Top Ten Ways to Make Things Easier for Short People
The world is built for average side people, so those of us on the smaller side face these sort of irritations a lot.One of the hardest things about being short is there are many times where I can't reach things. It is extremely embarrassing asking friends and adults to reach things.
I always have to ask people for stuff on high shelves.
Height discrimination doesn't happen to tall people, but it happens to short people. I read online that employers tend to only pick tall people, which is stupid. It's what's inside that counts.
Height discrimination is a bad thing.
A girl (her name starts with "S") at my high school made fun of me for being short.
Kids' clothes are hideous! At least, they're all tacky and sparkly and pink. I can hardly ever find anything in my size that I would wear either.
I love fashion (albeit, you wouldn't know that if you saw me), so it's more frustrating to find something awesome that swallows me whole.
Smaller AND larger! At least there are kids' clothes available to short people, but there are hardly any of my large size, at least any I would want to be seen wearing.
If you're in the UK, Topshop is a pretty good place to find smaller sizes (some of their clothes go down to a UK size 4, rather than the usual minimum of 8). Many of their stores have an entire section for 'petite' clothing.
I have a friend who is extremely short, and she could probably relate to every one of these items. Especially this one, since she loves rides and hates how she can't ride some of them because of her height.
At my town pool, they have two water slides. They got them when I was in 1st grade, I think, and I couldn't go on them until I was in 5th grade.
And make them not have childish designs. It's hard to have to search long and hard for a bike your legs can reach.
I'm trying to sit in a chair, not go mountain climbing! At restaurants, even the seats at the children's table are huge! Maybe it's just the restaurants I go to.
It's annoying when taller people sit in front of me, and it's like, oh well, time to move. If I could make my seat higher, I could sit comfortably and see.
Adjustable seats would really be better for everyone.
I, in 6th grade, need to sit on my knees in order to reach the table. This is annoying, and we should lower the tables.
All clothes are too big on me, but shirts are the biggest problem. In baseball, I got an extra small team jersey, and it was still down to my knees.
In a class, we got t-shirts, I got small, and it's down to my knees. I get a t-shirt from a club, extra small, and it's down to my knees. Shopping at the store like: #downtomyknees