You know you're short when......I'll start

[Danmel]

You have to get out of the car to use a drive up ATM.

[spooky3]

1. :-) I'm not that short but I have to open the car door

And lean out to reach it because of the way it’s designed and installed (recessed too far back). The whole time I’m thinking about how they warn us to be alert to potential thieves lurking nearby, yet the design of these machines makes you really vulnerable.

Hope they come up with a better one some day.

[AKwannabe]

2. Welp, ya know you're short

When you alert on a short joke!
🙄🙄🙄


Seriously this joke was alerted and I served the jury.

Whoever did that is guilty of no humor bone!! I wonder if they would alert on tall jokes???

[Danmel]

6. Really? It was alerted?

In the interest of full disclosure, I'm barely 5 feet tall. I always say Ben Franklin was wrong: there are 3 things in life that are certain, death, taxes and that anything I need will be at the back of the top shelf.

[Ms. Toad]

9. Yup (alerted),

And I've been known to use the lower shelves as a jungle gym to reach items in the top shelf.

[Ms. Toad]

7. Yeah. Same here.

I just read it to my daughter, to make sure I wasn't missing something

[Tadpole Raisin]

28. OMG! Seriously? Is there some sort of rule that if people alert too many

times they are prohibited from alerting in the future? There should be some limit to how many times you can do that per month.

Of course that would be welcome with frivolous lawsuits too (re: TSF) but we clearly haven’t reached the limits on that yet, sigh…..

[niyad]

34. As a dear friend (who is even shorter than I am!) says, "some people are

humour-impaired!"

[sinkingfeeling]

3. I know I'm short when I have to go up and down grocery aisles to find a random guy tall

enough to get a box from the top shelf for me.

[niyad]

29. Tall PERSON. I have been helped by some lovely, tall WOMEN, too!

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And, not just for things on the top shelf. . .things at the very BACK of the refrigerated shelves. . like the last container of half and half because the dairy people (both out sick) are not there to restock.

[Skittles]

62. aw man, there's a particular flavor of coffee I like

I always shop very late so there is often just one or two of them WAY in the back......I think it strange that I see store workers all the time but NEVER when I need that tall person!

[rainin]

51. Same. They do NOT want me trying to climb up the lower shelves

I got so mad when they remodeled our whole foods and installed units with shelves that were easily 6-8 inches higher than before. If I can't reach it, I knew I wasn't the only one.

[Skittles]

61. oh I do that often

I am thankful that these taller folk are very gracious about it....I cannot bring myself to carry one of those stick-grab thing

[quaint]

4. ...you need a step stool to reach the chain to the ceiling fan.

I am short and not offended.

[Danmel]

13. I can't change lightbulbs,

Even with chairs and stepladders

[quaint]

14. I'm mid-seventies and my family scolds me for stacking two dictionaries on top of my three-step stool.

[Danmel]

15. I would scold you too, lol

Be careful!

[niyad]

31. I solved that little problem by getting some really cute extension chains at Ace.

[Walleye]

5. They install a new door in your apartment, and the peep hole is 8 inches above your eye

When you have to stand on your toes to sign your name at the bank. And yes, they always put the products I want on the top shelf. Fortunately, there are some very helpful stock guys and random citizens that help. I am getting shorter and I have discovered that you get more of what you want by being pitiful, than by being aggressive.

[Tadpole Raisin]

32. My sympathies! I'm not at that level however I think we both would make for excellent hobbits as movie extras!

[grumpyduck]

8. Different context, but back in the Army

we used to refer to people who were close to getting out as being short.

Someone who was really close was "so short he needed a ladder to get into his boots."

[AKwannabe]

10. Also, short timer

When someone gave notice or retired from work. Often short timers didn’t serve out their time if they gave notice.

[underpants]

22. ....he can jump off a dime

[niyad]

58. Did you have the "shorttimer" name tags? As I recall, one got to use them

when one had 30 days or less left.

[drray23]

11. Who else are we going to make fun of next ? Obese people? Nt.

[Danmel]

12. I'm not making fun of anyone. I'm very petite

This morning I had to get out of my car to use an atm. It's just an observation. I'm a very kind person. Just short. So short I buy clothes in the kids section.

[quaint]

23. On a familiar retailer site, I chose extra-small undies which left only two choices...

Little bows on the waistband or days of the week on the front.

I chose bows 'cause I'd worry about putting on Wednesday's while dying on Tuesday.

[Danmel]

44. Once i needed shoes for my niece's bat mitzvah

I wear a size 5 shoe and the woman at 9 West sent me to Stride Rite.

[quaint]

48. We short people are sharing experience and work-arounds. Not teasing anyone.

[Aristus]

16. When you have to reach up to tie your shoes.

[Leith]

17. I have never in my life

had to duck.

Well, except for something like tree limbs. But things like light fixtures, ceiling fans, upper cabinets - nah.

[JoseBalow]

18. When you go up on your date

[niyad]

35. You nearly owed me a keyboard!

[LuckyCharms]

38. Nice one!!

[LudwigPastorius]

19. You know you are short when...

people call you "down to earth", they're not talking about your temperament.

[Figarosmom]

20. You buy a car

Because after test driving at least 2 dozen cars you finally find one where you could see over the steering wheel and reach the pedals without moving the seat so close that your knees were bumping the steering wheel.

[Danmel]

21. You buy a dining room table set

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With chair you can sit in and have your feet reach the floor.

Most of the time, I feel like Edith Ann.
https://www.lilytomlin.com/lilytomlin/lily-tomlins-characters/edith-ann/

Took us about 5 years to find one!

[Figarosmom]

24. Edith ann

Good reference. Lily tomllin had a good character with her.

[Marthe48]

25. Not me

I had a Korean sister-in-law who was under 5 feet tall. She was super sensitive about her height. There were several cousins less than 2 years apart and we families got together often. One summer my older daughter had a growth spurt. She was really thrilled when she noticed she was finally taller than one of the adults. But she also knew how her aunt felt. We got to their house and my daughter greeted her aunt with a hug, and then just stood by her until her aunt noticed she was staring down and smiling. It took a second, but my sister-in-law realized, started laughing and said, "Oh Mary!" And they both started laughing. It was a fun moment I'm glad I saw.

[GreenWave]

26. When they make you wait tables to pay off your bill.

For those alerters, this means come up short with the $. It's hilarious.

[getagrip_already]

27. At 6'1", i cringed when i saw this post...

All i could think of was the outrage over randy newmans song "short people".

Carry on.

[niyad]

36. That was the first thing that popped into my head!

[quaint]

47. Randy Newman Broke His Neck & Is Rescheduling His Tour to Recuperate (03/3/2022)

"Could this be payback for having written Short People?" the musician joked in his announcement.

[arlyellowdog]

30. Why?

I teach middle school. Why? Why would you post this? It’s mean.

[niyad]

37. And this is not middle school. We are, presumably, all adults here. And

mostly with a sense of humour about all of our shortcomings.

[arlyellowdog]

39. My biggest problem is mean spirited parents

It’s mean spirited. Actually Gen Alpha is better. They know better. They don’t do this. And if a kid would say, “I was only joking,” they know.

[quaint]

64. There's good humor in this thread...

but shortcomings stuck in my brain and I'm still breaking out in giggles.

[niyad]

65. I am pleased!

[Danmel]

41. It's really not mean

I posted the op and I'm tiny. There was no intention to hurt anyone's feelings. Just sharing the struggle, which is real.

[LuckyCharms]

46. Your post is fine, Danmel.

[arlyellowdog]

40. You know you're not kind when

You tell jokes about race, gender, physical appearance, or disability. And you especially know you’re not kind when you say, “get a sense of humor. I was only making a joke.

[Danmel]

42. I am actually quite kind.I was relaying a personal experience

I'm not making a joke about anyone or laughing at anyone else's expense.

[arlyellowdog]

45. And provoked unkind replies

That’s why teachers tell students from kindergartener not to make fun of anyone even themselves.

[Danmel]

49. Honestly i think it's healthy to laugh at yourself

Not other people.

[drray23]

50. The fact you are comfortable with it is irrelevant.

Plenty of people got bullied in school, made fun of in life because they are shorter.

It's even documented that taller people have an advantage socially ( on average better salaries, opportunities, etc..).

You do not get to tell people who might be offended that they should not feel that way because you are fine with it or that they should get a sense of humor.

[JoseBalow]

55. You're not helping by making people feel small

[quaint]

59. you're killin' us

[fernlady]

43. Too short for the motel bed

It appears there is a trend in motels these days to provide TALL beds. I am 4'11". The motel we checked into had a bed so tall the top hit me 4 inches above my hip joint. The motel refused to provide a stepstool or a rollaway (because someone broke an arm falling off a stepstool and sued). So I was forced to wrestle around furniture in the room and climb on that to get into bed. Sure, that was safer.

[rainin]

52. Beds just get taller and taller while I'm actively getting shorter.

It's not luxurious to have to climb up onto a bed. Plus, I like being able to sit on the edge. Not possible when they're soooooo high!

[Danmel]

54. It's hard to put on shoes when you are so far off the floor. . r.y

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[MLAA]

53. You can't reach the top shelf at the grocery store!

I’m 4’11

[GPV]

56. Kids think they're all grown up just for passing by you on the height chart.

[niyad]

57. As a vertically-challenged (thank you, Totie Fields!) person, one rarely has

the experience of being the tallest person in the room. However, I have actually had the experience, not once, but twice!!!

The first time was when I was managing a B. Dalton's in Houston. It had been a very slow evening, and I had let my staffer on duty go home early. Suddenly, the shop was full of people. . .a Japanese merchant marine crew, only two of whom spoke English. Granted, I was wearing heels, but I was indeed the tallest person in the room!

The second time, I was in Reno during a "Little People" convention. Several of them had actually played some of the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz". I was on an elevator, and at one floor, about eight of the convention attendees got on. It was a very odd feeling!

[malthaussen]

63. On a related note, have you seen the photo of Simone Biles standing next to Shaquille O'Neal?

She barely comes up to his waist.

-- Mal