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Controversial restaurant [Thailand] offers up to 20% ‘skinny discount’ — if customers can fit their bodies through varying spaces
ny post ^ | 04/07/2025 | ben cost

Posted on 04/07/2025 5:15:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Skinny guests have less “dough” to burn at this diabolical diner.

A restaurant in Thailand is being accused of “fat shaming” after offering diners discounts if they can fit their bodies through spaces of varying widths, as detailed in an Instagram post with nearly 8 million views.

According to the clip, the restaurant features multicolored “skinny discount” bars where the rule is that the smaller the gap, the bigger the reduction.

There are five total categories, ranging from 20% off for customers who can fit through the smallest space to a 10% discount for navigating the medium slots, and finally full price for those who can only navigate the largest gap.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: thailand
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1 posted on 04/07/2025 5:15:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 04/07/2025 5:18:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Thailand?......................


3 posted on 04/07/2025 5:18:27 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: BenLurkin

Where does gap toothed fit in?


4 posted on 04/07/2025 5:20:00 PM PDT by Track9 (Make haste slowly. )
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To: BenLurkin

What happens if you get stuck trying?


5 posted on 04/07/2025 5:23:10 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: BenLurkin

Well I’m a fat falang so would not fit.


6 posted on 04/07/2025 5:23:14 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: BenLurkin

Here let me give her a hand.


7 posted on 04/07/2025 5:24:16 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: posterchild

They bring the table to you.


8 posted on 04/07/2025 5:24:41 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BenLurkin

What’s so “controversial” about this?


9 posted on 04/07/2025 5:24:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: BenLurkin

Unless it’s a buffet, what’s the point? If it’s a la carte then a fat or skinny person will pay the same amount per plate and if the fat person orders extra as well then the fat person will pay more.


10 posted on 04/07/2025 5:26:23 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BenLurkin
The late great John Pinette would have failed this skinny discount test.

 

john pinette rip - Imgflip

11 posted on 04/07/2025 5:29:10 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: BenLurkin

They should have those for lanes on sidewalks in urban areas.


12 posted on 04/07/2025 5:30:35 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: BenLurkin

Not guilty!


13 posted on 04/07/2025 5:30:47 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: BenLurkin

That would make sense at an all-you-can-eat buffet!


14 posted on 04/07/2025 5:31:49 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Don't be a "PANICAN" or a "PANICRAT")
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To: BenLurkin

Doesn’t this ‘restaurant’ even want to sell food?
So,then, why are they making people who enjoy eating dread coming anywhere near that restaurant? Why set ready to pay customers up with some potentially embarrassing game?

I’m thinking, somebody did this, thinking a lot of young couples and college kids would visit, have a few drinks and think it was funny, silly and a plus for their visiting experience.


15 posted on 04/07/2025 5:31:51 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: BenLurkin

Great way to get the slim girls to eat at their restaurant.


16 posted on 04/07/2025 5:32:04 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Larry Lucido

It kind of looks like she’s enjoying that position.


17 posted on 04/07/2025 5:32:22 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Don't be a "PANICAN" or a "PANICRAT")
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To: BenLurkin

Can you imagine if airlines started something similar?

Not a skinny discount, but a fat surcharge. 300 pounds? 25% increase. 350? 50%.

Over 400 pounds? Book a cargo plane at the nominal rates


18 posted on 04/07/2025 5:32:46 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: lee martell

Yep, it’s a good gimmick. Lots will show up to see it and try. Revenue will take off — at least for a while.

In the USA, they would be buried in lawsuits and would cost up shop tomorrow morning.


19 posted on 04/07/2025 5:33:50 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Don't be a "PANICAN" or a "PANICRAT")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Well then far be it from me to deny her the experience.


20 posted on 04/07/2025 5:33:50 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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