Posted by admin in If you are a big person you surely have experienced the seats at places like amusement parks, ball games, restaurants booths, and know that these are all places we have a hard time fitting.
I recently went to Boston and attended a Boston Red Sox game, the game was amazing the atmosphere was great and the Red Sox played amazing and won by 10 runs. My problem was the fact that the seats were so small that I did not fit in them. I sat down on the very edge of the seat and slowly pushed myself back into the seat, so my sides were being smashed into the seat and my knees were hitting the seats in front of me. When the game was over my side was hurting a little bit and when we got back to the hotel I looked at my side, I had a HUGE bruise from a ball park seat.
With the world getting larger I am wondering why there isn’t a dedicated “Fat Person” seat or section? This may seem offensive to some but I would rather be able to do things in comfort and enjoy my experiences even more than not be able to do something at all.
I haven’t been to an amusement park and gotten any amusement in a very long time, due to the fact that I do not fit on the rides. I do not go to amusement parks any more because I know I will not enjoy myself, and I am sure there are others like me, so the companies are losing money from us.
I am just asking for one seat (amusement parks) or one section (ball parks), sure there will be bigger lines or people staring and making fun of the “Fat Section” but I am willing to take that to be able to enjoy myself (I’m used to people staring by now!).
- Post written By: Thomas Grathwohl
Nice blog! It’s really eye opening, this is stuff I had no idea anybody had to deal with. I read an article today that was pretty thought-provoking:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_bi_ge/obesity_penalty;_ylt=AljPLb9E8xnxEaZAQvrF0MCs0NUE
I thought this pretty much amounted to discrimination. The article made the point that some states offer incentives for healthy habits, which I think is a more constructive and fair approach.
Hey Molly!
That is crazy and goes back to Ryan’s Fat Tax post earlier in the blog. I agree with you that is discrimination, I do not understand how that is even allowed.