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?

Yep, I have a humongous big pot that I batch cook in. I have to stand on a stool to see in it. Actually, I stand on a stool to stir fry stuff in my wok too. All my gigantic children think it is hilarious.

I have a high (almost ceiling height) kitchen cupboard with a door that opens upwards, so not only can I not see or reach anything at the back, but I have to do a little jump to close the door. Makes DH chuckle every time the fucker

I used to work in a clothes shop, and when tidying the clothes on the upper rails I had to take little breaks to give my arms a rest.

Wandering round shops looking for a tall person to reach things for me always makes me feel like a not-quite-fully-functioning adult

I'm not even that short! (5' 3")

I've remembered another one! Getting a cricked neck on airline seats best the bit where the neck rest comes in hits the top of my head so I can't sit back and have my head up. Just what you need on a long journey...

Yes but I'd still much rather be short than tall on a plane.

Sun visor in the car doing feck all, unless I drive with my nose right in the air like a snob.

Not being able to see the stage at school concerts.

Having to put the car seat back 'in case' OH drives it.

Certain cars I physically can't drive

Borrowing the kids step so I can reach the 2nd kitchen shelf. I've no idea what's in the top.

I can't reach the bottom of big trolleys either!!!

Errol I would almost agree with you had I had my honeymoon in NYC not been ruined by my legs swelling up for three days as they had been dangling the whole flight (there was no foot rest).

thurlow you should have seen me on dps varadero. I had to get a weeny cbf to learn on.

Yes to all of the above.

I remember the lovely time I used to live alone and only used the first shelf of the kitchen cupboards... It was heaven.

Also, slight thread jack - but if anyone knows where you can buy decent petite maternity trousers, please point me in the right direction. Being petite, pear shaped and pregnant is just bloody miserable.

I can only see my forehead in most mirrors

All four of my dc were taller than me by age 11.

People get arsey with me for NOT MOVING UP on the tube but I CAN'T MOVE UP because otherwise I CAN'T REACH THE FECKING POLE.

I got referred to as a 'little girl' (particularly by women at make up counters - you know the ones who bellow in your face and terrify you with their spider-like lashes) until I was about 35 (kind of miss it now).

Op at least you can get short people trousers, tall trousers often are missing altogether...

I'm just five feet tall, with 2.5/3 shoes, and am slender; I feel I've found my sisters here.

Thurlow do not abandon hope re motorcycling! I had wanted a bike from my teen years in the '70's but couldn't afford one, so when I had a wee bit of money in my late 20's I went for it. First I had to do CBT (Compulsory Basic Training) and I hired a bike from the training centre. Well, that didn't work, CG125s were just uncomfortable (I hate them to this day...) and the 50cc was actually taller. :( So, no pass that day. However, I was soon introduced to the world of custom bikes! I bought a KC100 and had an inch or so sliced off the seat, and the seat re-covered; bingo! After I passed my Part 2, I went on to run a bog-standard Z250LTD (a factory-made "custom style") and then a Z650, a CX500, a CB550 and finally a Z1000, all customised. The CX500 was actually the tallest bike I owned; I took it into my mechanic's place for a fettle one day, and a massive bloke came over for a chat. He commented that he wished he could find a bike that looked as big under him as mine did under me!

This was all some time ago, and many more women are into biking these days, so shorter people are more catered for. Harleys are often quite low, and there's a huge range of Viragos now. It does mean you're stuck with "custom style" rather than Power Ranger arse-in-the-air pocket rockets, but the wind's in your face either way.

So, having said all that, I second all the comments about high shelves, mirrors and so on. My own contribution would be that I cannot turn off the driver's side airbag in my car (it's old). Which means that in the event of a crash that sets it off, my neck will be instantly broken, because I have to sit so close to the wheel... :(

Only one shop in my town do short people trousers grrrr

I'm 5'8" but my mum is about 4'10" or so now.
She had the kitchen re done a few years ago and had it made to fit her.
All the units that are usually high are on the counters, and the counters were made lower too.
She finds buying ops a nightmare as everything is loo long..
And all my mirrors are too high for her.

Ginmartini I am totally with you on that one. Those little hand grip things that dangle from the roof are useless too.

Often even if I can reach the poll it's no good anyway because I'm holding onto it with the full extension of my arm, which is fine if the train is steady but not good if it jerks to a halt!

hirples I think you can get the foam cut out of BMW seats too.

People get arsey with me for NOT MOVING UP on the tube but I CAN'T MOVE UP because otherwise I CAN'T REACH THE FECKING POLE.

Oh yes, Ginmartini. I am not a gibbon, you overgrown freaks of nature, so budge up and let me hold the hand rail.

Climbing on the kitchen bench / living room windowsill to open and shut the windows with a big spoon

Not being able to hang my coat up if DH has hung his coat on the lower pegs

Trying to maintain gravitas whilst asking for stuff to be reached down in the supermarket

YY to the PP complaining about Petite ranges too. Lots of stuff for going to the office or a wedding. Not much for just hanging out HUMPH

Dipping your tits in the washing up bowl.

Anything you try to get from a high shelf, hitting you in the mush.

Having to climb the kitchen counter to shut the window.

Not being able to climb the kitchen counter

Looking like a weeble when you're pregnant.

At least I always have leg room on flights and at the cinema.

5ft here and would like to be taller and slimmer

Not being able to reach anything is the main problem - windows, supermarket shelves, bottom of trolleys, always needing clothes to be altered etdc etc.

Have just returned from a long haul flight and didn't feel squashed in my seat at all. That I think is the ONLY advantage of being small.

Was slightly embarrassed however to find that having got the overhead locker open, I then couldn't reach to shut it and was baring my muffin top to the entire cabin. Luckily a chap nearby realised and got up to help me.

YYY to the mirror thing. I'm 5'2 1/2 (crucially important half inch) DH and DS 6'4. All the mirrors in our house have to be oversize so that we can all use them. They are in charge of painting ceilings and changing bulbs since they don't need ladders. DD (8) might be the shortest in her class but I predict that she will be taller than me when puberty hits. I have folding steps dotted around the house

limited genius idea! I shall tell DP that we need to holiday in the Far East. And will have a look at Duo, thanks to whoever suggested that.

Another one I have is when shops have really high counters and the card reading machine is on the counter and can't be moved - I end up on tippy toes desperately trying to put my number in...

At 5'2", I can identify with all of what has been written.

I hate having to wait for the next tall person or member of staff to come past in the supermarket so that I can ask them to reach what I want from the top shelf (at the back often, too).

I have a 6'2" husband. If anything like shelves, cupboards or mirrors has to go up on the wall in this house I have to insist that I set the maximum height it can go up at. The last time he put up a mirror without me around he automatically set it at his height. I couldn't even see the crown of my own head in it.

Two of my three daughters are now well taller than I am. My youngest soon will be too, I think. She is 12 at the moment, and only about an inch or so shorter. If my two eldest girls are with me when I am shopping then they can often reach the top shelf stuff for me. Where did my little girlies go??

I find buying clothes a problem. Most just seem to be for people well taller than me.

I have to have the driver's seat in the car pretty close up to the steering wheel. I couldn't drive for the last few weeks of each of my pregnancies because my bump sat out so far I couldn't fit behind the wheel.

If I have to drive my husband's car or move it for any reason and I forget to shove the seat all the way back afterwards then he can hardly get into it without ending up with his legs virtually round his neck.