blogs.citypages.com — "It's a tough day to be a fatty: United Airlines will now require obese passengers to buy a second seat if they can't fit in the one provided. They join a growing group of airlines now requiring fat people to pay more to fly so other customers are more comfortable in the already cramped seats."
Apr 19, 2009 View in Crawl 4
owlcatApr 20, 2009
great ! _ They hate you too!
Closed AccountApr 20, 2009
And toddlertight.
itsthemechanicApr 21, 2009
Bulls**t, I live in Germany and there are plenty of fatasses here.
Closed AccountApr 25, 2009
THE FINAL SOLUTION
Closed AccountApr 27, 2009
@sgtbutterscotchstop defending your fat self.
sandoval2010Apr 29, 2009
Solution: (modified from Slate suggestion) This would work for larger planes. Create 4 rows of 3 seats in the place of 5 rows of 4 seats, with the exit row being one and extended rows behind that being the other 3. This would give you a "special needs" portion of the plane where there are 12 seats in the place of 20). When people book their plane tickets, give them the option of requesting those seats for an additional fee equal to 60% of the regular ticket price, conditional upon their actual NEED for the extra space. This would likely run into the problem of small people like me trying to book those seats just to get the extra room, but in order to counteract that problem, allow people to purchase "stand-by" options on their regular ticket for the same 60% additional charge. Those "stand-by" seats would be used in the even that someone who purchased a guaranteed seat is under a certain weigh/height threshold (220 lbs or 6'3, or something like that). Those people who would be denied the "special needs" seats would be refunded the 60% minus an assh**e tax (service charge), in an attempt to reduce abuse of the system.Problem solved. Kinda.
darklanceMay 2, 2009
doggy bags are your friend! I normally make two meals out of something I get at a restaurant. Maybe people think I'm poor, but why not enjoy a good meal twice?
djjangoMay 5, 2009
check your lease, man. Because you're living in **** city.
theyadenMay 5, 2009
Your example of cancer is hardly applicable to obesity. Perhaps you should consider your post once your less angry to add something more relevant as an example.Exercise does assist with general health, but it is not easy nor an overnight step for weight loss. I didn't like what call-center work was doing to my midsection so I started visiting a gym 3 times a week and about one hour a visit. You don't notice results immediately, but after a few months the jeans become more comfortable to wear.
howefortunateMay 8, 2009
If a person can't fit in a single seat, I don't think thats discrimination. However, the same thing happens at other public events. I went to a professional baseball game recently and the person next to me was sprawling over into my seat, which was already small enough to begin with.
wjr5108Dec 6, 2009
I worked once for a helo. tour co.--5 passengers in back of Bell Jet Ranger--each had to get on scale so weight could be distributed properly. Funny part, sometimes would take res at remote location, & when calling the res in, would have to give weight estimate to booking agent--awkward for the stream of fatties.