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Re: Paying Extra For Being Fat Posted on: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:51:09 +0000 (UTC)

On Jul 5, 2:01 pm, Stan de SD wrote:
> > As summer vacations begin, some passengers on Southwest Airlines will
> > be pulled aside and, because of their weight, asked to buy a second
> > ticket. This controversial policy pits the commercial interests of the
> > airline against the dignity of overweight fliers

Good for Southwest Airlines, now the other Airlines should do the
same.
>
> Let's make this clear - they aren't singling people out just because
> they have a beer belly or a few love handles. They are referring to
> the type of people who are GROSSLY OBESE and have their flab and fat
> singificantly intruding into the adjacent seat, inhibiting the
> airline's ability to sell the seat and generate revenue. I can assure
> you that you have not been in airline hell until you have been wedged
> in a middle seat next to two sweating, overweight porkers on an
> international flight.

Not to mention that they usually smell like they haven't bathed in
quite a while.