Does Being Taller mean You Earn More @ Work

Question 1

Discrimination

Answer 1

Discrimination or unequal treatment that people experience.

Heightism is like the other “isms” that highlight a particular kind of discrimination.

The tallest person ever proven to live was Robert Wadlow from the USA.
How tall was he?
2.72 meters
Cathrine, are you tall enough?
Tall enough for what?
Tall enough to be happy with your height.
I wouldn’t mind being slightly taller

Question 2

Disparity

Answer 2

Disparity or difference.

There is a disparity between salaries of tall people & their shorter colleagues.
… that disparity grows significantly so it ends up being a huge chunk of someone’s paycheck over their career.

Question 3

Short change

Answer 3

To short change someone is to not give them what they are entitled to, what they deserve.
Originally this phrase comes from paying for sth & not getting the right money back.
So if I buy sth for 6 pound & I pay with a 10 pound note & the shopkeeper only gives me 3 pound back.

I’ve been short changed.
It means I’ve been cheated.

Question 4

Relish

Answer 4

To relish, means getting great satisfaction from sth.
If You relish sth You really enjoy it.

Everybody that I’ve spoken to who is tall relishes their height.
Much as I relish being with you, we must wrap up the programme.

Question 5

Embellish

Answer 5

To embellish a fact means to exaggerate it to make it seem bigger, faster, better & so on.

… & people generally tend to even embellish what their height is when You ask them what it is.

Question 6

Premium

Answer 6

… !

One set of data showed that the premium for height is over $2000 per inch for men & $1000 per inch for women & overtime that disparity(contradictory) grows significantly.

I’ve been short changed, it means I’ve been cheated.