When I was at my highest weight one thing I always hated was when people called me big guy... "What's up, big guy?" "How's it going, big guy?" At 5' 9" I'm far from tall and I definitely wasn't looking like bodybuilder back then, so it felt like a nicer way of saying "fat guy". More often than not I heard it from people I…
I work in the event industry and often have to help answer questions for event staff who don't know me by name. Today we were recapping the event and one of the staff had referred to "that thin dark haired guy". Ends up they were talking about me. Certainly better than hearing "that big guy". Definitely a NSV in my book.