# How do short people avoid slipping while soaking in a bathtub? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 19, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318 "2017-10-19T20:16:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shortyontheeastcoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@shortyontheeastcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shortyontheeastcoast)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/1 "2017-10-19T20:16:15Z")
I can never relax when I soak in a bathtub because, being 5’ short, my feet don’t reach the other end of the tub. I’m redoing my bathroom and want to figure out if I need a short tub or if there are other ways to prevent slipping. I do not want to use a bath mat because they move around. Please help keep my from drowning while I relax in my bathtub! Thanks! Shorty on the East Coast 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/2 "2017-10-19T20:38:57Z")
I have used those stick-on [appliques](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011D541IW/ref=s9_acsd_zgift_hd_bw_b5ogNv_c_x_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-12&pf_rd_r=R44YCMJWH440P3XCJHW8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=c9b4e796-45dd-5dc7-8e98-5aa2f775b5ff&pf_rd_i=85961011)in the past instead of a bathmat with suction cups and that worked fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/3 "2017-10-19T20:40:48Z")
I think you need like a crate or something that you can wedge between your feet and the end of the tub. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/4 "2017-10-19T20:44:00Z")
I don’t think i have ever had a tub so slippery that i spontaneously slid down and drowned myself. This is a good thing because the only time i use a tub is when im feeling so sick that i’m about to fall over or pass out. They do make stick no no slip things for tubs, sounds like simplest solution? ---
**Author:** ![dstarfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dstarfire/32/5762_2.png) [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/5 "2017-10-19T20:44:27Z")
The same way short people do everything else: with a ladder or stilts. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/6 "2017-10-19T21:12:48Z")
You could install a separate, small hot tub. Or stop coating yourself with Crisco before baths. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/7 "2017-10-19T21:28:14Z")
I fold up a mid-size towel and put it under my ass in the tub. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/8 "2017-10-19T21:29:01Z")
A walk in tub, maybe, they seem so fun on the ads. Get a sit on elevator, while you are at it, and I will come for a long stay. I like the hot tub idea, also. ---
**Author:** ![shortyontheeastcoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@shortyontheeastcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shortyontheeastcoast)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/9 "2017-10-19T21:37:06Z")
I could, but I’m spending a lot on this bathroom and was trying not to start putting stupid sticky things on my nice new bathtub…but it beats drowning! Thanks ---
**Author:** ![shortyontheeastcoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@shortyontheeastcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shortyontheeastcoast)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/10 "2017-10-19T21:38:18Z")
Crate doesn’t go with my design motif, thanks for trying though! ---
**Author:** ![shortyontheeastcoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@shortyontheeastcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shortyontheeastcoast)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/11 "2017-10-19T21:39:58Z")
Try using the tub to just relax when you’re tired…it works wonders! Thanks for the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/12 "2017-10-19T21:42:04Z")
Seriously, I 've seen bath pillows at Bath & body works. That could really work, put it at your feet! ---
**Author:** ![dstarfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dstarfire/32/5762_2.png) [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/13 "2017-10-19T21:43:58Z")
On a more helpful note, I could swear I’ve seen bathmats with suction cups on the bottom exactly so they don’t slide about. Alternatively, aren’t there bathtubs with non-slip structures designed into them (think washboard or small ridges that don’t extend completely to the sides). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/14 "2017-10-19T22:49:33Z")
I don’t know how exactly, but I took baths when I was a little kid without a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/15 "2017-10-19T22:53:20Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I don’t know how exactly, but I took baths when I was a little kid without a problem. That’s not the same thing. Your upper body wasn’t as heavy as it was now, so there wasn’t as much weight pushing you along the tub’s plane. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/16 "2017-10-19T23:00:23Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I don’t know how exactly, but I took baths when I was a little kid without a problem. Did you ever try to lay down and relax as a kid? If you were like me, you were sitting upright playing with your toys. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/17 "2017-10-19T23:01:25Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > That’s not the same thing. Your upper body wasn’t as heavy as it was now, so there wasn’t as much weight pushing you along the tub’s plane. Good point. And the difference in size and weight is quite considerable in my case. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/18 "2017-10-19T23:39:43Z")
> [@dstarfire](#): > > On a more helpful note, I could swear I’ve seen bathmats with suction cups on the bottom exactly so they don’t slide about. > > Alternatively, aren’t there bathtubs with non-slip structures designed into them (think washboard or small ridges that don’t extend completely to the sides). Yes, the bath mat with the suction cups. Though I don’t have issues. I’m quite tall and have the opposite problem. I think Ambivilad has the simplest and perhaps most adjustable solution that takes no investment to try out. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/19 "2017-10-19T23:43:53Z")
Take shallower baths. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318/20 "2017-10-20T00:32:18Z")
Toilet plunger up your waz. Take the stick off first. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-short-people-avoid-slipping-while-soaking-in-a-bathtub/799318.md?page=2)