What are the strangest reactions you've gotten from shorter people to your height?
Yeah, what the title says. We've all gotten the usual questions, the gawking, etc. I'm talking something really out there, something that caught you off guard.
One time I was at a meeting for a local writing group I'm a part of and we where welcoming new people who wanted to join. I was sitting down the whole time, and when the subject of my height came up and I mentioned how tall I was, one of the new guys growled. Like, full on, throaty, feral growl. We all paused and looked at him, and when he realized he'd put himself on the spot he kind of withdrew into himself and mumbled "sorry, I have a issue with tall people." Dude was real short and stocky and had a kind of nebbish, high pitched, nasally voice. Clearly had some deeply rooted self-confidence issues.
Needless to say, he didn't come back for any more meetings.
Posted Sep 9, 2024, 5:37 PM UTC