What takes longer loading or unloading?

Isn’t it funny how some things just feel like they take forever? Like, seriously, loading a moving truck? It feels like it takes a whole geological epoch! Unloading, on the other hand, whoosh – comparatively quick. I remember that time I moved from my tiny apartment in Brooklyn… It took, I kid you not, hours to load. We Tetris’d that truck like pros (well, we tried to, anyway), but man, every little knick-knack and awkward piece of furniture seemed to conspire against us. We had to make sure nothing got broken, y’know? And that weird, lumpy armchair? Forget about it! Then, unloading at the new place, while still a chore, felt like a breeze. Just get it off the truck! Didn’t have to worry so much about perfect placement, just wanted it out.

So yeah, the little blurb there saying loading takes longer? Spot on. It’s the packing and the strategizing and the “where does this go?” that eats up all the time. I’ve heard some movers say—and it makes sense—that they spend way more time loading than unloading, like maybe double the time or something. Don’t quote me on that exactly, but it’s definitely a significant difference. Unloading is more about brute force; loading is more about… finesse? (Or at least, attempted finesse, in my case!)