On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:55:26 -0500, pbj
wrote:
>On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:33:16 -0500, krw wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:26:33 -0500, John Mayson wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, pbj wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:47 +0000, Vic wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Scott Cluthe, 57, who works in the radio industry in Houston, Texas,
>>>>> a city known for its obesity epidemic, said average-sized passengers
>>>>> should not have to incur the higher fuel cost caused by the airline's
>>>>> heavier customers.
>>>>
>>>> Then it follows that smaller-than-average passengers should pay less
>>>> than average-sized passengers because they use less fuel. :-)
>>>
>>>What about people like me who are rail thin, but weigh over 200 pounds
>>>because I'm six-and-a-half feet tall? Fat people can help being fat, I
>>>can't prevent myself from being tall.
>
>Sure you can help it. Humans are taller today because of our modern
>diet. If you'd eaten like our ancestors did instead of being a pig,
>you'd be shorter and weigh less. Stop trying to make others pay for your
>choices.
>
>> If the issue is really fuel, then buck it up and pay. If the issue is
>> control (it is) then make your excuses to the control freaks.
>
>The way I look at this is that yes it's inconvenient to occasionally get
>stuck next to a "wide-body" passenger. However, their size is why seats
>are still as wide as they are. Take them out of the equation and seats
>can be made narrower. Then we can all be just as miserable with someone
>of average width sitting next to us as we are now sitting next to a
>350-pounder.
Then what about "tall"? |