Reply #73: "...and that's why my uterus is around my knees now!" [View All]

Okay, so I was working on a show last spring. I'm carrying a big wooden box outside to spraypaint black. The director was not only insane, but morbidly obese.

I'm 5'1" and about 100lbs. She was my height, but well, much larger than me. The box I was carrying was really big & heavy, but I'm a "glorified stockboy" at my non-theatre job so I lift more than half my weight regularly. It's all good. She sees me doing this and she goes, "You better be careful. I was just like you at your age. Running up & down ladders, carrying equipment, etc and that's why my uterus is around my knees now!" I had a major "what the fuck?!?!" moment that was shared with the other coworkers outside with me.

She later tried to explain that women were delicate and that because she didn't realize her delicate nature in her younger years, she was now obese. Nearly a year later, I'm still confused.