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should fat people pay more?
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You can't ride on my airplane.
langer
Member
I feel compelled to speak out on behalf of my dad- he was just a LARGE man. Not fat, but huge. He was 6'8 and 280 pounds...and he was very solid. He didn't have a gut and he didn't have a ton of body fat...
What I wonder is if people my father's size would be unfairly penalized by something like this. There's obviously nothing you can do about your god given height and frame, and for him to lose weight...at his height...he would have looked pretty unhealthy. Even during his college basketball days, he was thin, lean...and 250ish.
What I wonder is if people my father's size would be unfairly penalized by something like this. There's obviously nothing you can do about your god given height and frame, and for him to lose weight...at his height...he would have looked pretty unhealthy. Even during his college basketball days, he was thin, lean...and 250ish.
helo_wifey
Well-Known Member
By the end of this year I will have flown around 20-25 times commercially (both domestic and international), and I've had it happen a few times to me as well as seeing it happen to other people (and you can tell when someone else is uncomfortable because they give you "that look" as you walk to your seat).
If someone is going to be spilling over into someone elses seat, they need to pay for a 2nd one. I paid for 1 full seat, not 3/4 or 2/3 of a seat that the person next to me decides to occupy. If someone regular sized is "living large" I call them out, there's no reason I can't have a comfortable flight because someone decides they need the extra room. You can't do that with a plus sized person. "Excuse me, would you mind containing your fat? Thanks." Pay for business or first class if you can't fit into coach.
Your post goes very well with your signature.
But then we'd potentially have a center of gravity issue with all of the obese sitting in close proximity, and the stupid people would cause mass chaos during an evacuation. I suppose it could be worked out.
Speaking of people that piss me off on an airline flight...
Why will the airlines not enforce their carry-on restrictions? I hate people with 4 carry-ons, I really want them to trip and fall and hurt themselves. Not only that, but the asshole with a guitar that clobbers an ENTIRE over-head bin because his selfish ass won't check his luggage. 1 carry-on and 1 personal item people, that doesn't mean everything in your closet.
Rant over.
Why will the airlines not enforce their carry-on restrictions? I hate people with 4 carry-ons, I really want them to trip and fall and hurt themselves. Not only that, but the asshole with a guitar that clobbers an ENTIRE over-head bin because his selfish ass won't check his luggage. 1 carry-on and 1 personal item people, that doesn't mean everything in your closet.
Rant over.
Maine Vaulter
USMC Candidate - Air
You're going to hell...
The last flight I was on I was in the window seat and a FAT lady in the middle seat asked if I would mind putting my arm rest up (so she could ooze into my seat) I just laughed at her.
I had a lady ask me to do the same, I told her no.
Was I a jerk about it? No, I said it as politely as I could, but I paid for my seat and it was a LONG flight. Screw her comfort, I'm not having her manatee flesh pressed against me.
Background:
She was so huge that they wheelchaired her to the jet. Now, she could walk fine, but she was such a fatass she took a wheelchair. When she sat down, she needed a lap-belt extender. I did feel embarassed FOR her on that, but still, you reap what you sow. To add to the frustration, she panted the ENTIRE flight, she was THAT out of shape and fat. Why do people do that to themselves?
MasterBates
Well-Known Member
I'm already a permanent resident.
There is a highway that goes here.. US-77
There is a highway that goes here.. US-77
I'm still quite irritated by fatties abusing handicapped parking placards. In my mind, logic would dictate that fatties should get a fatty parking placard and have to park at the BACK of the lot in order to be forced to walk more. "I'm fat, so I need to walk less". WTF is this country coming to? If they were in the wild they would die within days due to their inability to care for themselves in the most basic ways (that and lack of snacky cakes). I think people need to have some ability to survive on their own in the wild, and if not, then we should speed things up a bit and euthanize.....:icon_rage
You should be careful what you ask for.... Based on your ability to "survive" around here, we would have euthanized you a long time ago.
I think you should have to pass a visual "fatty" inspection before being allowed to purchase anything made by, or made to imitate anything made by Little Debbie. In fact, you should be required to pass fatty inspection before even being allowed on that aisle. That, or put the snack foods at the top of a flight of stairs with no elevator.