Wot Cheezus Meofff!

Rooooar!

(inspiration from Hey Hey It's Saturday in case you were wondering.)

I had an incident of the street sexual harassment kind this afternoon which kind of got me a bit cheesed off. Don't worry. I'm not freaked out or anything, in fact I casually flipped him the bird and continued on my merry way...but still. I wonder if street punks like that think they're doing me a favour or something, as though I'm starved for male attention. Chances are they're just being tools. 

Anyway, I thought I'd compile a list of Wot Cheezus Meofff - aka "Pet Peeves as a person of short stature." These are in no particular order. 

1. "How's the weather down there?" - unoriginal and annoying.

2. "Oops! I dropped something? Can you pick it up seeing you're closer to the ground?" - still takes effort you lazy sod.

3. Camera phones - now I can no longer say, "Take a picture, it lasts longer!" because chances are you already have, put it on your Facebook/Twitter and shared it with all your bogan friends.

4. Young men who think wolf whistling and blowing kisses at me is meant to be a compliment because I'm so starved of male attention. No. It's not. It's unwanted sexual harassment. And I'm not starved of male attention. At all. 

5. Parents who "shush" their kids or whack them when they want to ask a question or if they're just simply looking at me curiously. Kids are CURIOUS! I know that. It's ok! So don't punish them for doing what comes naturally! It perpetuates the notion that disability or physical difference is something we shun, run away from or is embarrassing. Polite questions are always welcome.

6. Christians who think that it's wrong to have a passion outside of church and directly serving God. "You are called to serve God, so you shouldn't be following your passion to be a Personal Trainer or a painter or a talented dancer or champion tiddlywinks player!" Sorry Christian but my walk is my walk and you are not in my  shoes. Take care of your own life thanks!

7. Small sized clothing - mainly underwear and shoes - being placed on top shelves or racks. Good grief! Where's the logic in that? 10A bras are on the TOP rack whereas the 18-triple enormous are on the BOTTOM! What the????

8. Occupational Health & Safety. No longer am I allowed to grab a chair and stand on it to reach something/see better. I've got to wait until the proper equipment is there or I have to ask someone, cos you know...I might just hurt my wee self. Puhlease! I've been climbing and making do since...Noah built the ark. Don't take my independence away because of OH&S! (We won't mention the fact that I fell off a ladder the other night!)

9. Customer service staff *coughYarraTramscough* who think I can't read a tram timetable and actually read it for me. I've been catching the same tram for ten years. I got it, ok?

10. Assumptions about what kind of baby would be "easier" for me to cope with. Don't get me started on this one. Just don't.

11. People talking in movie theatres. This has nothing to do with being short statured, I know...but if you want to discuss the movie when the movie is on, how about you wait till it comes out on BlueRay or DVD and watch it from the comfort of your living room, ok?

12. Insisting that you know who I am because you knew me when I lived in the same town as you...when I've never even been there! Sometimes I can tell these people, "No, I never lived in Upper Combukta West!" and they will STILL say, "Yes you did! Back in 1952!" 

A) I'm not that old.

B) I do know where I've lived

C) you insisting does not make it so.

All people with dwarfism are not identical. Strange, but true! *smirk*

There's a few. 

Feeling better now. Glad I got that out!

Have you got pet peeves you'd like to share? Go on! It's good for you! :)