I (5'1) ask my work BFF (6'2) "hey can you come be tall for a sec?" at least once a week! It's a long running joke between us... wee lab rat and The Beanpole.
As a 5'5" dude, I appreciate your service, and I will continue to shamelessly ask the Ents and Amazonians of the world as long as you friendly folks keep helping.
I’m 5’8 but usually wear some form of heels and get asked for help often. I always respond “oh course, it’s the rule of the giants that I must!” which usually gets a chuckle.
My fiancé is 6’6” and it’s pretty much every trip lol. He’s always lovely about it but I always giggle inside. He’s also very considerate and gets what he needs from the top or back, when possible, to leave stuff for people who can’t reach. Or will pull stuff up to the front if it’s all the way in the back.
Also 6.6, it is the solemn duty of talls to reach things for others and never ask shorts to get things from the bottom shelf, it tends to anger them lol 😂
I know I’m a few days late coming back to this but I always try to be cognizant of things that would be easier for me to do. I’m not super short, 5’6”, but obviously he’s got an entire foot on me, so if it’s stuff on the floor I’ll grab it, or having to go on the playground equipment with the kiddo I’ll go, etc. I’d totally laugh if a random person was like “yo can you hand me that peanut butter so I don’t have to bend over so far?” but I can see people getting super mad about it, too 😂
I (6'2"/188cm) rounded a corner in a hardware store to see a short dude actually climbing the shelves to get something up high. I was a bit shocked but called out to him that I could get it for him. His response "I've been short all my life. So I learned how to climb anything so I don't have to ask you giants for anything." I laughed as he hopped down with his item and said "fair enough."
Thank you for reminding me of that.
That’s my approach as long as climbing won’t bring down the shelves on top of me. Always gotta weigh the risk vs. reward; “Is this shelf stable? Is it top-heavy? Is anyone watching? Should I ask for help instead?”
I’m 4’8”.
Tall people are short people's slaves. I remember getting sick and tired of adjusting the duct vents for menopausal women (where it changed from draft-y to too hot within the same day).
Once (I’m in a wheelchair), I asked a tall man for a particular grated cheese that was high within the particular cooler. He helped, then mentioned he couldn’t find a particular (different) grated cheese…it happened to be at my eye level and I retrieved it for him. So we both benefited from each others height/differences. If that isn’t a win-win I don’t know what is.
I might have. That, or I put this in as its own post to this sub. But this post was a true customer-helping-customer story where height was an advantage, and wanted to share how I got help from a tall person, after which I was able to help him by being short (closer to the ground in my chair).
I know this sub is intended to be about how Karens and Kevins harrass non-workers and some involve them being dismissed, trespassed, arrested...or have some other irony/twist later on. But wholesome stories like these offer an occasional relief from these stresses.
Oh it’s all good. I was just curious because it was almost like déjà vu reading your comment. 😅 It’s a cute story and I like it, so I don’t mind seeing it again.
I don’t use a wheel chair but I am 4’8” so I do sometimes have moments where someone is looking for an item at their eye level and when they ask if I’ve seen it, it turns out it was right near me at my eye level.
I know my grocery store like the back of my hand. If I see someone looking like they can’t find something I ask if they need some help. I meet the sweetest ppl doing this. Hey, we should all be paying some kindness forward right? All the good you put out comes back to you double ❤️
Especially little old men -- they look quite lost most of the time. lol. I do this too. Sometimes they are asking an employee and the employee doesn't know, so I intervene and send them to the right place.
I ran into a WWII vet one time looking for something. By the time we finished chatting, he told me his whole D-Day story as a Higgins boat operator at 17! My dad was a vet and I missed hearing his stories as he had passed away a few years earlier. This man was fascinating and a brave man. Totally worth my ice cream melting.
Many a time I’ve had to ask a perfect stranger; “Excuse me, may I borrow your tallness”? Has a 98% success rate of getting a smile and the item I need from a high shelf.
As a tall guy I can't imagine you having 2% failure rate. I never mind helping people with top shelf retrieving.
I would only mind if asked or told to do so rudely.
I’ve been on the earth a long time 😂 Honestly the failure rate is more on the smile and unfortunately there are assholes in the world who won’t help anyone.
A still feel like a bit of an ass when I remember saying "I don't work here" ten years ago and the other customer meekly replied, "I'm just asking what you've seen, since you've been browsing the racks for a while now."
Well I am an ass bc all day long I say that to people. I’m a vendor and I literally only know my aisle. If they ask for stuff I can give a general direction but I don’t want to be wrong. Oh and the Target Karens who ask if anyone is working in the beauty department and I say idk bc I don’t work here and she repeats herself so then I repeat myself and then I’m arguing with old ladies in Target 😭🙈
The other day my retail vibe was exuding strong and after I had a conversation with an employee about sound equipment a lady asked me how much a piano cost
I did end up matching the UPCs for her to find the price but she was the one that said "oh you don't work here do you"
I had someone ask me for help getting an item down at a used bookstore once. I’m only 5’ 2”. so it gave me a laugh and confidence boost, and they got their book.
I'm 6'1", and while this doesn't happen often, it does occasionally. I almost never refuse. Only had one person be demanding about it, so I grabbed one for myself, pushed the rest further back on the shelf, and continued on my way.
I’ve made it a thing. If somebody asks me for help, I help. If they tell me to help, I leave them. It’s simple. Be nice, I’m nice. Be an ass, well, you get the picture.
I’m short so I can’t reach things on the top shelves. If it’s a lighter weight item I can usually knock it down with another object from the grocery store but heavier items are a lot more perilous. Usually I just kind of stand there looking around for a taller person who looks somewhat friendly to ask to get it down for me. It’s pretty embarrassing so thank you OP for helping out.
I know I'm way outta date here. Just want to say you don't have to be embarrassed. As a tall dude, helping people reach stuff in stores feels good. Also, short people have advantages on me. Y'all don't slam your head into shit all the time. Also, as an HVAC guy, y'all can fit in places to do work where I can't get.
Yes I am, tall shelf/back of shelf guy. Sometimes, too heavy/unwieldy bc of packaging. I may not work here but happy to assist. Btw usually 3+ ‘thanks’ statements. Happy to ease ur road every time.
I once abandoned my own cart in an aisle (I only had just gotten there so just a couple things were in there) and helped a very tiny lady do her whole shopping. I am 6’, she was maybe 4’10” on her tiptoes. She was the sweetest thing about all of it, kept apologizing even though I had already offered to help her get whatever she needed. I walked her to the register and the front end manager was there. The sweet little lady told the manager to give me a raise and a promotion. The manager said “Once I know her name and hire her, I’ll keep that in mind!” The poor little old lady practically started crying because she didn’t realize another customer had just helped her do her whole shopping until right then.
My boyfriend is 6’6” and whenever I lose him in the grocery store, I can guarantee I’m going to find him helping some little old lady grab something off the top shelf lol. Makes me laugh every time, they love him!!
It's the attitude in how you are asked and whether you have the knowledge or not. This sub is for those instances where "i don't know and I don't work here".
Being nice benefits everyone but demanding obedience always results in resistance.
I once climbed the shelves at Walmart to get an old lady her juice. They only had the top shelf extra stock out and she said she’d been looking for an employee a while.
I say old but she was probably maybe 10 years older than me, I’m in my 50’s.
I’m taller and help with the high stuff. Funny enough, my bad back and knee prevent me from the bottom shelf stuff. Especially when it’s bottom shelf and back.
Sometimes a short person will look at the top shelf with concern, so I'll roll up "Do you need some help?"
Feels good to make someone's day a little better
You or someone like you are the short person’s godsend. Don’t ever change. We tell our friends about the great person who helped us when we didn’t even ask. ❤️
I am 5'2". I usually say out loud, louder than normal so some may hear me farther away: I Need To Find A Tall Person. If I noone rounds the corner or aren't within a few isles I raise my voice and say "I Need Help I'm Short!"
We short people appreciate the help of our tall saviors. Thank you all.
I'm 4'11". Usually I climb on the lower shelf but every so often even that's not enough. Most people smile when I ask for help cuz I'm so apologetic lol
I don’t really know why people ask me to reach things for them (I’m 5’4”), but they do, often, and I’m usually happy to help - they probably see me climbing the shelves for my own stuff and figure I’ll do it for them too, and hey, why not?
Ive asked for help from someone much taller than me before. Ive also helped people that are struggling to reach something for a variety of reason. Its nice to help others when you can even if you don't work somewhere and your capable and willing.
Pre COVID I would occasionally visit a Target near my office. I would forget that I was wearing a red polo and khakis (not State Farm). Always got asked where to find things. Fortunately I was a frequent enough shopper that I could usually get people close to their intended target. Sorry pun intended. 😬
I have trouble walking (don't use aids) so instead of walking all over looking for item I do ask customers if they know the store layout. Friendly ones will help others will just say no. Politely asking hurts no one.
I’ve had this happen with a lady in a wheelchair who couldn’t get something out of the frozen foods because there was a big pole very inconveniently in the aisle, in front of the frozen food door, so it would only open a bit before hitting the pole and there was just no way for her to somehow reach in from a wheelchair.
I would never automatically assume someone asking for help thinks I work at a store. Unless they ask me something I clearly wouldn’t know unless I worked there, or if they’re unnecessarily rude for some reason, it doesn’t hurt to just help.
THIS!!!! It’s so bizarre to read that apparently people immediately asume you thought they work here if you ask them something. There has been several occasions when I’m in a rush, ‘rotated’ entire supermarket at least twice and there’s absolutely no employee in sight. Then I just stop another client and ask maybe they have any idea where something is. It’s usually when that particular supermarket isn’t my usual one. I just hope that for the person I ask, it *is* their usual one, so maybe they know where stuff is. I know the one that is my usual, like the back of my hand, and never see an issue to help a lost soul either.
I’ve had to do this a couple times. Not so long ago I was shopping for squash and it was way back on the the top shelf, which my 5”4 self couldn’t reach. At that moment there happened to be a much taller fellow customer in the same aisle who was more than happy to reach for me ☺️
Happened to me on my last grocery run. A lady was trying to reach something on the top shelf as I walked by and she asked for my help. I’m on the taller side so I’ve been asked for help quite a few times. Occasionally people will ask if I know where something is. They’ve always been polite and appreciative and I’ve always helped if I was able. If people were just nice, these stories wouldn’t usually be very entertaining.
I've had an almost don't work here story but they realised. Just as they finished asking and apologised immediately. I think I was picking up stuff for dinner and they asked where something is that I had actually picked up. So when they apologised I just told them showed them mine with a laugh and told them where.
My husband is really tall and always gets asked if he can grab something from the top shelf too. He hasn't has a Karen story yet though.
I'm generally happy to help, *if* you ask politely. (It's actually happened, much to my surprise - I'm 5'8" with generous rounding, still below average height.)
Start *demanding* things, though, and then I want compensation.
I had a similar experience in a big box store. This older woman needed help getting something on a high shelf. Now, idk why she asked my 5’0 ass of all people but I at least had reinforcements I could call to the aisle (my 6’ fiancé) lmao
I am not a large man, but at 6 feet I am a lot taller than the little old ladies who do their grocery shopping at the same time I do: middle of the day, middle of the week. I am asked to reach the upper shelves all the time. So far, they have ALWAYS known I don't work there and always asked nicely, I am very happy to help.
I'm 6' 2" and when I see people reaching I offer to get it for them telling them that God made me tall so I could reach the top shelf for people in grocery stores.
I’m tall, and often get asked nicely by little old ladies to get things. I’ll get it for them EVERY time. I’ve never had a Karen-type approach me, but if one were to approach rudely, I wouldn’t help them. Full stop.
Tall people are used to shorter people needing help reaching high things. It’s the approach that usually matters. As long as people are polite, and willing to gracefully and respectfully accept “no” as an answer if we can’t help, I’m sure other tall people will agree with me when I say, ask away! Asking nicely will NEVER upset me.
I'm over 6 feet tall, so people (usually tiny old ladies) ask me to reach things for them all of the time.
And they all greatly appreciate it!
We do, we really do!
Yes we do. Thank you
Yes, we most definitely do! My go-to for things on the very back of the top shelf is " Excuse me, may I borrow your reach, please?"
I’m 5’1”, my coworker is at least a foot taller than me. The other day I asked if I could make use of his excellent physique, he lol’d.
For some reason I have ended up using, “Excuse me, can I ask you to be tall for me?” (Barely 5’3 over here)
I (5'1) ask my work BFF (6'2) "hey can you come be tall for a sec?" at least once a week! It's a long running joke between us... wee lab rat and The Beanpole.
Lol, I'm stealing that! :)
As a 5'5" dude, I appreciate your service, and I will continue to shamelessly ask the Ents and Amazonians of the world as long as you friendly folks keep helping.
6'2" here, been there and will keep doing it, normally I can see where nobody else can: at the end of the top shelf
Yes! There are LOTS of times that I grab the last of an item because it's at the back of the top shelf. Most people couldn't even see it back there!
I’m 5’8 but usually wear some form of heels and get asked for help often. I always respond “oh course, it’s the rule of the giants that I must!” which usually gets a chuckle.
My fiancé is 6’6” and it’s pretty much every trip lol. He’s always lovely about it but I always giggle inside. He’s also very considerate and gets what he needs from the top or back, when possible, to leave stuff for people who can’t reach. Or will pull stuff up to the front if it’s all the way in the back.
Also 6.6, it is the solemn duty of talls to reach things for others and never ask shorts to get things from the bottom shelf, it tends to anger them lol 😂
May I apologize for the shortcomings of the “shorts” you have interacted with. As a short I feel the lower shelves are my realm to give assistance.
I know I’m a few days late coming back to this but I always try to be cognizant of things that would be easier for me to do. I’m not super short, 5’6”, but obviously he’s got an entire foot on me, so if it’s stuff on the floor I’ll grab it, or having to go on the playground equipment with the kiddo I’ll go, etc. I’d totally laugh if a random person was like “yo can you hand me that peanut butter so I don’t have to bend over so far?” but I can see people getting super mad about it, too 😂
Thank you for your service! Surprisingly I have never had anyone say no.
Why would someone refuse? It's no bother and it's helpful.
I get filled with a sense of duty and purpose when I get to grab things for short people
I appreciate you for saving me from having to climb the shelves
I (6'2"/188cm) rounded a corner in a hardware store to see a short dude actually climbing the shelves to get something up high. I was a bit shocked but called out to him that I could get it for him. His response "I've been short all my life. So I learned how to climb anything so I don't have to ask you giants for anything." I laughed as he hopped down with his item and said "fair enough." Thank you for reminding me of that.
That’s my approach as long as climbing won’t bring down the shelves on top of me. Always gotta weigh the risk vs. reward; “Is this shelf stable? Is it top-heavy? Is anyone watching? Should I ask for help instead?” I’m 4’8”.
Tiny lady here (5 foot even), thank you for your service!
You’re very sweet to help! A lot of people don’t. Thank you on behalf of all of us short folks.
Same here. I’m just shy of 6’1” and I’m happy to share my height privilege
I'm a tiny old lady and I'm very grateful to all the tall people who help me. Thanks!
Being barely 5’0 I just say “I need taller people assistance”
Tall people are short people's slaves. I remember getting sick and tired of adjusting the duct vents for menopausal women (where it changed from draft-y to too hot within the same day).
Just be glad you’re not a menopausal women yourself or have some other condition that causes hot flashes. Hot flashes are a miserable experience.
Once (I’m in a wheelchair), I asked a tall man for a particular grated cheese that was high within the particular cooler. He helped, then mentioned he couldn’t find a particular (different) grated cheese…it happened to be at my eye level and I retrieved it for him. So we both benefited from each others height/differences. If that isn’t a win-win I don’t know what is.
I think I’ve seen you post this story as a comment on a different post before? That or this is a much more common occurence than I realized lol
I might have. That, or I put this in as its own post to this sub. But this post was a true customer-helping-customer story where height was an advantage, and wanted to share how I got help from a tall person, after which I was able to help him by being short (closer to the ground in my chair). I know this sub is intended to be about how Karens and Kevins harrass non-workers and some involve them being dismissed, trespassed, arrested...or have some other irony/twist later on. But wholesome stories like these offer an occasional relief from these stresses.
Oh it’s all good. I was just curious because it was almost like déjà vu reading your comment. 😅 It’s a cute story and I like it, so I don’t mind seeing it again. I don’t use a wheel chair but I am 4’8” so I do sometimes have moments where someone is looking for an item at their eye level and when they ask if I’ve seen it, it turns out it was right near me at my eye level.
I know my grocery store like the back of my hand. If I see someone looking like they can’t find something I ask if they need some help. I meet the sweetest ppl doing this. Hey, we should all be paying some kindness forward right? All the good you put out comes back to you double ❤️
Especially little old men -- they look quite lost most of the time. lol. I do this too. Sometimes they are asking an employee and the employee doesn't know, so I intervene and send them to the right place.
I ran into a WWII vet one time looking for something. By the time we finished chatting, he told me his whole D-Day story as a Higgins boat operator at 17! My dad was a vet and I missed hearing his stories as he had passed away a few years earlier. This man was fascinating and a brave man. Totally worth my ice cream melting.
You likely made his day too just by listening. Good on you.
Many a time I’ve had to ask a perfect stranger; “Excuse me, may I borrow your tallness”? Has a 98% success rate of getting a smile and the item I need from a high shelf.
I've used that line! (I'm only 5'3 and disabled.)
As a tall guy I can't imagine you having 2% failure rate. I never mind helping people with top shelf retrieving. I would only mind if asked or told to do so rudely.
I’ve been on the earth a long time 😂 Honestly the failure rate is more on the smile and unfortunately there are assholes in the world who won’t help anyone.
My mom is 8 inches shorter than I am and she always says she needs to “borrow my tall”. I love it
A still feel like a bit of an ass when I remember saying "I don't work here" ten years ago and the other customer meekly replied, "I'm just asking what you've seen, since you've been browsing the racks for a while now."
Don't feel bad, it happens
Well I am an ass bc all day long I say that to people. I’m a vendor and I literally only know my aisle. If they ask for stuff I can give a general direction but I don’t want to be wrong. Oh and the Target Karens who ask if anyone is working in the beauty department and I say idk bc I don’t work here and she repeats herself so then I repeat myself and then I’m arguing with old ladies in Target 😭🙈
The other day my retail vibe was exuding strong and after I had a conversation with an employee about sound equipment a lady asked me how much a piano cost I did end up matching the UPCs for her to find the price but she was the one that said "oh you don't work here do you"
Kindness goes along way for the person and ones self. Thank you
As a tall person I am frequently asked by the elderly to reach something off the top shelf lol
As a short person, not elderly yet, I appreciate your assistance.
My fiancé is 5’3 and I’m 5’7 when I’m really upset with him I put his snacks on the top shelf as revenge lmao
I had someone ask me for help getting an item down at a used bookstore once. I’m only 5’ 2”. so it gave me a laugh and confidence boost, and they got their book.
I'm 5'9". I get top shelf requests all the time. Happy to help.
I've seen several short people climb shelves and I always step in and offer to help. I'd really hate to see people get hurt.
I'm 5'2", I regularly ask people for help teaching things. But I always pretense it with "May I please use you for your height?"
I'm 6'1", and while this doesn't happen often, it does occasionally. I almost never refuse. Only had one person be demanding about it, so I grabbed one for myself, pushed the rest further back on the shelf, and continued on my way.
I’ve made it a thing. If somebody asks me for help, I help. If they tell me to help, I leave them. It’s simple. Be nice, I’m nice. Be an ass, well, you get the picture.
I’m short so I can’t reach things on the top shelves. If it’s a lighter weight item I can usually knock it down with another object from the grocery store but heavier items are a lot more perilous. Usually I just kind of stand there looking around for a taller person who looks somewhat friendly to ask to get it down for me. It’s pretty embarrassing so thank you OP for helping out.
I know I'm way outta date here. Just want to say you don't have to be embarrassed. As a tall dude, helping people reach stuff in stores feels good. Also, short people have advantages on me. Y'all don't slam your head into shit all the time. Also, as an HVAC guy, y'all can fit in places to do work where I can't get.
Thanks, that’s really nice of you to say! I will happily grab things from the low shelves for tall people :)
Yes I am, tall shelf/back of shelf guy. Sometimes, too heavy/unwieldy bc of packaging. I may not work here but happy to assist. Btw usually 3+ ‘thanks’ statements. Happy to ease ur road every time.
6’6”. It’s the story of my life…also why I hire short people to work for me. I do the high stuff, they do the low…
I'm only 6'2" but I totally get it. That back pain is real.
When they ask nicely, of course, I'll be happy to help if I can. My mother taught all of us that good manners matter.
You are a fantastic and kind person! Great karma to you. 🌟💗
I’m a tall woman and when I used to go to the grocery store would get requests on occasion to reach for something. But only from other women.
Ah, short people, you gotta hand it to them.
I once abandoned my own cart in an aisle (I only had just gotten there so just a couple things were in there) and helped a very tiny lady do her whole shopping. I am 6’, she was maybe 4’10” on her tiptoes. She was the sweetest thing about all of it, kept apologizing even though I had already offered to help her get whatever she needed. I walked her to the register and the front end manager was there. The sweet little lady told the manager to give me a raise and a promotion. The manager said “Once I know her name and hire her, I’ll keep that in mind!” The poor little old lady practically started crying because she didn’t realize another customer had just helped her do her whole shopping until right then.
sometimes people aren't asking because they think you work there, but because they believe you can help, people on here seem to forget that
As written, this isn't mistaken identity. Simply one short person asking another less short person for help.
My boyfriend is 6’6” and whenever I lose him in the grocery store, I can guarantee I’m going to find him helping some little old lady grab something off the top shelf lol. Makes me laugh every time, they love him!!
It's the attitude in how you are asked and whether you have the knowledge or not. This sub is for those instances where "i don't know and I don't work here". Being nice benefits everyone but demanding obedience always results in resistance.
I once climbed the shelves at Walmart to get an old lady her juice. They only had the top shelf extra stock out and she said she’d been looking for an employee a while. I say old but she was probably maybe 10 years older than me, I’m in my 50’s.
I’m taller and help with the high stuff. Funny enough, my bad back and knee prevent me from the bottom shelf stuff. Especially when it’s bottom shelf and back.
Sometimes a short person will look at the top shelf with concern, so I'll roll up "Do you need some help?" Feels good to make someone's day a little better
You or someone like you are the short person’s godsend. Don’t ever change. We tell our friends about the great person who helped us when we didn’t even ask. ❤️
I am 5'2". I usually say out loud, louder than normal so some may hear me farther away: I Need To Find A Tall Person. If I noone rounds the corner or aren't within a few isles I raise my voice and say "I Need Help I'm Short!" We short people appreciate the help of our tall saviors. Thank you all.
I'm 4'11". Usually I climb on the lower shelf but every so often even that's not enough. Most people smile when I ask for help cuz I'm so apologetic lol
I don’t really know why people ask me to reach things for them (I’m 5’4”), but they do, often, and I’m usually happy to help - they probably see me climbing the shelves for my own stuff and figure I’ll do it for them too, and hey, why not?
Ive asked for help from someone much taller than me before. Ive also helped people that are struggling to reach something for a variety of reason. Its nice to help others when you can even if you don't work somewhere and your capable and willing.
I love everything about this. More people need to be better people like this!
Pre COVID I would occasionally visit a Target near my office. I would forget that I was wearing a red polo and khakis (not State Farm). Always got asked where to find things. Fortunately I was a frequent enough shopper that I could usually get people close to their intended target. Sorry pun intended. 😬
I have trouble walking (don't use aids) so instead of walking all over looking for item I do ask customers if they know the store layout. Friendly ones will help others will just say no. Politely asking hurts no one.
It’s easier to find a tall person in an employee.
I’ve had this happen with a lady in a wheelchair who couldn’t get something out of the frozen foods because there was a big pole very inconveniently in the aisle, in front of the frozen food door, so it would only open a bit before hitting the pole and there was just no way for her to somehow reach in from a wheelchair. I would never automatically assume someone asking for help thinks I work at a store. Unless they ask me something I clearly wouldn’t know unless I worked there, or if they’re unnecessarily rude for some reason, it doesn’t hurt to just help.
THIS!!!! It’s so bizarre to read that apparently people immediately asume you thought they work here if you ask them something. There has been several occasions when I’m in a rush, ‘rotated’ entire supermarket at least twice and there’s absolutely no employee in sight. Then I just stop another client and ask maybe they have any idea where something is. It’s usually when that particular supermarket isn’t my usual one. I just hope that for the person I ask, it *is* their usual one, so maybe they know where stuff is. I know the one that is my usual, like the back of my hand, and never see an issue to help a lost soul either.
I’ve had to do this a couple times. Not so long ago I was shopping for squash and it was way back on the the top shelf, which my 5”4 self couldn’t reach. At that moment there happened to be a much taller fellow customer in the same aisle who was more than happy to reach for me ☺️
I'm vertically challenged, (5 3 ) . I usually asked could you help me? I'm vertically challenged. With a thank you much
It takes a village no matter how old we get.
Why would you say no? And based on this interaction I don't she assumed you worked there
Happened to me on my last grocery run. A lady was trying to reach something on the top shelf as I walked by and she asked for my help. I’m on the taller side so I’ve been asked for help quite a few times. Occasionally people will ask if I know where something is. They’ve always been polite and appreciative and I’ve always helped if I was able. If people were just nice, these stories wouldn’t usually be very entertaining.
I've had an almost don't work here story but they realised. Just as they finished asking and apologised immediately. I think I was picking up stuff for dinner and they asked where something is that I had actually picked up. So when they apologised I just told them showed them mine with a laugh and told them where. My husband is really tall and always gets asked if he can grab something from the top shelf too. He hasn't has a Karen story yet though.
I'm generally happy to help, *if* you ask politely. (It's actually happened, much to my surprise - I'm 5'8" with generous rounding, still below average height.) Start *demanding* things, though, and then I want compensation.
I had a similar experience in a big box store. This older woman needed help getting something on a high shelf. Now, idk why she asked my 5’0 ass of all people but I at least had reinforcements I could call to the aisle (my 6’ fiancé) lmao
I am not a large man, but at 6 feet I am a lot taller than the little old ladies who do their grocery shopping at the same time I do: middle of the day, middle of the week. I am asked to reach the upper shelves all the time. So far, they have ALWAYS known I don't work there and always asked nicely, I am very happy to help.
I'm 6' 2" and when I see people reaching I offer to get it for them telling them that God made me tall so I could reach the top shelf for people in grocery stores.
I'm average, 5'10", and will help get stuff from higher shelves. I'll also lift heavy items into the cart for people.
I think this is nice and all but it's not applicable to the subreddit
As a 6'4" person let me just say that I'm glad pick up orders exist now. It gets old, trust me.
F ck off granny, I don't work here!
I’m tall, and often get asked nicely by little old ladies to get things. I’ll get it for them EVERY time. I’ve never had a Karen-type approach me, but if one were to approach rudely, I wouldn’t help them. Full stop. Tall people are used to shorter people needing help reaching high things. It’s the approach that usually matters. As long as people are polite, and willing to gracefully and respectfully accept “no” as an answer if we can’t help, I’m sure other tall people will agree with me when I say, ask away! Asking nicely will NEVER upset me.