@Chrissie Nope, thin people don't get any special treatment either. If they pay for something, they should get exactly what they pay for. No more, no less. They buy one seat, they get one seat - the whole thing, no matter who is sitting next to them. Nothing special about that. Personally, you can put me between the two fattest people on the planet, and as long as I still get the space that I paid for, I really don't care.
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02-16-2010
11:30 AM
This does not have to be a contentious issue. Kevin Smith was not too big to fly in a single seat, and Southwest made a mistake. Apologize for it, admit you were wrong, then shut up.
The size policy is simple as well. The airline is selling a certain amount of space on a plane for an certain price. If your body is unable to fit in a single seat - which is the amount of space a single ticket purchases - then you have to buy more space. It's not about feelings or dignity or losing weight or discrimination or anything else. It's about a transaction.
If you went to Burger King and ordered a Whopper, you get a Whopper. You don't get a side of fries for free, even if you're so hungry that you physically need them. You don't get extra value for the same amount of money because of your lifestyle, habits, or personal situation.
Fat people are quickly becoming one of the most frequent groups to try to deny that basic principle of business. They need extra space on planes, special carts in the supermarket, special treatment at the doctor's or the movies or anywhere else their girth makes things difficult for them. It doesn't matter anymore if you have a serious disorder that makes you large or if you're just a pig. You're big, and therefore entitled.
The only appropriate response to that mentality is: No.
You are how you are and the world is how it is. Part of life is dealing with that. Think about those with real handicaps for a second. We don't give blind people much more than some braille on elevators. Deaf people hardly get 5 channels on TV that consistently caption programming. Less than half the country is accessible via a wheelchair.
And you want special treatment on the airplane just because you're fat? No.
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02-16-2010
11:20 AM
This does not have to be a contentious issue. Kevin Smith was not too big to fly in a single seat, and Southwest made a mistake. Apologize for it, admit you were wrong, then shut up.
The size policy is simple as well. The airline is selling a certain amount of space on a plane for an certain price. If your body is unable to fit in a single seat - which is the amount of space a single ticket purchases - then you have to buy more space. It's not about feelings or dignity or losing weight or discrimination or anything else. It's about a transaction.
If you went to Burger King and ordered a Whopper, you get a Whopper. You don't get a side of fries for free, even if you're so hungry that you physically need them. You don't get extra value for the same amount of money because of your lifestyle, habits, or personal situation.
Fat people are quickly becoming one of the most frequent groups to try to deny that basic principle of business. They need extra space on planes, special carts in the supermarket, special treatment at the doctor's or the movies or anywhere else their girth makes things difficult for them. It doesn't matter anymore if you have a serious disorder that makes you large or if you're just a pig. You're big, and therefore entitled.
The only appropriate response to that mentality is: No.
You are how you are and the world is how it is. Part of life is dealing with that. Think about those with real handicaps for a second. We don't give blind people much more than some braille on elevators. Deaf people hardly get 5 channels on TV that consistently caption programming. Less than half the country is accessible via a wheelchair.
And you want special treatment on the airplane just because you're fat? No.
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