‘My boss laughed [so hard] when I told him what I was doing': Woman Wears 3-Inch Heels to Work Everyday Just to Humble Her Entitled Co-Worker with ‘Short Man Complex’

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    "From then on, all the shoes I wore to the office made me taller than him..."
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    Mess with me? I'll mess with your short-man complex I posted this in another thread and was reminded it was also petty revenge. Just also wanted to say, I know plenty of short men who do not have short man complex. I wouldn't have done this with them. But this guy? Well, read on.
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    I worked with a guy who senior to me, but in a different department, so not the boss of me in any way, but still like to throw his little bit of power around. He'd do things like call me to his office when he was already on a conference call, then expect me to just stand there until he was done. After the second time, I'd just say "call me when you're done" and walk away. He couldn't demand that I just stand there and wait, or say that it would just be a minute, because the other callers would h
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    He was the same height as me when I was wearing flats. He definitely had short-man complex. I'm 5'5", so he was maybe 5'6". One day I came in wearing heels, and was slightly taller than him. I could just tell how much it bugged him having to look up a bit to talk to me. On my way home from work, I stopped at DSW and bought some new shoes I could wear with pants, that had 3" heels. And from then on, all the shoes I wore to the office made me taller than him. My boss laughed his bt off when I told
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    muphasta I know so many shorter men with awesome wives who are taller than them. One buddy is 5'5" and his (now ex) wife is 6'1". He is just a great guy and his new GF is 5'8". Women love him for many reasons. Being a short ick just reinforces the dislike in their own minds.
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    thewoodsiswatching Honestly I've never understood "short man complex". I'm 5'6" and was manager of various people at many jobs. Treated them all with respect, we all got along fine. Never felt like my height was a factor in anything except basketball. Once in a while some ah_le would comment on it but I'd just ignore them - permanently.
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    One new guy, a total a hole, told me that the Keebler factory was waiting for me to return to work. He kept that up for a while. So I invited the entire office over for one Friday night pizza party at my - house except that guy. He was all butthurt when he found out the next week. "Why didn't you invite me?" I said "Oh, sorry, the Keebler factory doesn't allow holes." :-)
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    kdp4srfn I dated a guy who was about 5'5", I am 5'4". He was in his late 30's and his hair was thinning. He talked CONSTANTLY about his height and his hair; tried in an endless number of ways to get me to "admit" that I didn't. find him attractive and was "settling" for him. I told him over and over that I couldn't care less about his hair or his height, and in fact that I have always been attracted to shorter men. That I was attracted to his eyes and his smile and his intelligence.
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    Didn't matter, he still brought it up nearly every time we were together. I finally, exasperated, told him that neither his height or his hair were an issue for me, but his inability to hear me and let it go. WERE becoming an issue. ic, I later discovered he was an alc and he dumped me for someone who could match him drink for drink. It's sad to think that his drinking problem may had arisen in part from his lack of self confidence over his height, when there was honestly nothing to worry about.
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    curly_and_curvy Next time before leaving him during his conference chat, say 'I'll be back shortly' with emphasis on 'shortly' Keep adding subtle puns in daily conversation Imao.
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    RSGK As a 5'6" guy myself I looove this. Sorry you had to work with this rage-y little sh though.
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    One-Satisfaction8676 LOL I used to work with a guy with Short Man Syndrome. We also had a guy that was 6ft 7in. Short guy HATED him, would not stand within 10 feet of the big guy because at 5ft 5in he just could not stand it.
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    OriginallronDan I'm 5'10", and used to date a woman who was my height, but would wear 4" heels when we went out. We were out one night at this bar she used to like to dance in, and while she and her friends were dancing, and I was sitting at the table, a guy came up to me and asked me if it didn't bother me that she was taller than me. I told him "First off, we're the same height in bed. Second, I'm a leg man."
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    BossofCorporateGoth Gurl I worked in construction and this was what I did too! (Obviously not on job sites). I LOVED watching their faces when they realized they had to physically look up to me. I'm already tall so when I was mad.... With heels, guess who's now 6'1". Sit back down little man let me educate you on respect, also, I'm loud as uck so I dared anyone to raise their voice at me.
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    activelurker777 I love this! Many years ago I worked with a man who not only had OCD but was also only about 5'4" (I am 5'9".) He was so compulsive, people who had to meet with him would call me to ask if he was in his office so they could come down to his impromptu to avoid him coming to theirs as he would just not leave and keep going over and over the same issues. I finally figured out that I could get him away from him by standing next to him in my 2" heels.
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    Tim-Martin Have an uncle who is short, but he was almost as wide as he was tall, (not fat. Years of hard work on the farm) So only his friends gave him a hard time about it. But he owned it. Told everyone that he was 4 ft 16 inches tall... phenomenal man with an awesome sense of humor. And my aunt was about 4 inches taller then he was. Both of them awesome people.
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    Woodrut_ I have a manager at my work who also has small man syndrome, I'm maybe an inch taller than him. But every time he tries to confront me about something I cross my arms, straighten my back and give him a de d stare and short answers. He slinks away back to his hidy hole
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    Chuckitybye I'm just a smidgen over 5'4", but I love to wear 6 inch heels. My old boss's boss was probably 5'6" or 5'7" and I'd always make short jokes to him. He was a really good. sport, so one day I took off my heels and stood barefoot beside him. He was floored, lol
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    Beyond_The_Pale_61 I've had a couple of bosses that had the short-man complex and they all awful. At my last job, there were two short, small men, one my boss, the other a co-worker. The boss was an absolute a**hole, throwing his power around, dismissive and just plain mean. The other small man was a complete sweetheart. Knew he was small, drove a Mini Cooper (that he kept immaculate). He
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    decorated his car with colorful light bulb shaped magnets for Christmas. Had the coolest ties I've ever seen, was smart as he'll and did not take sh*t from others, but was nice. I think the mean short guy was intimidated by and jealous of the "comfortable in my own skin" short guy.
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    30sinthe00s What I love about this petty revenge is that the 'revenge' is all in his head. A more secure man wouldn't be affected by it.

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