The greatest workout sofa(r) ๐Ÿ›‹๐Ÿ˜…

3 Goodgymers helped an isolated person in Islington
Nick Moore
Gosia Rybacka
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Islington

Wednesday 4th December

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Report written by Gosia Rybacka

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Nick, David and Gosia were tasked to help out Ms H in moving an old sofa ๐Ÿ›‹ and replace it with a new day bed. We were like Yeah yeah yeah we did this million times ๐Ÿ˜Ž but it all sounded more simple and straightforward than it actually was ๐Ÿ˜†.

First we decided to tackle the old sofa aka monster ๐Ÿ‘พ (which was apparently 40+ years old). We removed the pillows hoping this will allow us to fit the sofa through the door ๐Ÿšช. We also temporarily moved a bookshelf from the corridor to the bathroom to make a bit more space for the maneuvers. Geniuses๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ™Œ! Then we optimistically and bravely moved the furniture into the corridor just to get completely stuck there ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†.

We spent another 15-20 mins brainstorming, looking at each other with hope, contemplating life ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ญ and trying to come up with any possible way of transporting the sofa to its dream spot. We didn't come up with anything and arrived at a conclusion that the only way is to dismantle it. Ms M agreed and said that we can do whatever is necessary to remove it โŒ๏ธ from the room and then she will ask council to pick the parts for rubbish collection.

Nick - a true GG missions' John Wick - had a spanner ๐Ÿ”ง and a pocket knife ๐Ÿ”ช which turned out to be extremely useful. We spent another 30 min on dismantling the sofa which required a high level of collab and spiritual support ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜†. The furniture was super dusty so we ended up with quite a portion of dust in our lungs ๐Ÿซ. We moved the parts into the adjacent room, still forming some sort of sofa, which Ms H was still planning to use for a while.

Moving a new bed was a breeze ๐ŸŒŠ. Gosia helped Ms H to vacuum ๐Ÿงน the space remained after the monster sofa, while Nick and David were attaching legs ๐Ÿฆต to the new bed. Then they both carefully placed it in its new spot. Perfect!

Ms H was happy with the outcome and grateful for the time we spent on helping her out. She might need some further help with moving the old sofa parts at some point. We left around 16:30, physically and mentally feeling like we did a monstrous workout there ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜….



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anne malcolm

Wed 4th Dec at 9:42pm

Well done all! GoodGym volunteers?? Pros, more like!

Nick Moore

Wed 4th Dec at 9:59pm

Great report Gosia - was truly another one of those โ€œnever to be forgottenโ€ furniture shifting missions - character building in so many waysโ€ฆ

Bristol runner

Wed 4th Dec at 10:01pm

Brilliant task, wonderful report, great result! Well done Gosia, Nick and David! ๐Ÿ’ช

Islington runner

Thu 5th Dec at 3:01pm

Really good mental and physical coordination, team! I relived every minute of the task through Gosia's excellent report.....

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