What's Wrong With Having Long Limbs?

    Lately little consideration has been given to those of us who “limb-impaired” and by this I mean people with long arms and legs.  We are plagued with all sorts of prejudice ranging from corrupt dress codes to the responsibility of reaching the high shelves.  Changes need to be made and quickly before, like us in ill-fitting sweaters, this gets out of hand.
    Any tall person in a workplace or especially school has it very hard.  They must deal with the horror that is the dress code.  The dreaded “tips of the fingers when standing” rule has us shaking in our boots.  While they may be appropriate and even smart for certain outfits, no high school girl, myself included, wants to have to wear Bermuda shorts every single day in the summer!  Shorts that are very appropriate and could even be considered modest for today’s society often break this horrendous ‘fingertip’ rule and we are stuck changing into smelly gym clothes that are provided from the clothing reject pile in the locker room.  As if this is any less distracting than exceedingly short shorts?
    One of the biggest problems that long-armed people constantly face is sleeves that are too short.  When you find that perfect shirt and try it on, imagine the feeling when one discovers that your sleeves only reach mid arm!  My suggestion for this is that the average length for sleeves be at least three inches longer.  If any of you short armed people have need of something different, it’s absolutely your turn to try ordering online in “short”.  We have too long had the misfortune of having to find a website that offers sleeves and pants in “long” or “extra-long” as required.  As a tall person myself, I am always going into stores to try on pants only to find that they are much too short even in the ‘long’ sizes that these stores carry.  This is an easily remedied issue.
    Yet another predicament we do not lack is high shelves.  Any time anyone at all cannot reach something, it is always us that are called over to get it for them.  I say we are tired of this!  No longer will we be responsible for your ‘short’coming!  Anyone under the height of 5’6 will be required by law to carry around a step stool, or even a ladder depending on their height, wherever they go!  We should not have make up for the problems that short people cause!  Tall people should be the basis for measurements and considerations everywhere!