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Everyone has pointed it out.
An old job loading containers we'd actively try to break the new guys because the faster we worked the more down time we got. Some guys were fit for it, some guys just weren't. Best I ever got was a guy who left at morning tea after doing 1/3 of the days work. I got paid double that day to do both our jobs.
It was a bit of a joke, every tall person is very aware they're tall.
I had a similar job one time. I had an occasional job putting bladders into shipping containers to turn them into giant goon bags for bulk liquid transport. I'd go in and do a couple of shipping containers myself in the morning, the manager would put a few extra hours down for free for me, then I'd start my afternoon shift at Big W