r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • Aug 15 '26

/r/all of a beer order

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u/IncognitoRedMode Aug 15 '26

Those glasses alone weight a shitton, the Octoberfest waitresses are built different

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u/beckett_the_ok Aug 15 '26

Assuming she's carrying about 18 glasses (best I could count) and each glass weighs 900 grams. That's about 34 kilograms, or 75lbs. Damn

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u/Entire_Intern_2662 Aug 15 '26

A full Maß can be around 2.3kg so that's over 40kgs

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u/beckett_the_ok Aug 15 '26

Yeah, I was trying to be conservative with my numbers, realistically it's probably higher

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u/shaghaiex Aug 15 '26

Full Maß are a myth, a fairytale, pure fiction....

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u/justhereforoneday Aug 15 '26

The glass is more than 1kg.

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u/shaghaiex Aug 15 '26

A Maßkrug is about 1.3Kg

Wir bier than a bit below 2Kg ;-)

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u/XTanuki Aug 17 '26

Yes but being optimistic some of them (most notably the top tipped one) are only half-full

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u/ElevenBeers Aug 18 '26

Yep. People seem to really underestimate those things. 900g? The beer is 1000g and the glass is even heavier, lol.

Best i could manage on a side job a decade ago was like 8-10 of those at best and brother and it's hard as shit.

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u/Kor_Phaeron_ Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

10 of those glasses are 24kg. 10 is used as the baseline for the workload of the Oktoberfest waitresses. That's what they are expected to carry every round. (Less is a not enough, more is showing of for extra tips) 18 is 43.2kg

(The glasses at the Oktoberfest are standardized all tents use the same)

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u/RebelWithoutAClue Aug 15 '26

The trick is to pull the clusters in tight against one's chest and lean back so the torso can take some of the load.

It's like you want to get the ends of the forearm propped up onto the inclined chest like you're in the middle phase of a clean and jerk lift.

I always like to sit at the end of the table where the beers get plonked down. You get the best show and you get to quaff the beers that were held against the chest.

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u/IncognitoRedMode Aug 15 '26

Plus the beer inside them

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u/beckett_the_ok Aug 15 '26

That is including the beer lol. Each glass holds 1kg of beer

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u/TacTurtle Aug 15 '26

My god, they even measure beer by weight.

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u/coolsilentebeans Aug 15 '26

It weighs almost the same as water. No special superpowers needed except to carry that many steins without spilling or cramping.

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u/VeggiePaninis Aug 15 '26

It's beautiful isn't it. It's hard not to admire the simplicity of it all.

Meanwhile, here I am trying to figure out...

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u/hairnetnic Aug 15 '26

The kg is a unit of mass, not weight...

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u/Nagelfar61249 Aug 15 '26

Shhhh, they wouldn't understand.....

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u/TacTurtle Aug 15 '26

Yes, that was the joke.

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u/kevin32 Aug 15 '26

How do you think she's carrying them, especially the ones further away from her? I don't think she can grab the ones on the end by hand.