Things that Suck about Being Tall
J H
United States
Billings and Bozeman
Montana
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At 6'8" (2.03m), I run into problems from time to time with being tall.
This list is a few examples.
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Allen Stucker
United States
Robinson
Illinois
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Push mower handles come to my thigh. I get a back ache everytime I mow the lawn.
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Candy Weber
United States
Los Gatos
California
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My husband is 6'5" and won't go to the local amusement park with me because he doesn't fit on the rides.
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Donald Cleary
United States
Bellingham
Washington
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All furniture is made for munchkins. Got a desk? It's too low. You can fit under it, but only if you get a kiddy chair that doesn't fit your butt. If you were a munchkin, you could just grab a bar stool.
I keep delaying getting some 2x4's to raise my desk up and my back is just getting worse.
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Greg Schmittgens
United States
Wichita
Kansas
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12 hours in a sleeper bus going to Colorado for a ski trip, when the sleeping bunk is 6' tall. . .and you're not.
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Board Game: Money!
[Average Rating:6.63 Overall Rank:753]
Maarten D. de Jong
Netherlands
Zaandam
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And the worst part about being too tall is simply this: you do not get any allowance whatsoever to cover for all the extra expenses you have to make from the moment you're fully grown. Think about it:
- you eat more
- clothes are difficult to find and thus expensive
- furniture in whatever form is always 'special order'
- you must always get bigger cars, 'sporty models' are not designed for people well over 6'5"
- holiday resorts, airplanes, ... do not cater for your height
- and so forth, and so forth, and so forth.
Supposedly tall people have on average a better income and command more respect... but I'd rather have some cash instead.
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J H
United States
Billings and Bozeman
Montana
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As a little kid, people thought I was much older because I was so tall. For example, when I was 1-year-old I was as tall as a 3-year-old; and people asked my parents what was wrong with me since I couldn't talk or walk like a 3-year old. People thought I was retarded or something.
As I got older, I would go to baseball games where things were free to kids under 15. I was young enough, but they thought I was 18 or something. I was too young to have a drivers license, so I sometimes carried a copy of my birth certificate around.
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Andrew Heath
China
Liaoning
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Shameful this hasn't been included before.
Assuming your partner is of average (or - god forbid - lower!) height, there goes a whole slew of sexual positions out the window due to alignment issues.
Certainly, some things are more easily accomplished, but saying "Honey, climb on up that there stool!" just doesn't quite get the juices flowing.
Oh, and I never get arms around the neck hugs, unless I bend over like an elderly Japanese woman.
The chest bearhug from the ladies is always nice, but it's got a distinct Guardian/Ward feel and lacks the romanticism of tossing the arms around the neck.
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David Henry
United States
Anaheim
California
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Knee pain! Expecially growing up. I remember having many sleepless nights when I was young due to stupid "growing" pains. Knee's we're just not ment to hold up all that lanky body!
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David Henry
United States
Anaheim
California
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Handles for push carts and such being WAY too low. I'm constantly stacking boxes on top of the carts we use to move heavy stuff around the warehouse, just so I can push them without hunching over.
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Jovan Bogdanovic
Australia
Brisbane
Unspecified
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The cubicle doors in washrooms, restrooms, bathrooms, toilets (whatever your culture calls them) sometimes are so low that they force an extra level of discretion at a key moment during (or should that be after?) the proceedings - unless of course you're happy to wave at complete strangers...
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United States
Minden
Nevada
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Rather than comedic, a simple thing like tripping over your own feet can be a rather serious accident.
The bigger they are...
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United States
Minden
Nevada
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Women have certain assumptions about tall guys, that aren't necessarily always true.
The bigger the feet...
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Bozeman
MT
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You get hit on by a truly annoying number of chicks. Since the chicks never want to get with the short guys, tall guys have to carry the whole "getting hit on" load all the time! What a croc. Back hurts from bending down to french so many ladies today, lips need constant chapsticking. It sucks.
-me
(14 feet tall, if you must know)
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Adam Deverell
Australia
Melbourne
Victoria
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When talking to women with low cut dreses or singlet tops it looks like you're perving at their breasts. This is because you need to look down at a fairly sharp angle when talking to women, and it is almost impossible to get those puppies out of the frame. I find I have to focus on a girl's forehead at places like the gym when I'm partnering a girl during boxing. It is disconcerting and I am pretty sure they notice.
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Adam Deverell
Australia
Melbourne
Victoria
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When you're on the dance floor everyone can clearly see you dance like a frog in a blender.
Sure, short guys can be pretty bad dancers too, but they get hidden away in anonymity. It's the tall guys that get laughed at by people at the table 50 metres away.
Whatever you do, don't watch video taken at a party where you've had a few drinks and are trying to get down and boogie on the dancefloor. It's mortifying.
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Warren Adams
Australia
Perth
Western Australia
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Well why don't we start a tall person guild on BGG?
Then we can share ideas or good/bad things that we come across.
Geekmail me when someone has set it up and I'll promise to join.
One day I might come and visit and we can hang out and freak people out . 
203cm tallboy
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Iain K
United States
Arvada
Colorado
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As touch on above, as a tall person, your lower back really takes a beating.
Here's a short list of things that are made for small people that can really get to your back:
- chairs
- sinks
- toilets
- strollers
- lawn mowers
- shower heads (and getting yourself under one)
- desks
- tables
- lifting babies, children, boxes, etc ...
This issue was brought to the fore for me this past month after I tweaked my back muscles doing god knows what. It really makes you realize all the things you do to accommodate your world given your height.
Now I have to budget my time in front of the computer as well as at the game table. And just when I was going to get two tables to set up the campaign of Barabrossa: Kiev to Rostov 
So take care of your backs my tall comrades !
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Tiwaz Tyrsfist
United States
Gladstone
Missouri
Behold in amazement as my wife demonstrates the proper way to clean your cat.
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Now, you've already touched on kitchen counters, but let me take it a step farther.
I'm a professional chef. I cook for a living. And I'm 6'1". I feel really bad for an old coworker of mine, because he was 6'8".
Every single standard stainless steel counter, every piece of standard kitchen equiptment, and every walk in cooler are ALL sized for someone who is 5'5" exactly.
I spend ALL DAY bent over, just slightly, to work on these damn counters or stoves, and by the end of the day my back is killing me. My friend used to hit his head going into or coming out of the cooler twice a day on average.
Meanwhile, my 4'6" Sous Chef is standing on a milk crate so she can reach the spice cabinet...
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David Hoffman
United States
Briarcliff Manor
New York
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Seems so obvious I'm afraid I might have missed its place as I read the thread.
I feel like people are getting taller and, while I used to be able to count on being one of the three tallest people in a crowded room, now it's maybe one of the ten or twenty tallest. Still, the tables are the same height, desks are the same height, doorknobs are the same height . . . the world stays small as we get bigger.
It really is a Small World after all.
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Board Game: Giants
[Average Rating:7.11 Overall Rank:413]
David Hoffman
United States
Briarcliff Manor
New York
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When you're tall, people are always asking you to pick crap up for them, reach up to high shelves. I can't go into a Home Depot without five people ask me to haul something down for them. Hey, lady, that's why the folks who WORK HERE have those rolling ladders and carts: to help you.
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Wendy Harris
United States
Ann Arbor
Michigan
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If you're a female and you're over 5'6" it is nearly impossible to find t-shirts that actually cover your belly. I spend half my day yanking on the bottom of my t-shirt. It is also pretty hard to find pants with an inseam longer than 32", especially when you are a size 4.
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J H
United States
Billings and Bozeman
Montana
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My feet are so large that they've gotten in the way, accidentally tripping people. You'd think they'd be able to clearly see them!
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Floyd Sherrod
United States
Sharpsburg
Georgia
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Long Drives.
It pisses me off when my wife is able to prop her feet up on the dash and snooze out while I drive. Sure, she'll swap and drive for a while, but getting comfortable is not an option when you can't recline the seat because more short people (kids) are sitting behind you.
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Troy Adlington
Australia
Dallas
Texas
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My pet peeve is I clear out all the webs when walking as the others walk under them. GROSS
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Jay Pharis
United States
Green Bay
Wisconsin
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Washing dishes suck as a taller person.. I have pondered putting in a trap door so I can stand below the floor line so I don't have to play Quasimodo with the sink.
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