Short Girl Problems
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People not taking me seriously at work! I am an Occupational Therapy Assistant and routinely have to help patient's stand, walk, roll over in bed...etc. All my tall patients always look at me and go "You're the therapist? You can't help me stand you're to short!" Then after I prove that I can help them stand and even hold them up enough so they can sit down and not fall they never say anything again! They also like to joke about me being their kickstand or support post as they stand up at the transfer pole or parallel bars....one actually put his arm on my head as a armrest!
I may be short but I am strong and very good at my job!0 -
People not taking me seriously at work! I am an Occupational Therapy Assistant and routinely have to help patient's stand, walk, roll over in bed...etc. All my tall patients always look at me and go "You're the therapist? You can't help me stand you're to short!" Then after I prove that I can help them stand and even hold them up enough so they can sit down and not fall they never say anything again! They also like to joke about me being their kickstand or support post as they stand up at the transfer pole or parallel bars....one actually put his arm on my head as a armrest!
I may be short but I am strong and very good at my job!
Seems those patients have other issues that they should get looked at.1 -
To the occupational therapist, where I can I learn the best tips for learning how to move people without hurting them?
-Someone that hurt her back trying to help a pt.0 -
Short girl's are awesome
That is so sweet!0 -
some one actually said to me - "your little, how big are your kids"….
anything on the top shelf…0 -
Getting asked for ID everywhere
Low *kitten* BMR
Awkward hugs cause ppl have to bend down or lean over0 -
I have like being short sometimes but I hate that
The clothes don't fit nicely and my weight is super low to be consider thin and I can't eat a lot. I have to use double the energy to walk at the same speed as someone who is taller.0 -
My grandma who is 4'10" but swears up and down she is 5', which is my height lol, has always told me: "If you reach from you head to your toes you're tall enough." and "God only grows people till they are perfect, some of us take less time than others"1
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Dynamite comes in small packages! No problems1
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the last two ladies stole my lines
i get irritated when people ask if i need help changing light bulbs---no, i'm not short...my step ladder just isn't tall enough! :laugh:1 -
I'm 5'1". All of my kids are considerably taller than I am. They pat me on the head calling me their 'little momma'.
My daughter was taller than me when she was 12. She loved calling me "fun size" or "pocket size momma"
One thing that always got me, was her friends in elementary school who were WAY taller than me!0 -
Being a nurse and doing chest compressions on your tip toes..because the doc is trying to intubate and he's 6'3
I just get on the bed.0 -
Using my head as an armrest...seriously?? It's NOT cute
Seriously... My brothers LOVE to do this...0 -
I'm 4'11" and in some cases its a plus to be short. Though it's awkward when substitute teaching 4th graders who are my height. :laugh:0
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Having to climb up on your kitchen counter just to get some peanut butter (or whatever would be in your top cabinet).0
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i cant wait to read these..im 5'2'' and getting stuff from the top shelf of the cabinets0
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There's no such thing as capris, only pants and longer pants...even in petites. Good thing I don't like capris anyway0
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In general I love my shortness, but there are a few issues. The top shelf in the grocery store is an ordeal. It's very difficult to find pants when you're short with wide hips. Hard to see the stage at rock shows. Counters are too high sometimes. Barstools are uncomfortable because I can't reach a foot rest. My little brother likes to use my head as an armrest and to throw me around...he's about a foot taller than I am.
My biggest complaint though is all the comparison (height, hand size, foot size) I'm asked to do with my friend who is 6'10". We're a continual freak show even to friends who have known us for years.0 -
I'm 5'1". All of my kids are considerably taller than I am. They pat me on the head calling me their 'little momma'.
My daughter was taller than me when she was 12. She loved calling me "fun size" or "pocket size momma"
One thing that always got me, was her friends in elementary school who were WAY taller than me!
My daughter was also taller than me at 12. Even more humiliating -- I wear her cast-off bras from when she was 13.0 -
I'm 6'3, my girlfriend is 5'1, I hate when we go shopping and separate to look at something, I routinely can't find her over a display. I move to a common area so she can see me.0
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I agree with the top shelf thing too, I live in an old Victorian building (it's divided into flats, it's not all mine!) which means the ceilings are taller, which is annoying for me because I have to stretch to close the windows (they pull up and down and have a screw on the top to lock it) and I can't reach the top shelves in the kitchen so have to use step ladders. My boyfriend is about 5'8 and even on step ladders he can't change the light bulb in our bedroom! Luckily we have a lamp that we use instead!
3/4 length trousers which just sit above my ankles.
Standard length trousers being too long, I'm crap at sewing so end up with jeans frayed at the bottom from them being dragged on the floor. I'm below standard! :-(
Having limited places to hold onto when on the tube, I can't hold onto the upper rails as it's too high for me and people insisting on being selfish by leaning against the only pole I can reach.
Being in a crowds and not being able to see much.
The good things about being short are that I can stand on the upper deck of a bus without hitting my head and taller people feel the rain first!0 -
I can't raise my chair at work high enough to comfortably rest my arms on my desk so I sit on a pillow..LOL
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Short is sweet !!2
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I agree with all the short girl problems. I'm 5 feet and proud of it! My biggest problem is that I have kitchen cabinets that have four shelves and I can only use the first two. The third one with a step stool and completely omit the top shelf, I would need a 6 ft ladder.0
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That's about right..except I don't bother trying to jump..I just climb on it..keeps things interesting.0 -
Peter_Brady wrote: »
That one is so right! Everything is built for tall people. And I'm only 5'1"
So anything up high.0 -
Crossing the road and having to jump up the curb !0
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Heh, I like being short. I can look up to my man, wrap my arms around him and kiss him. Even in heels, I'm not at his height
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5'1.5" checking in!
Sun visors...even with sunglasses it's like hello death star, please melt my eyeballs off.
I wear Lane Bryant pants now and I find their petites are the perfect length for me. Don't know what I'm going to do when I grow out of them!
And I have a spatula and I'm pretty danged good at swatting what I want out of a cabinet. I will also climb the grocery store shelves but I don't have to do that much.
I am the oldest and shortest of my siblings so I get called the 'big little sister' 0
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