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

[Bliss]

amen to the all shapes and sizes! Diversity rules!

Btw if it makes any of you feel better, I've always LOVED extremely tall or very short people. Idk why but i don't get along as well with normal people as with different people.

[Heksubah]

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.

You wouldn't be around me! *stands alongside unclejampuff* We can rule that category together! Buahahaha! I love my height.

[Thuringwethyl]

*Thread hijack*
I'm 5'8" and I'm used to being taller than most of the women (and a lot of the men) around me. I never felt huge until I went to a wedding in 4" heels and towered over everyone there. My boyfriend is about 1/2-1/4 of an inch shorter than me - as long as he's fine with it so am I.
*End hijack*

[Imogene]

You wouldn't be around me! I love my height.

6'5", signing in, and I HATE it. There's no faster way to get on my shit list than to say, "You're so lucky to be tall..." and, in fact, I may go spontaneously rogue and bite your neck for suggesting such. No, I'm not a good basketball player. Hell, I'm not even a mediocre basketball player. I don't do sports, and am far too delicate to play football, though my size would suggest otherwise. The most I've ever managed was to move a soda vending machine a grand total of an inch, at a request from a teacher at the school I was attending.

[Captain Card]

6'5", signing in, and I HATE it. There's no faster way to get on my shit list than to say, "You're so lucky to be tall..." and, in fact, I may go spontaneously rogue and bite your neck for suggesting such. No, I'm not a good basketball player. Hell, I'm not even a mediocre basketball player. I don't do sports, and am far too delicate to play football, though my size would suggest otherwise. The most I've ever managed was to move a soda vending machine a grand total of an inch, at a request from a teacher at the school I was attending.

Guy on the upper end of 6'3 checking in.
I am not good at Basketball
I am not a linebacker
I do not enjoy not fitting into showers (seriously one more inch and I can't fit in my grandmas)
I dont enjoy being squished in 50% of non trucks
My feet are boats, but its the shoe store I have to go to.
And any other number of things like food bills or clothing or etc.

[crazylegs]

6'5", signing in, and I HATE it. There's no faster way to get on my shit list than to say, "You're so lucky to be tall..." and, in fact, I may go spontaneously rogue and bite your neck for suggesting such. No, I'm not a good basketball player. Hell, I'm not even a mediocre basketball player. I don't do sports, and am far too delicate to play football,

6'8 here, and like you I don't *do* basketball and get rather annoyed rather quickly if you insist otherwise.

No the weather isn't any different
No aircraft don't have to worry about me
The air is fine 'up here'

And all the other witticisms and jokes that get constantly recycled. The only time I'm vaugly polite now is when I'm at work, outside of work attempt it's at your peril.

[cinema guy]

5' 4" here.

And constantly frustrated by short arms and lack of upper body strength, but otherwise fine with my height.

[NightWatch]

I'm 5'2" and the bf is 5'4". I gotta say, he's by far the sexiest man (in more ways then one) I've ever dated. I'm not just saying that cuz he's my lover either. So yay short dudes!

[MoonChild2007]

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.

At least you are tall enough to be a model. Tall people have long legs that are much more desirable than people with short legs.

[Bliss]

At least you are tall enough to be a model. Tall people have long legs that are much more desirable than people with short legs.

Desirable is a factor of norm, social norm, it's not an universal reality constant.

And with that note, we descend into fratching territory. should I report myself?

[DGoddessChardonnay]

6'8 here, and like you I don't *do* basketball and get rather annoyed rather quickly if you insist otherwise.

No the weather isn't any different
No aircraft don't have to worry about me
The air is fine 'up here'

And all the other witticisms and jokes that get constantly recycled. The only time I'm vaugly polite now is when I'm at work, outside of work attempt it's at your peril.

I'm 5'4" and it's never really bothered me nor do I deal with any short jokes to speak of.

But then, I guess society is more used to females being short and men being taller (to a point) and anything outside the "normal" spectrum is to be questioned.

Which is fine well and good, but you have those people who try to be clever, only to become inflicted with that iinfernal "Foot in Mouth" disease.

But no, being on the shorter side doesn't bother me. I usually don't have trouble finding someone taller than me to reach the heavy totes that are stacked on a pallet taller than my head, so it does have its advantages.

[Drakstern]

6`1" here, but you generally won't hear me making short jokes outside of the company of friends who are short and make fun of me right back.

Though I have to say I am partial to tall women, which makes my 5`10" g/f juuust right. >.>

I did work with a guy who was over 7` tall though. Damned good at stocking the top shelves, but you could tell just from the way he walked that he already had back problems at the age of 20. Not to mention the fact that he would have to duck to get through most doors without whacking his head.

[RetailWorkhorse]

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

*Throws a can of soda at him*

My feet are boats, but its the shoe store I have to go to.

Shoe boats! <3

The most I've ever managed was to move a soda vending machine a grand total of an inch, at a request from a teacher at the school I was attending.

Ya gotta use your legs as leverage against the wall. Push with your back.

[PentUpRage]

Female, 5'10. I reached my full height at 13 and man, the teasing I got! My 14 year old son is 6'1 with a size 13 shoe.

It doesn't matter what end of the height spectrum you are, there will always be someone to comment on the situation and anymore, I just don't hear it. Course, it helps to be 43 and past caring what other people think. For the most part. Really, I don't care! I swear!! *snort*

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

I never really got a growth spurt during puberty. When I was younger, my parents had me see all sorts of medical specialists to see if my size was due to some problem. I told them before it even started (my mom is 5' and my dad is 5'7, my grandparents are not giants either) that it was probably purely genetic but they insisted on all the tests anyway.

The results: My size was caused by...you guess it, genetics. :P

Anyway I started lifting weights in 2005 so I've built up a fair bit of upper body strength (and look pretty darned good if I may say so myself) for my size. I don't feel have to measure up to anyone in any way.

I am healthy, I am comfortable and I like myself. Anyone who has a problem with that can pound sand.