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Poll: Should morbidly obese people be required to pay extra for taking up extra space on a plane?

Posted Oct 23 2008 9:09pm

Should morbidly obese people be required to pay extra for taking up extra space on a plane? 

Here is the Parade Poll.

This controversial policy pits the commercial interests of the airline against the dignity of overweight fliers and raises the issue of whether anti-discrimination laws should be applied to obese people. For Southwest, a plane ticket is like real estate: You get only the space you pay for. (Passengers must buy an extra ticket if their girth prevents them from lowering the armrest that divides the seats. If the flight is not full, they qualify for a refund.) Southwest representative Ashley Rogers says the airline instituted the policy because of complaints from adjoining passengers. “We want to give everybody the room they need,” she says. “People should be able to breathe a little without their neighbor encroaching.”

Part of me SCREAMS OUT that this is UNFAIR, DISGUSTING AND UNJUST!   Write a letter!  Hold a sign!  Hell no we won't, fly

(I don't anyway.  But,  I totally WOULD, if given a free ticket to BlogHer and a Xanax so that I could handle sitting ON a plane next to anyone. Totally sit next to me, your butt can encroach on my business, I won't complain, especially if I get a free ride, thanks. )

But, then, the other half of me says, it's business, and if you need a certain size pair of say, PANTS you buy them and move on.  And you know what?  Those fucking pants?  They cost more than your average size pants.  They always have. 

I am very sensitive to my own needs, and if I needed a extra seat because I was still that big - I would buy it.  I want to be COMFORTABLE for myself.  Screw what other people need.  I really don't enjoy being that close to other people anyway.   If I couldn't afford it - I just wouldn't go.  If that's harsh, I guess it's just too bad. 

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