Help Too short to cook

Idk where else to ask so please don't be annoyed like my coworkers are 🙃 but I need some help. I'm barely 5feet tall and I can't reach anything on shelves on the line not the tongs in dish ect. It's been my life for 14 years now in kitchens Wich is why I tend to stuck to prep shifts in the mornings as well as schedule because I have kids, anyways this particular restaurant is really bad because the cooking elements are up high and I just burn my forearms no matter what. I'm looking for new kitchen shoes anyways but if I can find some that are like 2 inches of height or so that would probably be enough to actually help 🙃