Move beer kegs into place no matter how small you are.
A bartending job might not seem to involve a lot of heavy lifting, but if you consider the beer kegs that most bartenders must move, your view on the job might change. Most bars use half barrel kegs in their tap systems, and these kegs weigh about 160 pounds when they are full. For many female bartenders, this is more than their entire body weight. You don't need amazing feats of strength to move a keg, no matter how small you may be. Bartenders and others have been using a trick to move kegs for years, moving them into place without ever having to pick them up.
Instructions
1. Check your shoes to make sure that your laces are tied and that no strings hang below the sole of your shoes. Running a keg over a shoe lace is potentially very dangerous.
2. Stand in front of the keg that you wish to move. Position yourself so that the slot in the rim of the keg is directly in front of you. Grasp the slot in the top of the keg rim firmly.
3. Step back one small step. Pull the edge of the keg toward you firmly, rocking the keg onto its rim. The far end of the keg will rise up, leaving the edge of the keg bottom closest to you near the ground.
4. Roll the keg slowly on its rim toward its destination. Keep the bottom of the keg at the same angle, halfway between flat on the ground and laying on its side. The keg will only touch the ground at the one point in the bottom rim. This is called "walking the keg."
5. Roll the keg into place under the counter, or wherever you store your active kegs, and rock it into place. Lift up one side, then the other, and move each side back slightly until the keg is exactly in its correct spot.
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