Short people problems!

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Why oh why do almost every clothes shop put short length jeans on the top shelf/hangers? Where's the sense in that?!

What other short people problems really annoy you?

Does anyone else get really annoyed with other short people too though?

I mean the ones who are all "Tee hee I'm so short! Oh would you look at that I'm too short! Oh I'm so tiny I need help with every aspect of my adult life. Tee hee I'm just so tiny!"

My hight is an inconvenience, there's nothing adorable about it.

Please tell me I'm not the only self hating short arse out there!

Yes the baby slings. I do use one but at 5 months he's pretty much 1/2 of me his legs nearly kicking my knees as I walk. I think we probably look pretty ridiculous.
Also being pregnant isn't pretty I had your HUGE so often. Well there's nowhere for the baby to go but out.

Dr0pThePirate there the ones who don't jump up at shelves or drag chairs across the room. I don't know about you but refuse to be seen as cute can not abide it. Your not alone.

Short people will emerge as the rulers in the event of a total breakdown in society like a zombie apocalypse.

We can survive better on reduced rations - so long as they're not on the top shelf of a deserted supermarket - we're good at bending tall people to our will by concealing our true intentions with flattery and we can hide in smaller spaces.

Plus, our size-to-aggression ratio is off the scale.

When I was pregnant with the subsequent I couldn't get my babies out of the cot, couldn't reach! Never could with the travel cot either, had forgotten that.

Some cars have seats that are too deep to be safe in an accident as your bum/back to reach to the back rest bit.

The counters in Ikea restaurant if they don't leave the plate near the front I can't safely reach to lift it down . Often those style counters mean I can't see the person behind it.

Dropthepirate, I would love to be a leggy 6" footer. I don't like being short. I do try and help myself, but if I cant't and don't want to risk pulling down a row of shelves, I ask for help.

Mirrors in loos that have been fitted by a 6 foot tall bloke. I am lucky if I can see any of my face at all.

I'm 5'4'' and still can't reach the top shelves. I once flounced out of a card shop because they'd put all their half price Xmas cards on the top shelf and I thought why SHOULD I have to ask for help when there are three lower shelves they could have put them on? I think there were a load of the same ones on an accessible shelf but the ones I wanted were on the high shelf, so it just needed some sensible spreading around of the different types of cards.

Heightism is the one form of discrimination that seems to be completely acceptable and it's just as bad as some of the other regular forms of discrimination, you can't do anything about how tall or short you are!

I'm 5ft 3 (almost) and my DH is 6ft 4. He put up a mirror in the bathroom in which I can only see my fringe.

I must have short arms too - travel cots and small objects in trolleys are my nemesis.

Dr0p I hate being 5ft and wish I had even a few extra inches!
EatShitDerek when I lived in London I had to avoid getting off the train at Vauxhall as the "gap" was dangerous for a short person!

Moorise, I stayed at a friend's house recently, she is 6' and her DH is 6'6, I didn't get a single glance at myself in a mirror the entire weekend I was there

There was a thread on here the other day about wearing toddlers in slings and backpacks. Which I'm sure is very lovely - if your 3yo isn't already over half the height you are...

Blarblarblar Oh good! At least theres two of us (obvious joke there about sitting on shoulders and using a long coat = regular sized person )

No it's not cute, it's usually embarrassing! This is a regular size persons world but we must not give in to patronising stereotypes!

Launch the campaign for Equal Heights!

I'm 5 foot 0.5 inch and have size 2.5 feet. I can't find elegant shoes in that size and have written off ever having court shoes as they slip off the back of my foot so I look like I'm playing 'dress up' in my mum's shoes.

I can't reach hanging items in shops, and struggle to get things out of deep freezers in supermarkets.

Everyone comments on the fact my just turned 11 year old daughter is nearly as tall as me. Yes I KNOW my children are as tall if not taller than me, thank you!

I've got fairly normal length legs but a very short torso so tunics look like dresses on me, and dresses that should be knee length come down to my calves. Not everywhere does petite ranges.

When I had a hire car the seat didn't come up high enough so I had to drive sitting on a cushion.

I'd love to be 5 foot 10

The worst leg swinging is when you are in the pub, forget you've been leg swinging, then jump down with gay abandon when it's your round. Only to find both feet have gone to sleep...

And my eye level grill Is a total hazard.

There is a permanant grove in my neck off the seatbelt which is set on it's lowest setting.
I can no longer brush DD's hair sitting down.

Not been able to find a sofa where you can sit with your feet on the floor. So getting backache when sitting with your feet 4" off the ground all the time.

People (DP) putting smaller plates on top of larger plates on a high shelf, which I can't see, so when I reach to take a plate off the stack I get the smaller plate falling on my face.. it's bloody dangerous (and is why I now have those sideways plate rack things)

I keep those metal BBQ tongs, and my kids ikea plastic stool in the kitchen to get at stuff, and I'm a dab hand at using a bread knife to flick boxes of food off the top shelves!

When I unpacked the kitchen and living room in our new house it was hilarious to look at - it was like a swarm of locusts had gone round and eaten everything from the top two shelves..

5ft 1"

spent most of my life thinking I was 5ft 2" until my GP measured me 10 years ago - I actually cried over that lost inch :(

I'm 5ft 3 (almost) and my DH is 6ft 4. He put up a mirror in the bathroom in which I can only see my fringe.

Exactly this. I'm 5ft 3 married to a 6ft 4 man.
Who ever put the higher cupboards in my kitchen was not thinking of short people. Even he can't reach the top shelf and I can't reach the bottom shelf!

Chairs! I can't sit on chairs!

I'm 5ft2 and I can't carry my 3 yo any more. His feet reach my knees and I look ridiculous.

Sidge you could try combining a holiday with a shopping spree in countries where the average person is smaller. Extreme, I know, but at least you get to see interesting parts of the world.

A friend is a Hong Kong Chinese Londoner. She's the same height and shoe size as you and would rush to Christian Louboutin to fight it out with the other women of smaller stature. I'm a giant to her at 5ft 4ins and I wouldn't dare join the melee. Little women in pursuit of fabulous shoes at a discount are terrifying.

Luckily I'm a size 4 which used to be average but I've noticed is becoming small, so there are some left if you don't mind stepping over the casualties.

My 6ft 2in female friend takes an empty case to city breaks in Holland, Germany and Denmark to stock up on clothes. She likes heels so we look very amusing out together.

I keep those metal BBQ tongs, and my kids ikea plastic stool in the kitchen to get at stuff

Yes. I use them to reach things I've knocked down the back of a chest of drawers that's too heavy to move. After dropping them once I bought another pair of tongs and tied them to my wrist.

Always having the seatbelt rubbing my neck.

I hate this.
Upsides of being somewhat short:
strong feet because I am forever on my toes reaching for things.
Flying long haul is fine, bit squeezy but not really a big deal.

Duo sell a reasonable range of size 2.5 shoes in 3 width fittings.