marylou Posted February 2, 2004 Posted February 2, 2004 Shouldn't people be required to buy an extra seat (or one for two fat people) if they are too friggin' fat to sit in the airplane seat? YOUR fat should not be MY problem. Damn glad it was a short flight. Quote
snoboy Posted February 2, 2004 Posted February 2, 2004 Shouldn't people be required to buy an extra seat (or one for two fat people) if they are too friggin' fat to sit in the airplane seat? YOUR fat should not be MY problem. Damn glad it was a short flight. Wow, who stole marylou's password??? This is the most un-PC I've ever seen from her. Quote
lummox Posted February 2, 2004 Posted February 2, 2004 i like pushing into em. they are like a giant tit. Quote
kurthicks Posted February 2, 2004 Posted February 2, 2004 i believe that some airlines have already started doing that. i can't remember which ones though. obviously not the one you were on... Quote
marylou Posted February 2, 2004 Author Posted February 2, 2004 Dude at least I was in the aisle seat. If I sat stock still with one arm over my head to narrow my width a bit, he hardly ever touched me with his gross ampleosity. Naturally the flight was full too. Quote
ken4ord Posted February 2, 2004 Posted February 2, 2004 Damn that would be good to know which airlines charge extra. At least you would know whether or not your seat might have a chance of being overflowed into by a neighbor. Quote
rbw1966 Posted February 2, 2004 Posted February 2, 2004 Let me guess: unusually rancid BO as well? Quote
marylou Posted February 2, 2004 Author Posted February 2, 2004 No BO. Dude did not get the hint though. It was Delta. Let this be a lesson to all of us that getting your seat assignment in advance is good, otherwise this same sitchmo could have happened with me in the dreaded middle seat or the uber cramped window seat. Quote
Thinker Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 It could have been worse! Crushed flier wins obesity payout Virgin Atlantic has paid a woman passenger £13,000 (US$20,289) compensation, after she was squashed by an obese person who sat next to her on a transatlantic flight. Barbara Hewson, from Swansea, south Wales, suffered injuries including a blood clot in her chest, torn leg muscles and acute sciatica and remains in pain two years on. The obese passenger had only been able to fit into her seat by raising the arm rest, which meant her body parts weighed down on Mrs Hewson. The injured woman had to be admitted to hospital in Los Angeles when the flight touched down and was bedridden for a month. Two years later, and after pressure on the airline to take her complaint seriously, Virgin agreed to pay her compensation. Before taking off, the freelance writer had complained in the first instance to the cabin crew about sitting next to the overweight woman, who had booked two seats on her outward bound flight to London, but not on the return leg. Attendants told Mrs Hewson the flight was full, with no other seats available. She said her experience of the 11-hour flight in economy class had been "horrific". Mrs Hewson added that she was now forced to walk with a stick and is still in pain. It is reported Virgin officials initially offered "a small basket of goods" worth £15 as compensation, but Mrs Hewson took forward her complaint. And after 18 months of pursuing her claim and undergoing medical examinations by Virgin's own doctors to prove the extent of her injuries, the airline agreed to a proper settlement. A statement by Virgin said Mrs Hewson's injuries arose from "an unprecedented set of extremely unfortunate circumstances". "We have apologised to Mrs Hewson and have offered her compensation, which she has accepted, and we are pleased that this has now reached a conclusion." In the United States, budget US carrier Southwest Airlines now charge larger passengers for two seats. But the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance has taken on airlines over discrimination against overweight people. The level of obesity in the US is now of major concern, but also in the UK, National Audit Office figures show one in five people are clinically obese. Vale of Glamorgan MP John Smith has fought a campaign against cramped economy class conditions, following a series of deaths from deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which have been linked to long haul flights. Quote
ken4ord Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 In the United States, budget US carrier Southwest Airlines now charge larger passengers for two seats. Cool on Southwest it sounds like you can get a seat that you don't have to share. Quote
crotch Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 Hmmm. If I have to pay for baggage over 70lbs- ooops, make that 50lbs now...... Quote
murraysovereign Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 What if you're really, really scrawny, like the Hilton sisters? Can you share a seat and only buy one ticket for the two of you? Quote
cracked Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 "National Association for the Acceptance of Fat" No wonder America is fat. Quote
Dru Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 Like ewww, this fat girl named Marylou sat next to me on the Plane! I was sooo woried I would catch some fat germs just from being NEAR her, that I threw up not only this morning's breakfast grape, but yesterday's dinner glass of water! Quote
stoney Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 they should make people with screaming babys pay extra, or at least make them buy me a drink! Quote
Thinker Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 they should make people with screaming babys pay extra, or at least make them buy me a drink! My pet peeve is the person behind me, obviously sick and contagious, couging and sneezing all their germs (snot, mucous, phlegm, etc) onto the back of my head and into my breathing zone. In my opinion, that's an assault that they should be held accountable for. At least when I'm sitting by a fat person I can get up and stand for much of the flight....and when I'm sitting down I can flatulate and make them just as uncomforable as I am. Quote
scrambled_legs Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 How about the extra fuel that you have to pay for and luggage that you can't bring because of her exceptionally large bottom. Quote
rbw1966 Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 Airline pet peeves: 1. People who take more than their allotted carry-on luggage thereby taking your spot in the overhead. 2. People who spend an hour doing miltiary folds on their suit jacket whilst 50 other people behind him are waiting for him to get the hell out of the way (extra props to the morons who don't understand that they are to board their seat in 5A AFTER the folks in the back of the plane). 3. Parents who take screaming kids on flights and exercise no control over them (e.g. slapping headphones on their noggins and going to sleep as their kid is doing boulder problems on the back of my seat). 4. The joker in front of me who invariably drops his seat into the recline mode rapidly and abruptly thereby spilling the three cocktails (and banging my knees) I got lined up to ease me into the stupor needed to avoid going postal. Quote
Dru Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 when you wear your spiked arm guards them fatties dont want to cozy up no more Quote
ken4ord Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 they should make people with screaming babys pay extra, or at least make them buy me a drink! My pet peeve is the person behind me, obviously sick and contagious, couging and sneezing all their germs (snot, mucous, phlegm, etc) onto the back of my head and into my breathing zone. In my opinion, that's an assault that they should be held accountable for. At least when I'm sitting by a fat person I can get up and stand for much of the flight....and when I'm sitting down I can flatulate and make them just as uncomforable as I am. I hate that too, so I just turn on the air vent above and face it back to them. Quote
iain Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 people who shake the ice in their glass at flight attendants to ask for another drink Quote
arlen Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 A big dude in the window seat bogarted the armrest from my wife. Alas, he fell asleep for a few minutes and awoke to find that the meal service had passed him by. Quote
cj001f Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 The person next to you, who reachs across you, to poke the person on the other side for snoring. When the snoring person is a pregnant woman. People who get ticked when you want to leave an economy class window seat more than twice on a trans-oceanic flight. Quote
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