I was placed between two over 300 pounders flying standby between Chicago and Seattle. The plane was completely full. The flight attendant guided me to my seat. The guy was sitting in the window seat and his beautiful bride was sitting in the aisle seat.
It would have been like the scene when Forrest Gump first tried to ride on the school bus (you can’t sit here) if it hadn’t been for the flight attendant who insisted they slide together or let me sit in the middle seat. One might think that since they were married that they would cuddle up together and let me take the aisle or window seat, but they preferred that I sit between them.
There was virtually no chance that the seat dividers would go down. Even the food trays that come down from the seat backs ahead were a problem.
Both were extremely unhappy about my presence and made it no secret that they blamed me for the intrusion. They had strong BO and sweated profusely during the entire 4 hour flight. My pants and shirt were soaked when I got off the plane.
Fortunately, I had some ear buds and was able to listen to music and read a book using my phone which made the time go by more quickly. It took a couple of runs through the laundry before their scent came off my clothing.
It is surprising to me that people choose to live their lives morbidly obese, but I have irrational behaviors myself. But it is a choice... no one is forcing others to consume far more calories than their body can use, that I am aware of. It is especially amazing to me the number of celebrities whose looks are important to their careers who also have become super fat. I am speaking of people like Brendon Fraser, Russell Crowe, and so many formerly good looking female stars. It is especially crazy when your livelihood depends on your appearance.
I have heard of people buying two tickets just so that cannot happen..................