I hooted at a car because it didn’t have its lights on and it was nighttime. I wanted to warn him because of the danger. The driver flipped me the bird and shouted that I was a stupid c*nt.

May he have a itch that perpetually moves when he tries to scratch it.

Well just because you don't like something spare a thought for those who do...

Kinda cute. :) But for the amount... Sounds realllly British though :)

"Someone running in flip flops". That's hilarious!

There's not enough pints in the pub to justify a night of Oasis.

I have many fond memories because the 1984 Olympics in L.A. Because of the time difference most of the main events were late in the evening or in the middle of the night, but I managed to talk my parents into giving me permission to stay up late to watch. Did fall asleep during the closing ceremony, but still

He must have got confused when he was asked to wear a helmet.

That's a nice looking cane.

Is it wrong of me to have laughed at this one?

Rick Moranis? Is that you?

Remembering back to my childhood, they are very tempting to pop - make a little sound ad very satisfying like bubble wrap...

😳

Y’all….it’s from the song from Evita. “Don’t cry for me Argentina.”

1) BAHAHAHAHA THE ONE TIME AUTOCORRECT WAS NEEDED IT DIDN'T SHOW UP 2) how is a dumpling recipe top-secret though?

"But the person who decided to take a solid poo up against my house is fine. You might want to add some fibre to your diet, though."

Report them. In the UK deliberately splashing a pedestrian with a puddle by driving through it fast enough to cause a splash is actually driving without due cause and attention and is ILLEGAL. He could be fined for it, or points on his licence.

"a leg with no one attached" is perfection!

Dook E. Fresh

You're not too short, you are vertically challenged.

Get you one of those grabber things like I have and go to town on those Cornettos.

I’m confused. Assuming there are shelves from the ground up, wouldn’t lowering the shelves require eliminating other shelves/items? I don’t know about markets in general, but if mine had to lower their shelves by even one, they’d have to double the floor space of the building.

Short lives matter, people! Oh, wait.

the bodegas in nyc keep grabbers hanging from the shelves... super helpful.

You've just got to perfect the jump-and-grab

You think tall people have it easy? You can sleep on a couch. We can't. You can fit comfortably in the coach of an airplane. We can't. Need I go on?

Sometimes, if it's something I really want, I will look around the store for something long, a broom, tongs, a backscratcher, and just kinda whack it til it comes down.

I'm 5'8 and at least once a shopping trip I get something down off the upper shelves for shorter ladies. One time a very tiny lady who didn't speak the same language as me silently followed me from aisle to aisle and patiently waited next to me, then pointed to the things she needed with a politely inquiring face. She didn't seem to mind waiting for my three busy, noisy kids and I, she just hung out with us the whole trip.

I saw one women carrying around a little step last time I was in Tesco, purely so she could reach the top shelf. I thought it was genius and wish I had her confidence.

If the shelves are the ones with the bars, particularly in the freezers i can put a finger through the bars on the lower shelf and move the box towards the front and get it that way. I'm 5ft2 and always find a way

"short people got no reason to live"

It does stink being short, but the average height on things will always win.

Supermarkets really should have those grabby tools for people to use. I'm 5'7" and sometimes I can't reach stuff on the upper shelves either. Same with the freezer section. There have been times I couldn't reach the stuff on top in the back. One item left, it's just what you want, it's almost within my reach, but just an inch too far. Forever out of reach and happily mocking my attempts to get it.

I don;t know if this was just local, but in the old days, they used to have a couple stepping stools in each aisle. Maybe they were too much of an obstacle for shopping carts? Of course, when I was a kid, I just stepped up on the rung of the shopping cart.

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I just wait till somebody taller walks past me. Whether they work there or not, I just ask if they would mind helping me. This one girl, not much taller than me but a lot younger, actually climbed onto the bottom shelf to reach what I wanted. My hero for that day :)

I have the opposite problem. Huge belly in 9th month of pregnancy and I can't reach the bottom shelves 😭

What on earth are "Frozen Jacket Potatoes?!"

Stilts?

Yes I feel this one... barely 5'1" here- I often have to ask people for help reaching things when I shop. Thankfully I've found that almost everyone is happy to be helpful . I've long said that solving height discrimination is the next frontier

I feel this one.

queue randy newman . . . .

Providing stepstools helps, too.

Get a "grabber" for getting these items from the shelves, the pinschers work on low shelves too.

I pick up a long object and drag them towards me

Should get one of those grabber things I was picking one up to teach the kitchen cupboard shelves and then went shopping it was amazing I got everything without once leaving downs passing tall person ( I'm 5ft)

5'1 here: Go to the cleaning supply section and get a broom or toilet brush and just knock it off the shelf. This takes practice to catch so don't start with glass items.

Or at least let us use the small ladder-chair

Oh grow up!