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AKwannabe

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10. Also, short timer

Reply to grumpyduck (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 13, 2024, 11:32 AM

Aug 13

When someone gave notice or retired from work. Often short timers didn’t serve out their time if they gave notice.

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You know you're short when......I'll start [View all] Danmel Aug 13 OP

:-) I'm not that short but I have to open the car door spooky3 Aug 13 #1

Welp, ya know you're short AKwannabe Aug 13 #2

Really? It was alerted? Danmel Aug 13 #6

Yup (alerted), Ms. Toad Aug 13 #9

Yeah. Same here. Ms. Toad Aug 13 #7

OMG! Seriously? Is there some sort of rule that if people alert too many Tadpole Raisin Aug 14 #28

As a dear friend (who is even shorter than I am!) says, "some people are niyad Aug 14 #34

I know I'm short when I have to go up and down grocery aisles to find a random guy tall sinkingfeeling Aug 13 #3

Tall PERSON. I have been helped by some lovely, tall WOMEN, too! niyad Aug 14 #29

aw man, there's a particular flavor of coffee I like Skittles Aug 14 #62

Same. They do NOT want me trying to climb up the lower shelves rainin Aug 14 #51

oh I do that often Skittles Aug 14 #61

...you need a step stool to reach the chain to the ceiling fan. quaint Aug 13 #4

I can't change lightbulbs, Danmel Aug 13 #13

I'm mid-seventies and my family scolds me for stacking two dictionaries on top of my three-step stool. quaint Aug 13 #14

I would scold you too, lol Danmel Aug 13 #15

I solved that little problem by getting some really cute extension chains at Ace. niyad Aug 14 #31

They install a new door in your apartment, and the peep hole is 8 inches above your eye Walleye Aug 13 #5

My sympathies! I'm not at that level however I think we both would make for excellent hobbits as movie extras! Tadpole Raisin Aug 14 #32

Different context, but back in the Army grumpyduck Aug 13 #8

Also, short timer AKwannabe Aug 13 #10

....he can jump off a dime underpants Aug 14 #22

Did you have the "shorttimer" name tags? As I recall, one got to use them niyad Aug 14 #58

Who else are we going to make fun of next ? Obese people? Nt. drray23 Aug 13 #11

I'm not making fun of anyone. I'm very petite Danmel Aug 13 #12

On a familiar retailer site, I chose extra-small undies which left only two choices... quaint Aug 14 #23

Once i needed shoes for my niece's bat mitzvah Danmel Aug 14 #44

Post removed Post removed Aug 14 #33

We short people are sharing experience and work-arounds. Not teasing anyone. quaint Aug 14 #48

When you have to reach up to tie your shoes. Aristus Aug 13 #16

I have never in my life Leith Aug 13 #17

When you go up on your date JoseBalow Aug 13 #18

You nearly owed me a keyboard! niyad Aug 14 #35

Nice one!! LuckyCharms Aug 14 #38

You know you are short when... LudwigPastorius Aug 13 #19

You buy a car Figarosmom Aug 14 #20

You buy a dining room table set Danmel Aug 14 #21

Edith ann Figarosmom Aug 14 #24

Not me Marthe48 Aug 14 #25

When they make you wait tables to pay off your bill. GreenWave Aug 14 #26

At 6'1", i cringed when i saw this post... getagrip_already Aug 14 #27

That was the first thing that popped into my head! niyad Aug 14 #36

Randy Newman Broke His Neck & Is Rescheduling His Tour to Recuperate (03/3/2022) quaint Aug 14 #47

Why? arlyellowdog Aug 14 #30

And this is not middle school. We are, presumably, all adults here. And niyad Aug 14 #37

My biggest problem is mean spirited parents arlyellowdog Aug 14 #39

There's good humor in this thread... quaint Aug 15 #64

I am pleased! niyad Aug 15 #65

It's really not mean Danmel Aug 14 #41

Your post is fine, Danmel. LuckyCharms Aug 14 #46

You know you're not kind when arlyellowdog Aug 14 #40

I am actually quite kind.I was relaying a personal experience Danmel Aug 14 #42

And provoked unkind replies arlyellowdog Aug 14 #45

Honestly i think it's healthy to laugh at yourself Danmel Aug 14 #49

The fact you are comfortable with it is irrelevant. drray23 Aug 14 #50

You're not helping by making people feel small JoseBalow Aug 14 #55

you're killin' us quaint Aug 14 #59

Too short for the motel bed fernlady Aug 14 #43

Beds just get taller and taller while I'm actively getting shorter. rainin Aug 14 #52

It's hard to put on shoes when you are so far off the floor. . r.y Danmel Aug 14 #54

You can't reach the top shelf at the grocery store! MLAA Aug 14 #53

Kids think they're all grown up just for passing by you on the height chart. GPV Aug 14 #56

As a vertically-challenged (thank you, Totie Fields!) person, one rarely has niyad Aug 14 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Aug 14 #60

On a related note, have you seen the photo of Simone Biles standing next to Shaquille O'Neal? malthaussen Aug 15 #63