So, there is this guy at work, I am 175 cm barefoot and usually go to work with normal shoes that give 1 cm at most, and this guy always wears formal shoes and he seems to be around 180. I always thought that his height is ideal for me and sth that I would achieve after adding 5 cm. So yesterday, on casual friday , I noticed he wore sneakers and he was considerably shorter than me, 3-4 cm I would sayuu shorter. I think his formal shoes give about 2.5 cm + he wears lifts of 5 more and he looks 3-4 cm taller when he is 3-4 cm shorter. And I asked me , whats up man, I thought you were taller than me. And then 2 guys heared the conversation and went to him and said, o yeah I definitely think you are taller before, and then they asked a girl to share her observation, she said normally she wears 6 cm heels and they are about the same and she thought its weird that today she doesnt wear lifts and they are... about the same, so he was forced to admit that he had lifts and afterwards he wrote me on FB that I ruined his career at that company and that everybody from now on would be focused on his insecurities. I didnt really want to be like that, I just asked him and the others overheared and everything started.
Thats like I think lifts dont really add value. It is very easy for people to find out.