Sucky customers MAKES FUN of my size...and more game store stupidity

[Shpepper]

"The one is my name. The other is not."

heheheheheheh... You beat me to it.

[Sliceanddice]

try being normal hight for most women but shorter that every single member of your family over the age of 13 that you see most often. Im claled midget by my brother im always treated like a kids its soo annoying......

[Snowbird]

Too bad you couldn't have asked the lady if the oxygen was thinner up there. I guess she makes up in height what she lacks in tact? Oy.

I have to say though, I'd probably be someone asking one of those technical questions. I'd rather be ignorant than stupid, though, because I'll only be ignorant until someone edumacates me.

[ShadedWings]

Little more OffTopic! I'm 5'3" and my bf is skinnier and shorter than me - 5'1" and 95 lbs. So yeah... ^_^

As for the cross-compatible... I seriously doubt any console company will ever let their games be cross-compatible. That one made me laugh.

[Nyoibo]

You're the perfect height! Because I don't have to get a step-ladder to hug you!

*Hugs*

Try being 4'11.

So do I get in trouble for saying you're pocket sized? *Ducks*

A friend of mine is 4'10/9 I used to get in trouble for resting my beer on her head, she'd usually elbow me, and at that height her elbow came at a dangerous height.

[Akasa]

I'm 5'2" and had to take growth hormone shots to get here, else it would have been more like 4'3".
(Yes shots every other day for a couple of years sucked, and at one point they were even discussing surgically putting me through puberty, but thankfully my body heard that and said "No no! I'll do it myself!")
I see anybody giving shit to anyone for being short and I get beligerant. I will talk down and make who ever feel like a complete ass and idiot if they pull any of the "You're so short!" shit.
I like telling them I'm suprised they can tell seeing as they're about 3' tall to me with their head up their a$$ the way it is. Usually shuts them off and hurries them along their way.

[blas]

I always say "I'm not short, I'm FUN SIZED!"

Although I really don't consider myself that short.....for a girl my age, I think 5'3 1/2 is quite normal....I don't see a lot of overly tall women. Of course I'd love to be 5'6 or taller so I could runway model, but obviously that's never going to happen.

[Ravendjinn]

my husband is 6.5 and to this very day people come up to us and say 'wow your tall'
his reply is 'yes i noticed'

[Cats]

*Hugs*

Try being 4'11.

Oh, I am hon :P I even had to go to a specialist when I was young because of it (though mostly because I had stopped growing completely for a few years). Thankfully once they figured out being short was not a crime and had no adverse affects on my health, they didn't need to see me anymore.

My company tends to be overrun with female workers; most of which are 5'3 or under. We have this one teenage boy who works there who looks like he's about 6'5 or so. Not sure exactly how tall, but I know he's 6+ plus easily. He's a giant compared to the rest of the crew.

I've had more customers NOT notice my height. "oh hi, can you get this thing down off the top shelf for me while you're here?"...when they're 5 inches taller than I am.

[Crescent Cat]

Another 4'11 person here! *waves*

I absolutely hate some of the treatment I get. People aren't necessarily mean, but I do get talked down to quite often. Last time I went to my eye doctor's one of the receptionists said, "Ah, you're so tiny!!! Adorable!!!", in the same type of pitch one would use to address children or animals.

I'm 24 years old and I don't particularly appreciate being spoken to like that. I doubt she'd speak to other women my age that way, but it's perfectly acceptable to speak to me like that since short people've got no reason to live, right? (BTW, I love that Randy Newman song).

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, asking a short person how tall they are is like asking an overweight person how much they weigh. It's rude and unnecessary.

[prb]

Funny how pronunciations change with time. I'm just old enough to remember when the usual way of saying data was "datta." Seems like after Star Trek returned to TV with Brent Spiner's Data character, "dayta" became the new pronunciation.

In that case the Hollywood pronunciation won. With Back to the Future though, it was still years before anybody would be regularly prefixing anything with "giga-" so the timing just wasn't there.

I use both pronounciations of data interchangably. Confuses the hell out of people.

[Evil Queen]

What is average height, though? I'm 5' tall. I'm told for my age, I should be 5' 2 or taller. Well, too darned bad! I like my height and I'm sticking to it!

[Primer]

What is average height, though? I'm 5' tall. I'm told for my age, I should be 5' 2 or taller. Well, too darned bad! I like my height and I'm sticking to it!

"Average" height for an adult American female is 5'4", and for a male is 5'8".
And after about 40 years old or so, we start shrinking due to the disks in the back deteriorating.

I was 5'4" but I'm back to 5'3" now.

[unclejampuff]

I feel you on the height issue. I'm female and 5'11". I'm ALWAYS the tallest female in the group and occasionally the tallest person in the group.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I'm 5ft 9in. As a teenager, I always used to wear Docs and walk slumped over to hide my height. -.-

Now tho, I stand up straight and wear my platforms with pride. ^^ People come in all shapes and sizes, it would be boring if we were all the same.