Inappropriate insults about height.

It's baffling how so many people can't see why OP is upset by this.

If he kept saying "fat arse" then you'd see the problem, right?

I don't really understand why you're offended but the next time he does it, stop what you're doing, turn around to look him in the eye and say 'I have repeatedly asked you to stop commenting on my body. It makes me uncomfortable. If you don't stop now, I will report it as harassment.'

He's calling her names. He's not mentioning her height for any other reason than to tease her.

It's pathetic.

You aren't even short. I'm 5'2" .

DD3 is 4.11 and is so fucking angry when people say things like that to her. Saddens me a bit because she is always on the defensive now, just in case.

She lost a saturday job when a full time said "Oh you are so little and cute!!" and she said "I am short, I am not cute and you are a prick" and he complained so she got sacked. Frankly I met the guy and she was right.

I get pissed off with this. I am 5'1" and have heard:

Short arse
What you lack in height you make up for with your gob
Bridget the Midget
Teletubby

I have a 6'5" ex and I had lots of comments about how cute it would be because I fit under his arm and did I feel protected (No, I dumped him). I genuinely didn't notice the difference in height - I mean I did, but it didn't bother me.

A friend has another friend with the same name who's quite tall and we are called Big Meow and Little Meow or I am her Mini Me.

I don't know why we are fair game for jokes. It seems acceptable in a way making jokes about being fat, ginger or wearing specs isn't (and they aren't acceptable, please don't misunderstand me).

The friend who laughs about it is 5'4" like you OP. Why is being 5'1" hilarious?

Obviously, people would ideally refrain from making any kind of comment on anyone else’s appearance. If he’s making you uncomfortable, just ask him to stop.

In reality, most people can’t resist stating the bloody obvious. I’m almost 6ft tall - I get told that I’m tall by strangers almost every day, as if I might not have noticed in the past 30-odd years! I think most people are just surprised, or genuinely aren’t aware that’s it’s a very boring and quite rude conversation starter. It used to bother me much more when I was younger and more concerned about standing out. Now I just tend to say “yes”.

Given that you’re actually neither short nor tall, I imagine you’re more taken aback by these comments as you don’t generally receive them on a daily basis!

I’m 5’9” so you would be short in my eyes but it’s not something I’d mention. Now my wee mammy at 4’11’ with 6’4” son and 5’9” daughter gets a lot of slagging from us. We even walk either side of her as it annoys her because it makes her look tiny, we just say we’re her bouncers.

I have been dumped and turned down by men for being ‘too tall’ so it’s not always nice up here either.

Mind you my friends Husband is 6’8” so maybe he should come to your work and call this guy a short arse.

I'm 5ft 4 and have been called short arse a few times when I'm stood next to tall people. Doesn't bother me at all, I feel short when I'm stood next to them. I know I'm not short though, I'm average.

I'm 5'4". That's not short for a woman. It's UK average height and clothes are designed for this height. It's why tall women and actual short women find it difficult to find things that fit lengthwise. If someone laughed at me for being short I would think they were an idiot. I am nor short and neither are you

I am old enough and well travelled enough (be it in planes, trains, buses, elderly buildings) to be thankful to be a shortarse (160cm/ 5ft 2in, but probably shrinking).

At least I can jump on a pair of steps to reach something (or ask somebody to help me). Tall people must suffer on most planes/trains/cars/houses?

I don't pay 20% VAT on plenty of clothing, either?

Oh I love being short, so couldn't be insulted about it so that wouldn't offend me. But I would always retort, as a pp said, that things only grow til they're perfect.

Say “BORING" every time he says something. He's probably trying to flirt with you so a little blow to his ego should shut him up.

I'm 5ft. The jokes are a permanent fixture in my life. It's so fucking boring. This place was alive with them about Rishi Sunak a couple of years ago.

I'd consider you short because I'm 5ft 8 but I wouldn't think calling someone a short is a bad thing. Some people are short and some people are tall but neither are good or bad. If I commented that someone was short it wouldn't even occur to me that they would find that hurtful.

That said, my SIL is under 5ft and my brother is 6ft 5 and I know she finds the jokes tiresome (not jokes made by me!).

My mind is wired so that my natural feeling would be rage, I would feel adrenaline jump. However, I know the clever response is to be boring. I'm a bit shorter than you OP, my response would be, "yes I'm tiny". Any future banter, "yes short".

The more boring you are the better. It cuts through "banter". Meanwhile be busy on your work and find others to chat to on breaks. He'll move on when you're not his entertainment.

Tell him one of the following:
Shut up
Grow up
You’re not funny
You’re making me uncomfortable
Have you nothing nice to say
Stop it

I'm just under 5 foot 2 , so I'm short and I'd be asking lurch what his point I'd exactly ?

I don't really understand insults about height. Obviously "short arse" isn't being meant as a compliment but it makes no sense to try and insult someone by commenting on their height - it's just a descriptor, just a fact about a person. It's only an insult if somehow short = negative. Does it? I can't see how. Is being short a bad thing? Is it better to be tall? I genuinely don't get it

"I have noticed you say this a lot, do you have a bit of a complex about....size?!" with a downwards glance and laugh.

I have ocd and an extensive history of anorexia, but I still don't think being short is a bad thing? I don't see being tall or any height as a bad thing?

Can you explain why being short is a negative?

Are you getting help for your OCD? Perhaps it would be beneficial to speak with your GP or a therapist. It does seem like an out of proportion reaction to a comment about your height, it really shouldn’t be something you give a second thought to. I’d focus on those OCD thoughts and patterns and how to break them, rather than the colleague themselves.