TASK DEFINITION: Given a post that is a real-life anecdote of a complex ethical situation and a question asks if AUTHOR, NOBODY, EVERYBODY, or OTHER is wrong in the situation. Answer the question and classify your answers into yes or no.
PROBLEM: Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : I’m 6’6 and whilst this might not be crazy tall it still seems to be enough to warrant a situation where almost everywhere I go a stranger will approach me just to ask how tall I am. I can almost guarantee that every other week or so people that I have never met before will either make a passing comment about my height or ask me questions. 

Now I’ve had my fair share of abuse over the years from people who have tried to ridicule me for my height and it’s been pretty rough sometimes. People can be mean and I’ve certainly beat myself up about it in the past. There’s been times where people have called me names and I’ve caught people out before where they’re just staring at me and it makes me feel really uncomfortable. 

As I’ve gotten older and gained more confidence I now carry myself with a lot more self respect than when I was just a kid. But it’s still incredibly infuriating to have a stranger approach me and say things like ‘Oh my god you’re massive! How tall are you!?’ 

In the worse case scenario people can be really rude to me and it feels like they’re trying to make me feel small by pointing out how I’m either too tall or ridiculously tall etc. I’m a pretty self conscious guy and the attention isn’t really wanted and sometimes I’ll react really sarcastically to the people questioning me. I get that I can stand out and more often than not I suppose people are just being inquisitive, sometimes people are friendly about it but it still feels kind of weird to me. It’s like people have no sense of boundaries or how to be respectful, but I don’t know if I’m looking at this all wrong. 

For example, today I’m in the shop with my girlfriend and just as I’m about to pay this guy walks straight up to me and goes “How tall are you!?”
I look at the cashier and then look back at the guy and go “8 foot 5 inches...isn’t that crazy!!?” 
He just looked blankly at me and walks off like I’ve offended him. Then I feel doubly uncomfortable because firstly he made a comment on my height I didn’t ask for and secondly I seemed to annoy him with my answer. 

I don’t mind people approaching me and speaking to me if it’s a proper conversation. I’d quite like a “hello how are you?” that would be kind of nice I’d imagine. But to straight up come at me and ask questions about how I look feels unfair. I wouldn’t approach someone that’s overweight and ask them how much they weigh so why do people come up to me and ask me how tall I am?

Am I looking at situations like this all wrong? Should I just expect that because I’m tall people will want to know exactly how tall I am? Am I the asshole for not responding positively to peoples questions?

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : So I went to a cabaret show the other day with my bf and we got in with a staff pass, which means we didn't pay anything but we had to sit up the back in the undesignated free-pass seats. We luckily got in the door first and nabbed ourselves the best seats in the free area, no poles blocking our view, clear view of stage, etc etc. 

Anyway, during the interval, we went outside to stretch our legs and when we came back there was a group of 4 women sitting in our chairs. We went up to the seats and stood there for a bit, thinking maybe these ladies were just talking to their friends and they'd go back to their original seats afterwards.. but after an awkward while it became clear that they'd just moved and stolen our chairs while we were outside. They were ignoring us while we were standing there looking at them, so I went up to them and said "Hey, are you guys going back to your seats soon? The show's about to start." to which they replied "...what". So told them they were sitting in our seats and they got annoyed and go "Oh... ok then, fine." and move a couple chairs down.

It was such a weird situation! I'm thinking.. who does that?? Why can't everyone just do the right thing and stay in their chairs and we can all just avoid all this awkwardness and confrontation?? I felt annoyed at them for pulling a sneaky and doing that, but then again the seating was unassigned so technically they weren't our seats to keep anyway?? I'm so confused. Was I an asshole for asking these ladies to move?

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Is EVERYBODY wrong in the post ? POST : I roomed with my best friend for 5 months. After I moved out she sent me a bill which included some unpaid hydro, bed sheets my pet ripped (these things I have no issue with and will definitely pay), a couple of cups that I accidentally broke and a torch I DID NOT BREAK.

The cups are not special. They are just regular cups, and it was an accident. What makes me think this is tacky, is the fact that she is an avid thief and 80% of her apartment is stolen goods. A lot of her kitchen wares are stolen. The only reason these cups weren't is because they were too guarded in the store. I told her to go steal some more.

The torch, was her boyfriends and I was the last to use it, however I DID NOT break this. It worked perfectly fine when I last set it down, I was just blamed because I was the last to use it. I don't agree with that charge. AITA in this situation??

SOLUTION:
yes

