What do you think of this-obese win right to 2 airline seats for price of 1 (page 10)

LDH

Meh.

This is an issue of pre-conceptions and judgement and it's not about someone's pure 'weight.' I could guarantee you anyone here would be HAPPY to be squeezed into a coach seat next to an NFL player or one of the massive guys in professional sports. People would be CLAMORING to rub up against a massive athlete.

Shit I wouldn't mind it my damn self. <LDH starts Christmas wish list>

When sitting next to a heavy person that you don't know, in already tight quarters, in a stressful environment, it doesn't take long for the mind to wander to how DISGUSTING that person must be to get that FAT,especially when part of their body overflows into your seat.

If that's the truth about how you feel, make it known at the check-in counter that you have issues with being seated next to obese passengers, and if your seat happens to end up next to an obese person, you will demand either a different seat or a different flight with accomodations for you.

For every fat person I'm sure there's someone who loves him/her just like they are.

There's a lid for every pot and all that.

WTWizard

What about making the makers of the food additives (and those who put them in the food) that addict people and make them fat pay for the other seat, at full price? Most people are fat because of such crap that is put in foods (on purpose), like aspartame and monosodium glutamate in its many disguises, and high fructose corn syrup. And the misinformation against coconut oil in favor of soy and canola.

funkyderek

jamiebowers:

Here's a solution from an obese person: airlines should provide a row or two of larger seats. Reservationists should inquire as to the necessity for such when people arrange their flights.

That's a great idea. That way, obese people would only have to be charged 50% more (at least those who could fit into a 50% larger seat).

zagor

Actually it is airlines that need to cater for this, unfortunately like many businesses out there they try to get most for least possible effort, hence squeezing people like sardines. From what I was able to see most airlines have seats desinged for avarage/medium to a large built person, the fact of the life is there are less and less people who are like that and it is not a new development but something that has been going on for decades now.

Considering that, they have a very poor liseteners and observers of their customer's needs. Hell if most of my customers switch to Mac and I insist on using Windows or Linux what does that tell about my business? Customer's needs are really at the core here? Whether someone is "fat" or "skiny" should not be determinant of how they are treated any more than if they were blind or in wheelchair otherwise this whole issue has a ring of eugenics to me, and moving out of the way people who don't fit certain "profile" so that others can feel more compfortable in their skin, need I say it was popularized in Nazi Germany.

ninja

I think they should be forced by law to put two rows of fat people in the front of the plane.....they could be used as airbags....mind you it could be embarrassing surviving a crash and being extracted from a fat corpses ass crack

LouBelle

So let someone who was once very overweight speak here. Slim people will never know what it feels like, stigmars attached, saying we smell, you are what you eat, for christ sake there are other reasons why people are fat that have nothing to do with overeating. I remember the whispers, staring, hurtful comments. Life is easier after losing most of the weight. Be considerate to others feelings.

Zico

I support it. I sat next to a very large lady on a flight home from the States recently, and it was very uncomfortable at times, I'd have been quite happy for her to take 2 seats for the price of one.

hillbilly

Hmmm... your position is flawed here: some joints sell two burgers for the same price as some joints sell one. IF your price is one burger for $2.00, well, okay. If MY price is TWO burgers for $2.00... well, then, I'm offering my customers a better deal. Especially if my customer is hungrier than yours and especially if the burgers are the same size. Truth is, you could probably AFFORD to sell 2 for one... but can't bring yourself to lose the extra two bucks~guest

If a resturant (or any business) has a 2/1 special two things are probably thought out... we made a deal to cover the cost of selling you "2 for 1" ...we are only gonna do that for a limited time and we are gonna make up any shortage on the 2/1 items by upselling or getting you to add to the order with some items that offer a better profit margin.

A guest... there aint no free lunch baby.

STC's... on those light pudknocker airpaines you find alternator belts and alternators and other partslike seat belts etc. that LOOK just like the ones on a car. Because they ARE... except for the FAA numbers on them. The extra documentation needed to get a FAA number and acceptance of the part will triple the cost... and if you get caught without the FAA approved part installed the fines are expensive.

We dont hate fat people... and those tall folks grimmace when they sit in those average spaces too. I await the NBA players to file a class action suit forthwith.

This issue still is should I give you 2 spots for 1 just because YOU DONT FIT THE SPACE.

Hill

funkyderek

Hmmm... your position is flawed here: some joints sell two burgers for the same price as some joints sell one. IF your price is one burger for $2.00, well, okay. If MY price is TWO burgers for $2.00... well, then, I'm offering my customers a better deal. Especially if my customer is hungrier than yours and especially if the burgers are the same size. Truth is, you could probably AFFORD to sell 2 for one... but can't bring yourself to lose the extra two bucks~guest

Perhaps if these hungry customers weren't eating twice as many burgers, they'd be able to fit into a single seat...

AGuest

I loves you, don't 'cha, 'Lis? Especially when you make such succinct statements!

The GREATEST of love and peace to you and your entire household, m'dear!

YSSF, yada, yada... (LOL!)

Shel

What do you think of this-obese win right to 2 airline seats for price of 1

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