Girth Surcharge: Should Overweight People Pay More to Fly? {Gadling}

Oct 16th 2006 5:27PM i must say that i am sincerly dissapointed with how comfortable people have become with insulting fat/obese people. I think that, as a large woman, if i can sit in a seat with my armrest down and my legs in front of me that i should only need to pay for one seat. For those people out there that look at overweight people, even those who do NOT have a medical condition, and feel that it is okay to be unnescesarily mean, i hope that you one day find out what it feels like to be trapped. I do believe that it is my personal responsibility to keep myself healthy, but it is not your responsibility, duty, perogative, right, or place to cause someone emotional pain because of a physical attribute. We already pay more for food, clothes, medication, larger cars, and therapy because of the evil and mean-ness that people like you put in to this world; so consider flying next to someone whos "fat is encroaching on your seat" payback for all of that. Besides, blind people pay full price for concerts even though they can't see, and deaf people pay full price for movies even though they can't hear, and when fat people go to theme parks we have to pay for a full price ticket even though we can't ride the rides. Consider givng me a discount for my disney tickets, or a pay raise and tuition reduction in winter since my fat keeps me warm so that i am not "using up" as much central heating as my fellow "thin" co-workers and students. Maybe then i will consider buying an extra airline seat. Oh, and one more thing, may i suggest that you offer a stipend to all of the christians that you know, since they must be, undoubtably, praying for your soul.