But--if questioned--even they admit the new workload, which includes heavy lifting and constant hustling, is taking its toll.
"Of course we're tired. When we get home, we can't do anything for our family," one says. "It's worse than any other year."
One of the workers' biggest complaints is a shift to ceramic dishware, new to all House dining halls this year. According to Crimson measurements, while a stack of 10 of the old style bowls weighed 4.25 pounds, a stack of 10 new bowls weighs 13.75--more than a threefold increase.
"The dishes are too heavy. It's killed the backs of the people," an Eliot staffer says.
"I got muscles since I started working," adds another Eliot staff member.
"Maybe I'm too old, but now I'm 51," a third complains. "I have bronchitis and asthma, but you have to go on."
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