[BibChr]

Exactly right. Or obnoxious kids. Or poorly-dressed people. Or ugly people, why not ugly people?

Or what if a fat person sits next to a skinny person who just makes him feel bad? Or a religious person? Or an irreligious person? Or someone reading a stupid book?

Get over yourself, Bones, and learn to get along with folks not as perfect as you are.

Dan

[BibChr]

Check out 12 and 22.

[RobRoy]

>>Get over yourself, Bones, and learn to get along with folks not as perfect as you are.<<

Your bringing irrelevent comparisons. It's not a matter of getting along. If I sit next to a skinny person, I won't suffer back pain for two days afterward. Likewise an ugly person or any of the others. We're not talking about psychological feelings here. We're talking about paying for a seat and having to share it with someone.

This has struck a nerve, hasn't it?

How much do you weigh?

How would you propose this guy deals with the problem of the airline allowing someone to take up part of his already uncomfortable seat, especially when members of the fat group are suing for that very right?

He's obviously trying to show that there are two sides so that hopefully the fat guys suit WILL get thrown out.

I think one solution would be that all armrests become fixed in position except when a stewardess opens them (with a key)for someone to sleep across several UNOCCUPIED seats. Or, of course, when a fat person has bought two adjoining seats.

Seems fair...

[justin4bush]

When I fly, I am inevitably stuck next to some hog or someone with a kid that will not shut up. This guy is trying to make a point and I hope he wins. If you are too darn fat to fit into one seat completely, you need to purchase 2. The arm rest does lift up!

Justin

[ArrogantBustard]

Get off the high-horse, Dan. All of your examples are completely irrelevant. The issue is paying for one seat, and not getting it because the (portly gentleman|full figured lady) next to you is taking up his seat and 1/3 or more of the seats next to him. Some airlines are attempting to address this by requiring those who will occupy more than one seat to actually pay for more than one seat. Your spurious examples have no bearing on squashing or being squashed by the person sitting next to you.

Oh, and obnoxious kids. If you can't teach your children (kids are baby goats) to comport themselves with a modicum of decency in public, don't take them out in public. Different places have different standards of behaviour. Comercial airliners, restaurants, churches, theatres are not playgrounds or amusement parks. Too many parents seem to be either unaware of these distinctions, or unwilling to instruct their children in them.

AB

[flyervet]

A few years ago, I was on a nearly full flight where the size factor became an issue. A woman who was Ally McBeal skinny pitched a fit over having to sit next to a woman who was what I would consider more voluptuous than fat. She looked like Anna Nicole Smith in her prime. Anyway, as soon as the Anna Nicole Smith-type sat down, Skeletor hit the flight attendant call button and began complaining very loudly about having to sit next to "such a fat, disgusting pig,". She whined and moaned about what a burden it was and how prejudiced the airline was, and she threatened to sue if the situation wasn't rectifyed immediately. I was sitting across the aisle from these women, and had a ring-side seat. The poor lady blushed furiously and generally looked as though she wanted the ground to swallow her. Both she and the flight attendant asked Skeletor to calm down, but Skeletor just got more and more hysterical. Finally, the flight attendant said, "Well, coach is full but we do have an open seat in first," and Skeletor said, "That would be PERFECT!" So the flight attendant turned to the "fat" woman and said, "If you'll just come this way ma'am, we'll get you all settled in," Skeletor looked mad enough to spit nails.

[CheneyChick]

Come on, Dan. The man did pay for his own seat. It would have been nice to be able to use the entire seat, eh? Just like if you have extra luggage.... Pay for what you use - big people need to buy more space, IMHO.

Signed,

Formerly Squished Passenger

[Ditter]

Hummmm, you must have never had to share your seat with large Marge or ............... Hey Marge, is that you?

[William Terrell]

Exactly right. Or obnoxious kids. Or poorly-dressed people. Or ugly people, why not ugly people?

Or what if a fat person sits next to a skinny person who just makes him feel bad? Or a religious person? Or an irreligious person? Or someone reading a stupid book?

These people you mention are just visual infringment. A fat person whose width takes up part of the seat of someone else is a physical infringment. The former you can deal with by looking elsewhere; the latter you can't avoid. It's always been against the law to violate a person's physical space or that of his property.