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by iainmerrick 251 days ago
Making a bed.

You need to manipulate a large sheet, and you probably need to move around, bend down and lean over to reach all the corners. Bonus points for neat hospital corners on a flat sheet.

Putting pillows in pillowcases is another fun one. Usually pretty easy, probably a bronze medal.

Gold medal: put a UK super king size duvet inside a duvet cover. It's huge and awkward, there are buttons, and it's almost but not quite square (why??) so there's a good chance you'll get it round the wrong way and have to rotate it 90 degrees.

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I think this is my favorite suggestion. All of them are super hard, but - Bronze: pillow in pillow case - Silver: Make a bed with fitted sheet, flat sheet and blanket - Gold: put a duvet in a duvet cover

Feels like it would be a good option for a round 2...

Most humans would be hard pressed to get a gold medal in this one.
Exactly, this is one where it might actually be quicker to wait for the robots.
Yes why!? There seriously needs to be an industry standard for marking up the long side of a king size duvet.