The System 712: Tips for Short People Attending Concerts

March 17th, 2014

This is how it felt to see Ellie Goulding with my girlfriend and be only 5’6″. The top of her head looked lovely.

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Caroline Thompson

It’s kind of cute that this is about you, and yet you used the girl as the short person in the strip.

What makes it inaccurate though, for a female case, is that redonkulously tall heels as a solution are absent.
- Rosscott
  
  ON GENDER:
  I try to flip genders whenever the joke doesn’t matter either way, since that’s about as “equal” as I can make it.
  
  ON HEELS:
  You have to STAND FOR HOURS. Why would you want to wear heels?
  - Rossmom
    
    High 4″ up, actually is extremely bad for your back and feet.
    http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/265411.php
  - Caroline Thompson
    
    On gender: fair enough. That’s definitely gender equal (though your choice definitely works to your benefit here, what with women generally being shorter)
    
    On heels: that doesn’t stop the maaaaany women who wear heels for an entire workday, party, etc.
    
    I’m a big fan of heels myself, and I’ve been out for hours with friends while in heels, at least relatively low and comfortable ones. If it means the extra height, it tends to be worth the risk, and when it does get really bad, taking them off and going outright bare foot tends to be the solution so long as the ground is safe.
    
    And not a lot of women really care/worry about the health and safety issues. I certainly don’t, so long as I don’t wear them all the time.
    - Hannah Richards
      
      Yes, but the heels wouldn’t make a difference if you were standing in grass. The heel’d just sink into the ground. (Not trying to be a pedant, just bringing that up.)
      - Caroline Thompson
        
        No, that’s fair….
        
        …IF you’re standing on the grass. Wedges might work in that case, though.
      - Hannah Richards
        
        True. Wedges are often more comfortable, in any case. But really standing on freshly dead bodies is obviously the most comfortable. We have a clear winner, here.
      - Rosscott
        
        +1
    - Kimberly
      
      I sometimes wear heels to work because I sit down all day. Otherwise, I do not. I personally wouldn’t wear them to a concert because there’s rarely a safe way to step out of them and save my feet. – says the woman who wore flats on her wedding day because no one can see your feet under those gowns. Says also the person that will wear heels to a con for a costume all damn day because she’s nuts.
bubujin_2

Many moons ago I saw a Rolling Stones show that was held outdoors using a football field stadium. I bought cheap(er) field tickets. Being 5’6″ myself and not the type to participate with the party hard crowd (which was most of the crowd in the field it seemed), I had to be creative in finding a more advantageous location in order to enjoy the show. Although it put me 110 yards from the stage, field seating included a sloped area past the end zone that was below the reserved stadium seats but above the height of the crowd in the field. Problem solved and I had a place to park my fanny when I didn’t feel like standing.
- Rosscott
  
  Sounds like you won out.
David C.

I’ve done the iPeriscope thing.

This kind of situation is, however, one of the main reasons why I don’t like to buy lawn-seat tickets or go to venues without proper seating. I don’t like to remain standing for hours and I really don’t like getting rained on.
- Rosscott
  
  This is basically why I don’t go to big shows anymore. I’m not a hipster about it, just lazy.
Derek Kinney

Concerts are one of the few times I love being 6’6″…
Rossmom

Or, stay home and watch it via streaming or tv–also saves money. If you really want to go, bring a step stool or ladder; a jug of hot coffee and ‘accidentally’ spill it on anyone who is blocking your view.

As a short person (5′–today we are considered ‘vertically challenged’ to be PC) at the movies or show, the worst is to sit in back of a tall person or someone w/a hat. It causes neck strain keeping your head tilted to one side.
flekkie

Haha, laughed hard with the alt text. I like the new posts and especially the alt texts lately!
- Rosscott
  
  Thanks!
lolwow

That… escalated quickly.
- Rosscott
  
  No, but this did: http://www.systemcomic.com/2011/12/13/the-system-548-a-real-escalator/
H-man

I’ve used the iperiscope even as a relatively tall person. All of the jumping people waving their arms were getting in the way, so I watched the screen of a guy a few feet infront of me because they had one of those ridiculously large HD screens and were holding it as high as they could.

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