The Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Tall

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Tall

There are certain advantages and disadvantages of being tall but let us look them from different aspects. The first aspect is the physical advantages and disadvantages of being tall. Being tall is useful in several cases. For example, it makes it easier if you have to stand on the bus because you can reach the hand-rail or it helps if you are in a crowd because you can see over people’s heads. It can also help you in reaching the top cupboards in the wardrobe without any difficulty so you do not need to use a chair or something else. But certainly we have to mention also the physical disadvantages of being above average in height. We all know how difficult it is for tall people to buy clothes that fit them and also we all know that furniture and the means of transportation are designed for average people. So I suppose that extremely tall people must feel very uncomfortable while driving a car, standing on the bus with their head bent or sitting on a bus or a train with no leg-room. I can also imagine how they feel while making a special order for a bed that will fit them or going on holiday and staying in a hotel where there is not any bed that fits them so their only alternative is maybe - sleeping on the floor. I guess - not so nice a way to spend your holiday. The second aspect depends on the situation which means that in some situations being tall can be an advantage and in others it can be a disadvantage. For example, it can give you an air of authority if you are a professor, director, agent of marketing, a leader of some organization, or if you have any other kind of profession which is connected with communication with people because people will respect you much more if they have to look at you from below. But that is only if you do not look funny being so tall because in some cases people who are tall and at the same time whose parts of the body or figure are not proportional may look stupid, which