"Customers of Size"

[NutBrnHair]

Originally posted by 33girl
They would be big adjustable seatbelts Rudith. Like we had on our 1966 Plymouth.

Wow 33, you and Rudey owned a car together? I had no idea.

[33girl]

har, I guess it did sound that way. Actually this is the car my mom went to the hospital in when she was in LABOR with me.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by DGqueen17


On a different note....

Over the summer while I worked at Cedar Point I noticed that the newer coasters tend to have smaller seats. It's hard to explain to someone who just paid $44 that they can't fit on a ride. Sometimes girls with large chests couldn't fit onto rides that had chest harnesses so it wasn't just a problem for larger people.

This is my problem, and why I always insist on an aisle seat. I figure I can lean into the aisle so the pervert in the middle doesn't feel the need to "subtlely" grope me.

I'm still saying that 33girl's optional bench seat is the best idea brought up thus far.

[James]

lol, thats funny.

Originally posted by Colonist
Make them pay double, I fly quite a few times a year and its a pain in the butt to sit next to these porkers christ. Would it kill them to exercise?

[James]

I wonder if this could apply to really muscular men with wide shoulders?

[MSSTCY1]

okay, a couple things.

1) I have a very large chest and roller coaster rides suck b/c either my boobs hurt the whole time b/c I have to pull the safety brace in too hard, or I feel like I am going to fall out the entire ride.

2) I think that airlines should make people pay for two seats if they cannot fit into one. Seats on all of the airlines I have been on are of sufficient size. I don't think that it is fair that just b/c someone is that overweight that they cannot fit into a regulation seat that they should - FOR FREE have two seats available to them for their comfort while the rest of us are not at will to spread are legs and relax. I know people who I am sure that many of you would consider obese and they have no problem fitting into regular seats and keeping to themselves. If someone is that overweight that they need two seat, then I think that they should have to pay for it. It is no one elses problem other that their own that they are THAT overweight that they need 2 seats.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by James
I wonder if this could apply to really muscular men with wide shoulders?

Or ILS?

[Jadey28]

People who take up two seats at the movies should also have to pay for two movie tickets. (The theatres around here have arm rests that raise up on both sides~which is good if you want to cuddle with your S.O.) Why should you get two seats and pay the same for a ticket as me?

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by Jadey28
People who take up two seats at the movies should also have to pay for two movie tickets. (The theatres around here have arm rests that raise up on both sides~which is good if you want to cuddle with your S.O.) Why should you get two seats and pay the same for a ticket as me?

OOOH I can't stand this. I have no objections to it if the theater is empty (this summer I went to matinee that had like 5 people in the whole place) but I hate nothing more than when a movie is full and you can't sit by your friends because somebody is sprawled across two seats and won't move, so three of you go in one place and two go in the other.

[daoine]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
SO VERY WRONG.

How many of us have been SMUSHED against the window due to a ginormous person?

I have actually had to get my seat moved.

I was stuck with a middle seat (I'm usually an aisle person) on a relatively full flight. Unfortunately for me, the people in the aisle and window seats were rather large. Large enough that neither of them fit in their own seats...so there was about 8 inches of room for me. (I fit in plane seats just fine)

I stood there for a minute and waved an attendant over. The flight attendant actually told me just to sit there and she'd see what they could do. I looked at her, looked at the 1/3 of my seat, and laughed at her.

I got a new seat rather quickly, but I'm thankful the flight wasn't full. They would have had to bump somebody, because most children couldn't fit in the space left.

[Wine&SilverBlue]

I agree with the post that airlines should make planes with an additional section with larger seats that would be more expensive -- although I don't see how this is that different from first class?

If someone is too large to fit in their seat and only bought one ticket, they shouldn't get an extra seat free, where would that seat come from? especially if the plane is full! If they want to purchase 2 seats, they can maybe get a 25% discount?

I personally have seen many large people fit fine in coach seats, so Im guessing one would have to be pretty big to actually require 2 seats. Wouldnt it be uncomfortable to sit across 2 seats though? I think the larger more expensive seats would be better...

[ToBeSororityGrl]

I kept hearing about the two seats for larger peole but have never actually experienced it myself. Whenever I've flown most of the people in my row happened to be of average weight and I never saw a person take up two seats. I could understand the annoyance though if you were squashed against someone who was taking up part of your seat though. Would be miserable

[dakareng]

It's bad enough to be smushed between people of size (and I'm no Calista Flockhart so I'm not trying to cast stones... but I can easily fit into the seat and seatbelt) but then have the guy in front of you lean the seat ALLLLLLLLLLL the way back... and you can't get to yours to also lean back because the rude seatmates have flipped up the armrests. Personally, if the person next to me puts it up, I put it right back down. If I don't know you, I don't want you to be touching me.

I think it's United that has some rows with more legroom (at a higher charge of course). Why could there not be wider seats, also at a higher charge and it be clearly enforced that if you need seatbelt extenders you can't be in the discounted seats... wouldn't be as expensive as buying two seats but would alleviate some of the problem

As long as we are sharing our pet peeves about riding in the cattle car I have another one. How about actually ENFORCING the carryon rules?

[aephi alum]

Originally posted by dakareng
As long as we are sharing our pet peeves about riding in the cattle car I have another one. How about actually ENFORCING the carryon rules?

Tell me about it! My favorite: People who stick their carry-ons in the overhead bin by row 5 and then proceed to their seats in row 23. By the time the folks in row 5 board, all the bins near them are full and they have to check their bags.

Then there was the time the woman sitting next to me in the bulkhead row threw a hissy fit because the flight attendant asked her to put her handbag in the overhead bin.

As for reclining seats - I was on a full transpacific (12+ hour) flight where the guy in front of me insisted on reclining his seat allll the way back. I asked him if he wouldn't mind bringing his seat up just a little so I could get out of my seat, and he went completely postal. I had to get the purser to shut him up.

Ah, air rage...

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[PM_Mama00]

Yeah I hate when people put too much crap in the overhead bin. One flight I was on, the lid opened and a very heavy carry-on fell on my shoulder. Didn't feel that great!