Stepstool. Amazing inventions...

Get a step stool!

You know those sliding ladders in old libraries? Invest.

The good news is that if they find your rotting corpse and no sign of a step stool, you are a shoo-in for a Darwin Award.

YDI if you don't go out and get yourself a stepstool. You can get pretty sturdy folding ones, if it's a space issue.

You deserved it for picking an apartment not suitable for you.

This hasn't been a problem in other places you have lived? Did your family and roommates pick out reachable cabinets for you? Did they always have to get things out of the cabinets for you? This seems like something you should have noticed when you were looking into your own apartment.

you know you could buy a small step ladder or step stool

Ikea makes pull-down shelf inserts that are the very thing for down-to-Earth types like yourself.

Ikea makes pull-down shelf inserts that are the very thing for down-to-Earth types like yourself.