading.  You somehow organize pizza delivery at the new place.  Everyone pounds the pizza, beer, and soda.  Carbs make people sleepy.  Now they are lethargic, sweaty and just want to go home dropping your stuff anywhere close to the door.  They love you but why do you have a pink vase that is 4 feet tall?

My solution, which I have never tried but sounds really, really good in theory.  A Moving Mob!  You tell half of your friends to bring anyone they want and they only need to pick up two boxes or help with one big item…and they are done.  Five minutes in and out.  The other half of your friends meet you at the new place with a couple of friends each and same thing.  Your house gets moved, your friends don’t remind you that you owe them big, and you met some new people.

I think the biggest glitch in getting help is past experiences where it took all day.  If you ask someone for 5 minutes of help, how can they say no?

Or you could pay $150 for some movers and watch them work but no one seems to want to do that.

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