You remember that scene in "Friends" where Ross keeps yelling, “Pivot! Pivot!” to Chandler and Rachel as they try to carry a couch up a flight of stairs, right? Of course you do. That was me almost four years ago—and I’m willing to bet you’ve gone through that, too.
Even though I treat the experience like a badge of honor now, it was not fun at the moment. I had to carry a huge box with no handles and a three-seater inside up four flights of stairs only to be met with an apartment door even more cramped than the hallway. By myself. That’s the stuff of rental nightmares.