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'Person Of Size' Angry About Need For Spill-Over Ticket
Sacramento Bee via Scripps Howard ^
| June 18, 2002
| Bob Shallit
Posted on 06/17/2002 5:13:16 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Reaganwuzthebest
Looks like the airlines are desperate to sell tickets.
To: Reaganwuzthebest
LOL! This is too funny.
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posted on
06/17/2002 5:15:56 PM PDT
by
Jorge
To: Jorge
It's not THAT funny. Have you ever been seated next to a double-wide on a flight? Makes me claustrophobic - not to mention that I'm then paying for less than a full seat since the out-sized one takes up some of my space.
To: Reaganwuzthebest
A few weeks back I saw a guy who actually had to force his butt to fit between the armrests. That was bad enough, but his seatmate was a rather burly guy as well.
That musta been one uncomfortable ride....
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posted on
06/17/2002 5:18:17 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Reaganwuzthebest
You haven't lived until you've been placed between two of these 350 pounders on a long trip.
To: Reaganwuzthebest
Wait a minute - "person of size?" I'm
offended! I'm a person of size, too - small and skinny is a size too. We have just as much right to use the "person of size" sobriquet as weight-challenged lardbuckets. I mean that in the nicest possible way.
I'm suing.
To: Reaganwuzthebest
If the airlines are going to do this (and I wish they would - I fly several times a month and get tired of being squeezed by "people of size"), then they'd better also not put another customer in the "extra" seat.
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posted on
06/17/2002 5:19:16 PM PDT
by
Endeavor
To: Reaganwuzthebest
You must have never had to sit beside one of these oversized folks or.............. you ARE one. This is an idea whos time has come.
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posted on
06/17/2002 5:19:25 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Reaganwuzthebest
Person of size? Is it me, or are we all "of size"?
To: Reaganwuzthebest
Hell's donkeys! I'm a short thin dude and I find airplane seats cramped.
I can't imagine what torture it must be for the big sized folks and now they want them to pay double?
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posted on
06/17/2002 5:22:42 PM PDT
by
LibKill
To: Ditter
I avoid flying because, knowing my luck, I would get stuck beside one of these blimps who brought his own salami.
To: Billthedrill
I guess Hillary would be known as a Person of Thighs.
To: Paul Atreides
I'm thinking "person of fries" is appropriate for Bill Clinton
To: Reaganwuzthebest
They should have spillover test seats, just like they have test frames for carry on luggage. Then the determination would be objective.
To: Reaganwuzthebest
You know those things they make you place your carry on in to see if it fits the "size" requirements before you board...I can't wait until they have one that they measure people's butts with...too funny.
Actually, I have had to sit next to people whose largesse pokes through the space under the arm rest. They always pretend not to notice that they are spilling over into your seat, and squashing you.
To: r9etb
It always happens to me too!
It doesn't matter who I fly with, They always put me between the two biggest guys on the plane. (I'm 6' 0" 260 lbs.)
To: spycatcher
Or, person of lies.
To: Honcho Bongs
I agree with you, and I agree with the new policy.
But I just think of the "person of size" being forced to pay for TWO seats...and I just have to laugh.
Maybe they should load them on the plane with a cargo net.
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posted on
06/17/2002 5:29:33 PM PDT
by
Jorge
To: HiTech RedNeck
They should have spillover test seats, just like they have test frames for carry on luggage.Darn, I typed so slow that you beat me to it. Maybe we should start a company that manufactures them, and sell these to all the airlines.
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