Posts Tagged ‘discrimination’

Just reading today’s Herald-Sun and saw the story of an Englishman, called Paul Mason who weighs in as 444.5 kilograms, almost 3 times my current size.

It’s easy to mock him or the predicament he finds himself in. This is more proof that weight gain / loss definitely has more to do with mental health, than purely a series of bad habits. It’s why we do things that dictate the actions and eventually the outcomes, we all know that.

Yet Governments look to solve the issues in ways that don’t deal with the root of the problem, sometimes believing (here comes the cynic in me) that it is good enough to be seen to be doing the right thing, saying the right words verus actually understanding the underlying issues and skills that need to be comprehended and positively implemented.

Of the high horse now, check out the story here http://bit.ly/22yBKE

Slept in the morning, missed the hour walk, so am going to have to catch up a little over the next few days. I really need to make sure I confine work to work hours as much as possible.

We all love a good two-for-one deal but reading the paper (today I think) I read an article about a woman weighing 160kg was forced to buy 2 seats on airflight with Jetstar.

Hey Jetstar, I’ll never fly your airline for this discrimination. I hope she takes you to court and wins, like a recent case in Canada.

It’s not so much the weight, but the shape that sort of dictates this I think. I still fit into an airline seat (not very comfortably, and sometimes with the need for a seatbelt extension – asking for that is humiliating), now I wouldn’t want to sit next to me on a flight, not because I take over their seat as well, but just having a big person next to you can make you feel a little claustraphobic.

Mind you sitting next to someone with bad breath or body odour is worse (but they don’t have to double pay).