The first thing that a person comes to learn about Greg (after realizing how big he is) is that he has a lightning fast sense of humor. He uses this to bring lightness into his conversations. After being asked to explain what it’s been like to tower over his peers for the last 22 years, there was an immediate humorous response of all the “tall people trials.” He said, “I guarantee …show more content…
It seems only natural that athletes would see him as a “waste of height,” but the real advantages of size in today’s world are not on the basketball court. “I like being tall,” he said. “If I had to choose a height, I’d probably go with 6’4. I’d still be taller than almost everyone, but wouldn’t have to special order clothes and all that.” Finding 34x38 jeans is no simple task in most department stores. Why do tall people like being tall? Or why do shorter people wish they were taller? When little things like finding pants and reaching the top shelf are taken out of the equation, what seems to be left is an instinctual tendency to trust or respect a taller person compared to people who may be similar in every other