to not understand how someone can be so mean?

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I went to see Billy Ocean at the O2 in Sheffield last night (Roxy's to the locals). It was packed and I was standing with my friends towards the very back when I noticed two much older ladies who were really very short, I'm thinking well under 4ft. Next to me were two groups of women in their late twenties/thirties who had obviously had one too many and were getting each other to take pictures of one and another standing next to these little old ladies (who were facing the other way and didn't notice) whilst they were wetting themselves laughing and basically taking the piss out of these two ladies and mocking them for being significantly shorter and older than everyone else. They were then loading the pictures up on Facebook/Instagram whatever and having a good old laugh about these two ladies out on a night out, minding their own business.

Is this what people do nowadays? I could feel myself getting angrier and angrier at their rude and disrespectful behaviour but was talked out of saying anything. I'm kicking myself now as I really think someone should have pointed out how dickish their behaviour was. In fact, I'm half hoping they're fellow mumsnetters who have woken up, hung over and ashamed of themselves this morning!

Rant over! I'm not wrong though, am I? People don't really think it's ok to behave like that, do they? Or am
I just a killjoy?!

well under 4ft.
so 3ft something?
My Ds is 4.5 and approaching 4ft, literally has another 3cms.
I'd be completely gobsmacked to see 2 ladies both smaller than my 4 year old!
Wouldn't be taking photos and laughing obviously, what nasty bullies, but it must be an unusual sight!

Does it have to be the same as another disability for you to recognise it, then, Original? I have OCD. Is that the sake as being short? No. Does being short still have an impact? Yes. I had 8 years of growth hormone therapy to be just the height I am. It is the result of a medical condition. But because it is not cerebral palsy, it can't matter.

You should have told Billy Ocean. Then he could have berated them to the tune of When the Going Gets Tough.

I'll get my coat.

Thought Roxys became a church?

A friend of mine has a 7 year old son with dwarfism. Since he was about 1 they have had to deal with people taking photographs of him when they go out shopping etc. They handle it v calmly and just say, no photos please. Not sure I could be so sensible and right about it, I would feel like punching the ignorant rude nosy twats. The same goes for the morons you saw last night. Who made them so hot that they could take the piss out of someone enjoying themselves?!

I would always always speak up in these circumstances. There is nothing worse than standing by and kicking yourself afterwards. You end up feeling complicit.

To answer your question. I think dicks have a nice forum for their dickishness now.

What vile cunts.

And yes I would have said something.

That's utterly cuntish behaviour.
I like this similar story with a happy ending.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/25/dancing-man-fat-shamed-cyberbullies-hollywood-party

Utter twats
YANBU
What a horrid , spiteful thing to do

I hate hearing anything like this, why would people do that ?.

It's strange how some people get their kicks though, on my fbook last week there was a picture posted of a young woman stood at the bar, with the caption "Would you do her ?". I thought it was someone the poster knew and it was an internal joke. No, it was a stranger she had taken a picture of, que lots of random men on her friends list grading her appearance out off ten and making smutty remarks and the poster laughing along and other females commenting on the size of her arse.Now this is a middle aged woman, who thought it was ok to do this. I pressed the delete button and blocked her, I would go apeshit if anyone dared to do this to my daughter.So, nothing really surprises me about what people are capable off.

To respond to a couple of posts:

I could tell they were doing it mockingly because it was plain to see. If they had tapped the ladies on the shoulder, introduced themselves and asked for a picture, it maybe would have ruffled my feathers less. As it was, they were trying to be as stealthy as a drunk person can be to get the pictures. Two of the women bobbed down to the side of me and from where I was stood, I could see them uploading the picture into Facebook.

To the PP who questioned their height - I didn't have a tape measure with me and although I'm not very spatially aware, I am about 5 foot 3 and the ladies were much shorter than me and short enough to make some people passing by look twice (and these women take pictures).

I really didn't intend any offence by calling them little old ladies. I would hate to offend anyone (which is why the behaviour of these women left a bad taste in my mouth). As I said previously, I'm not exactly on the tall side myself and to be called little wouldn't offend me personally but I accept that not everyone may feel that way. So sorry for that.

To the posters suggesting I contact O2, I think I will do that. If only to let them know how unconcerned the bouncer was. To those telling me I should have done more - I know this and feel bad about it now. I'm not good at confrontation and would be no good if it were to result in a fight (who knows? They were behaving like teenagers afterall!) but if I ever find myself in this situation again, I will make sure I do speak up more vigorously. I would be mortified if I thought someone was behaving like this behind my back and taking pictures while others stood by and did nothing. I'm only human and we make mistakes.

And yes Roxy's was a church for a while! I'm not sure how much holy water was needed to cleanse the place but it's now an O2 venue and doesn't seem to have changed since I used to go dancing there in the 90s! Billy was great though!

Thinking about it, if they had tapped the ladies on the shoulder and asked for a picture, that wouldn't have been really in any better taste. The are human beings and deserve to be treated with more respect.