“People Won’t Respect You As Much”: 30 Short People Share Things Tall Folks Don’t Understand

I use a hair clip to clip a piece of cardboard on the visor where the sun is, but only on interstate long drives

You can get add-ons. They're this 'extra' piece of visor that just clips onto the fixed one and it extends it down more. Or you used to be able to anyway

I'm not extra tall, just have a very long body. Until my last vehicle I had never been able to use the sun visors as they were too low when down and touching my face if pushed low enough to work

I have to sit super straight and stretch myself for the visor to do something

I consider my self short and I still can use the visor to a certain extent.

On the other side, I wish I'd never seen the underside of the kitchen drawers that hung above the oven in my airBnB flat in London (in a posh borough). First errand I ran was for Latex gloves and cleaning supplies.... 🫣😬😱🤢😖 ,*smol person problem*

Orrr.. when I say I can't get to them without a full production of finding a ladder that's tall enough (that's right... them simple step stools often don't do the trick), unfolding it, then hauling it back to the garage... I'm not exaggerating. This also means that if you choose to put all my favourite cups/dishes up there, you probably hate me, or don't care that it's beyond inconvenient for me to get to them.

I make my tall friend clean them when she comes to visit

haha true! I can never reach and I am normal sized!

This one makes me chuckle. My mom was 5'2" at her tallest and obviously couldn't reach the top shelves of the cupboards. She made sure that the edge of the shelf in the lower one was free so she could use it to step on an reach the upper. It was comical as a kid, watching your mom climbing to reach the top shelf! RIP Mom, we sure miss you!

I think a lot of women can relate to this, it's just even worse when you're petite. If it's any consolation, it also means you'd be easier to rescue in the event of an emergency like a fire.

Ladies, listen to your gut when it tells you something isn't right. It's better to be an alive mean person than an UN alive heavenly one.

This was especially frustrating growing up. Thanks to the male cousins I grew up with, I learned very early how absolutely useless I would be against any of them in a physical fight. Your only option is to become a professional at flailing.

It helps in this situation to be short but built like a Dalek :D

That's why I workout a lot. You have to be strong as a petite one.

This! Guys always complain about my throw pillows and I'm like "if it's in your way, give it to me! I will take all that I can get"

This is because the seats are too high off the ground. Pillows are not enough, at least for me, to counter this. And if I get anything about kid's chairs, they are too short and very poorly supported. Footstools work, also (if it is my own chair ofc) curling my feet under me - I know it's not ideal but make the best of what I can, my toes stay warm under blanket when it's cold!

i just sit cross legged on all chairs. there's just no other way i can be any kind of comfortable.

Thats why I love mid century furniture!

Lol! I actually found this out last week at work! Yesterday I took delivery of the 7 fancy new cushions for my staff.

Though, there's been TWO exceptions that made me feel not "too short for life": in January 2020 at a "The HU" Concert in Berlin, a second before they shot to fame. They are a Mongolian band, so half of the audience were Mongolians (4'5''-5'2''?), even the Ambassador of Mongolia to Germany was there (,on a balcony). I'm 5'1'' and could stand in the middle! of! the! crowd! and still see the band over the peoples' heads.Awesome. (In 2023 there was a much more "standard German white bun" crowd aka 3-6'' taller than me 😢).

I'm 5ft but my concert hey days were in the 80s and early 90s. The fun police hadn't hit up the idea that you can't stand on your seat at concerts when I was partying so I got away with alot. Who is gonna tell a "kid" trying to see to get down?

You're not going to the right concerts lol. The last bunch of shows I attended (Clutch, the Hu, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, and Monolord), my brothers and I (5'2, 5'3", and 5') were more or less pushed forward until we were in front of the stage. Tall metal fans are very considerate.

Im 5 ft tall and I have been going to concerts all my life. You will learn to find the perfect spot

Paid a small fortune to see Book of Mormon with friends. The couple sitting in front of me were both at least 6 foot tall - I hardly saw a damn thing.

My mom is 5', her brother is 6'2". It's funny watching them try to walk together. I call my mom a "sand piper" with how fast her legs have to run to keep up with him!

If people are walking too fast, I just go at my own pace. If they care, they'll slow down a bit, if they don't care, then I'm happy to see the back of them! :D

It's a good way to tell if someone is REALLY paying attention to you and REALLY cares. Those who see you as a person- WILL adjust. They may forget - once in a while; but they'll apologize if they do.

I refuse to power walk, and wait to see how long it takes them to realize I'm no longer beside them. 4'11" with short legs

And some will even make fun of the way you are trying to keep up

4'11. I've never been treated as "the trainee" at work in retail/fast food when the manager, nope. Coworkers and customers alike instead treated me like an impetulant toddler.

A former boss of mine was an incredibly short woman (4ft2). She had the respect of the entire office, excluding senior management. Don't know what their problem was with her, but we loved her. When she told us she was leaving, about 40 people handed in their notice. The company ended up closing the office and relocating up North.

I was 22 at the shops and I was sick sitting on a bench hunched over waiting for my fiance to finish shopping, and a man my age came up to me and asked where my parents were.

But we do get mistaken for being at least 5-10 years younger that we really are, a lot of the times...

I was in my 20's with customers asking what grade I was going into.

And I will have to hem those new pants before I can wear them. I've become an expert at hemming pants.

uuuuggggghhhhhhh this is THE WORST. I gain 10 pounds and it looks like I've gained 50.

It also just shows up so much. People comment on my weight all the time when I've only gone up/down by 2 to 3kg.

So true! At 4' 10," if I gained 3 lbs, my grandma would instantly notice and ask why my face looks so round...

My daughter is 5’ 6 and having to go to the next size means she’s gained 7 pounds. I’m 5’2 and gaining 3 pounds means I’m between sizes

Not to mention the BO!