Southwark

Mission

We can't die in a living room!

2 GoodGymers made their way to help an isolated older person in Southwark.

  • Southwark runner
  • Mridula Iyer
 
Thursday, 27th of August 2020

Good Evening Goodgymmers! I've done nearly 300 missions to date, but just when I was about crown myself the Beyonce of missions, the universe finds a way to surprise you! Read on for the details.

We arrived on a rainy evening to the the lovely Ms B's house and were met by J her very nice nephew. Ms B had hurt herself and needed some furniture moving around. Anna and I have pretty good arm and leg muscles, and thank goodness for that, because we found ourselves doing destruction that we normally saved for gardening missions.

Our nemesis arrived in the form of a cupboard up came a cupboard which seemed much harder to pull apart than your usual Ikea number. We were also lacking appropriate tools. Fortunately J managed to procure some screwdrivers from a neighbour, and we managed to remove some doors and were left with a frame. Even with a lot of investigation we could not undo the screws and dismantle the frame in a constructive manner. So Anna proposed a more "wreck-it ralph" approach and we used gravity to destroy the frame. Anna and J were very brave throughout the process, and but every time I heard some particle board cracking, I made noises that sounded like my friend's cat when she was in labour.

Once this was removed we then moved on to a heavy glass cabinet. As we were moving this, we decided to tip it over. Unbeknownst to us, there were heavy glass plates on top of the cabinet, which nearly beheaded Anna. Surprisingly the glass fell to the floor and didn't break and Anna did not become the Marie Antoinette of Goodgym. After a quick breather to compose ourselves, we managed to get the glass cabinet to the next room.

It was bucketing down at this point, so Anna put her hi vis jacket over her backpack and rode off into the rain, looking like a glorious neon hunchback of Notre Dame. I ended up taking the bus home, and well I've taken a picture of how magnificent I looked, after a 3 minute walk in the downpour.

Report written by Mridula Iyer


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CJ Jessup
CJ Jessup
Tuesday September 1st, 2020 16:25

Mridula, you're the queen of run reports :D I'm glad you're both okay! Sounds like a cautionary tale to always check furniture is empty before it gets moved! Safety first :) Well done on completing this mission :)

Linda Cairns
Linda Cairns
she/her
Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 15:58

OMG take care Mridula and Anna - we need you to stay around to fight another mission!

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