to wish tall people would all F off sometimes

[LaMaG]

OK, I know I am BU. I am 5'3", so not tiny. I went to a gig last night to a group that I was a huge fan of as a teenager and as soon as I arrived I realised there was no televised screen therefore I would not see anything. I should have seen it coming, it was a summer festival tent, not a venue as such with facilities. I moved around a bit eventually catching glimpses of the band every now again only to be immediately blocked again by a big person standing in front.

This weekend I also had my DD's gymnastics display which was a local thing with fold up chairs in a gym. A child sat in front of me and only then did I realise the huge relief I felt as I had been anxious a big man would sit in front and that was it ruined for me. Yes I could have craned my neck and been uncomfortable but DD would not have seen me and she was really nervous and needed to keep looking to me for reassurance.

It just got me thinking of all the times in my life I have paid to see something but just spent my time looking at the back of big stupid necks and shoulders, of feeling like my face was shoved into an arm pit. I have lost interest in live music and certain other things for this very reason but we are supposed to just put up with it, tough luck its your fault for being smaller.

Would it really be unreasonable for allowances to be made. I get there are many working problems with segregation by size but it seems to me that its not completely unworkable. For example there could be a priority viewing area in the front of gigs for people under 5'5", if they chose to move there. Or in a more casual setting, would be it unreasonable to ask - God forbid - that a taller person sits on the back row. I find it hard to believe tall people are all so selfish, I'm sure many would comply but this needs to be organised and normalised. It would be no more unfair than a person paying for a ticket not to see what they paid for.

I was going to say something similar. I'm 5'7" too and, while it's not short as such, it still doesn't guarantee a view. I have sat in loads of places where someone blocked my view - usually school events or plays/concerts in small venues. It's really really annoying, but nobody sets out to spoil another person's view, it's just part of life. I have had a few taller people turn round and very kindly ask if they're blocking my children's view and there's a bit of musical chairs between us and them shuffling about, so I know people are conscious of this problem. My eldest is 14yo and 6'1" already, so I think he'll be blocking a few views during his lifetime!

Buy an inflatable pillow to blow up and sit on if the person sat in front of you is tall?

I'm 4'10 and this is one of my least favourite things about being short (theres quite a list!!)

i expect the OP thinks fat people shouldn’t go out in public - especially god forbid on planes

Why would tall peoples heads be too far away to read screens properly? They are adjustable or a phone screen might be used

What a stupid and nasty comment 🤮

I do go for end seats if I can’t be in the front, because then at least I can lean out if I need to. At theatres it’s always the front row of the circle, if at all possible.

I always offer to sit in the back if I’m in a car with two or more adults, and I’d have no reason to go for the extra legroom seats on a plane. As for trains, I like the airline style seats better than the table ones so no problem there.

Most short people want to sit at the front of events. Obviously.

As a result the front row of something will always sell out immediately, so it's not usually easy to ensure there's nobody in front of you. It's far easier for the tall people to choose a seat towards the back than it is for the short people to choose one right at the front.

And good luck at a school concert where the front row is the PTA which for some reason does seem to attract very tall women

Do you think they should chop their legs off?

You sound like a poisonous…

Maybe I don’t have enough of a sense of humour about this as I’m tall but this just feels nasty.

Not sure about the priority viewing at the front at gigs, as surely that’s the objectively best place to be at a gig? Perhaps there could be a raised section somewhere further back so you could see over people.

I think you’d run into difficulty with the cut off heights in practice though!

I agree it’s annoying when tall people seem to want special treatment to the point of leaving others zero room in scenarios where space is limited - planes seats, man spreading on trains, “I must sit in the front as I’m so taaaalll” (the front seat moves back and forward!) - but don’t seem to acknowledge there can be any flip side of this!

Short people should just stop being lazy and grow a bit more.

Just as logical.

I always offer to sit in the back if I’m in a car with two or more adults

Theres no need though, as the front passenger seat moves forward to accommodate someone taller behind you.

I think booking the front in theatres etc is the way to go, in the same way as booking the emergency exit works on planes if you’re taller (each group of people paying the necessary premium when they require it)

But I probably mean tall men, SOME tall men, because my female friend who is 6’3” never does that wanting constant special treatment thing that SOME (most) men do from about 5’11” or so - so not even that tall!

For example there could be a priority viewing area in the front of gigs for people under 5'5"

then the people who are only 5'1" would whinge about the ones who are 5'5" blocking their view.

I admit I have, in the past, been a bit pissed off with 2 6ft parents sitting in the front row of a school event and then getting out ipads to film and block the view further but what can you do - they got there first? At a concert where you pay for tickets I'd never expect a tall person not to choose the ticket they want.
There are disadvantages to being very tall and very short. Average sized people don't know how lucky they are! 🤣

Why do they put small sized shoes high up anyway? Madness and no thought for us at all.

For the same reason they put the large sizes at the bottom! Totally bizarre.

I pads up should just not be allowed full stop though!

i used to queue up hours before doors open for gigs to get to the front row to enjoy the band I had paid money to see. If someone moved me to the back because I’m taller than most women I’d be really miffed!

This is valid point - I think the OP is forgetting all the middle height people who would be worse off l. I’m 5’6” so hardly tall!

Yes, it absolutely WAS the OP who called tall people 'selfish', despite their claim to the contrary. From the OP:
I find it hard to believe tall people are all so selfish
Also, she did talk about their big stupid necks and shoulders

I have no sympathy for anyone so deeply unpleasant. How about you make the effort to buy the right tickets that suit you, instead of expecting the rest of the world to fall back and make way for your superior smallness?

This - I will swap you my view at gigs for your lack of agony on trains, planes and automobiles.

I can't believe she tried to deny it!

Also how about shorter folk stop sitting at the table seats on trains, and the extra legroom seats on planes etc, and leave those for tall people - agter all, it's just considerate!

Exactly! I find it hard to believe all short people are so selfish and allowances should be made.

I totally agree OP - particularly the gigs where you think you can just about see but some tall people barrel past just before they start playing (& at festivals often barrel back out after a couple of songs!)
The person saying this is a nasty thread has clearly never experienced this!

Decades ago, when I was young, everyone sat on the floor if there wasn’t seating. It seemed obvious. Everyone could see, and no one got jostled or squashed.