My 19 Illustrations Show What It’s Like To Be A Short Person

I grab tongs from the cooking section. Use them to grab the unreachable, then put them back.

I'm really good at manipulating things off the high shelves with my cane. If it's a breakable item, I ask a tall person if I could please "borrow their height." Every time the person is kind and helps.

working at a supermarket is similar

I first look to see if there’s an item around that I see and use to knock it down or move it closer, if I really need the item I will usually wait for a taller person to come around and ask

I've been reduced to waiting for the next tallish person to turn the corner down my aisle and then pleading for help. Employees are never around when I need them. Luckily, I live in a super friendly area.

All through high school!

people who did that to me got a knee to the groin

Knew a guy that did this with everyone. A lot of people do not like it. He was a large man. He thought it was great when I picked him up. At least he wasn't a hypocrite.

I HATE that! It always makes my heartbeats skip like I'm on a rollercoaster.

This is so true and one of the MOST inappropriate things that happens to me on a regular basis. Now my policy is "if you think it is ok to pick me up, I am assuming that you are ok with taking a fist to the gut"

I have the opposite problem. My wife yells at me to slow down. It's really weird trying to walk at half speed.

Wow, I’m also 4’9, I’m the one usually walking fast that I have to slow down

I had to run when little

Ha! My ex is taller than I, and we both like walking/hiking. It is I that walk quicker. Have for a long time.

So wierd, my hubby is 6.6 and I naturally walk so faster. All my adult life people have commented about my fast pase walking.

Apparently this can cause some kind of physical harm. I made a bunch of footstools for ladies where I used to work, ordered by a nurse.

OMG I hate this! Riding in a bus or subway my feet dangle like I’m eight years old. I can never get comfortable unless I have a stool.

This occurs even in my truck seat...my feet don't touch the floor

Yes, especially if you have to sit down all day at a job, very hard to find a comfy spot, some toilets are the same

Yep people usually comment on it lol. Oh your like a kid. Or you can't touch the floor. My husband gets a kick out of it too.

Lucky u get to swim throught the pool w/out scrapin ur feet

the shallow end of the swiiming pool is taller than me :/

And always feel bad about it 😅

A fun way to make room on the sidewalk I'm largely populated areas

Anybody with an umbrella is dangerous.

Maybe you can find one of those umbrellas that has its tips pointing straight down.

they dont like it when i punch their ribs

Just step out of the way and watch them fall

let me say that 5 min crafts suck, but i saw this one where someone used old pencils, sharpened them, glued them into something and painted them gold. boom you now have a stabbing crown

This is so not okay, I don't care if you're friends and do it, you're an a*****e.

Yeah, but they hate it when I move suddenly and they're falling sideways or I elbow them right in the kidney

You'll never catch me alive!

Used to happen to my mum often when we were in school.

Yup still get mistaken for a high school student. I'm 33

Student taught middle school, got yelled at for being in the library during class time; had to show them my staff ID. Also got carded at a Burger King next to an elementary school because I was there during the school day. Had a really good laugh with manager when I told her I was 24 at the time 🤣

This is so funny, when crossing the street one one to go to work, the crossing guard yelled at me that school was the other way

If my family wants to hide things... 2nd shelf and up.

this is why i married a tall man lol

Like a can of baking powder from 7 years ago.

We keep a foldable stool in the kitchen for my wife so she can reach the top shelf when I'm not around.

My whole family is tiny, so growing up I thought it was perfectly normal to have to climb on the counter to get things out of the cupboards.

thank you for sharing your art and making it personal. You're such an inspiration!

We have made a science out of finding adult shoes that fit. FYI Nordstroms is one of the few chain stores in the U.S. that carry adult womens' shoes under size 5. You can order shoes but it is a pain because you never know what size they'll actually be because there is still no real standardization in the shoe industry. So you'll be constantly sending them back and trying to order another size of the same shoe and it can take weeks to get one that fits.