A look into appropriate ways to treat the vertically challenged.

If you ever see me on campus…..

Well, I mean, IF you can see me….

You'll quickly find out that I'm a very, very, very tiny human being.

A whopping four feet, nine inches to be exact.

And YES, I KNOW….I'm SHORT!

I honestly laugh every single time someone says that, because the reaction is purely priceless and I happen to make short jokes about myself all of the time...I'm not saying that that's a healthy lifestyle choice, but it's a choice I've made nonetheless.

With that being said, there's a certain etiquette that you need to treat short people with. Now, before I continue, no...we're not asking for special treatment, just ah...to be treated like people? You'll see what I'm saying!

First thing's first, please, WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT lean forward to be eye level with us. Or pick us up. Or kneel down. Just please don't. We get that you're surprised by tiny people, and we get that you're either trying to be funny or trying to be polite. But, in all reality, it can be seen as kind of annoying and disrespectful.

Another helpful tip, please don't use us as armrests.

It's not cool.

We work hard to look and act bigger than we actually are, okay? You kinda ruin our reps if you come up and rest your giant elbow on our heads. It just...it just gives us more of a complex. It eggs us on, so you have officially been warned.

With that being said, WE HAVE NAPOLEON SYNDROMES! Or, as it is more simply put, LITTLE BIG MAN SYNDROME! It's an actual thing, please do yourself a favor and look it up, it is pretty funny. Regardless, please don't continuously make short person jokes...or tease us about our height...or introduce us as "your little friend I was telling you about!" It angers us. It furthers the syndrome as I've said repeatedly. IT'S-A MENTAL DISEASE, I SWEAR, ESPECIALLY IN SHORT GIRLS.

Again, again, again, you have been warned.

Last but not least, WHATEVER YOU DO…..DO NOT ANGER A SHORT GIRL.

It will seriously put you in the greatest danger of your life.

Short girls are, in a way, like the Hulk. We're all cute and cuddly Bruce Banner's until you anger us. And here's a little secret that I'll clue you in on now….WE ARE ALWAYS ANGRY! Part two of that secret is that we reserve the right to release said anger at any time and any place. So please, do yourself and the world a favor...just...don't.

Now that all of that has been said, we are pretty chill people for the most part. Even though we may be vertically challenged, we are PEOPLE LIKE YOU!

Jokes and silliness aside, just treat short people with respect. From personal experience, it does get old really quick when all of the above happens. We love you and I do have a sense of humor, but we've also heard every joke, pun, and quip about short people under the sun.