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2023-05-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

'That is NOT OK': Social media is left in uproar over image of plus-size plane passenger being WEIGHED on a baggage scale in front of 'the whole airport' after staff accused her of lying when she 'claimed she was 130lbs'

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Based on that photo, if she is taller than 5’4” she weighs over 200 lb. May I suggest reading Tom Godwin’s classic “The Cold Equations“.

The woman, named Lillian, said everyone had to share their weight with crew

When they suspected one person was lying, they made her stand on a scale

Lillian said it was 'safety reasons' since weight balance is vital on smaller planes

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-20 00:15|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1811 views ] Top

1 I can’t fit in the plane aisle — it feels like discrimination

Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-20 00:21|| 2023-05-20 00:21|| Front Page Top

2 Did the airline charge her for the extra baggage?

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-05-20 00:25|| 2023-05-20 00:25|| Front Page Top

3 I once took my mother on a trip to Friday Harbor in Puget Sound. We landed at Sea Tac, then transferred from a large airliner to a very small plane. The pilot weighed both of us and all our baggage. He then spent a fair amount of time distributing the baggage inside the plane to ensure a proper center of gravity.

Posted by Gromble Dribble4342 2023-05-20 00:53|| 2023-05-20 00:53|| Front Page Top

4 Her cud alone weighed that!

Posted by badanov 2023-05-20 01:10|| 2023-05-20 01:10|| Front Page Top

5 "Same difference, eh? Kilogram, pound?
[a crack and profound rumbling sound]
Do these jeans make my ass
Look an earth-shaking mass?"
"Bae, I'd say it's the other way round."

Posted by Grainter Omaigum2594 2023-05-20 01:31|| 2023-05-20 01:31|| Front Page Top

6 The bigger picture, given it was a small Puddle Jumper and having rode them into some small remote sites for assignments.

There is a strict MAX vs. Normal Safe takeoff weight. So every pound must be accounted for, and no vanity applied .

Now look at the size of that Butt.
It likely weights in at 130 by itself.

Posted by NN2N1 2023-05-20 06:22|| 2023-05-20 06:22|| Front Page Top

7 Non-airtransportable except by pallet drop.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-05-20 08:28|| 2023-05-20 08:28|| Front Page Top

8 Welcome to real world consequences of your actions, fat ass.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-05-20 08:44|| 2023-05-20 08:44|| Front Page Top

9 one of her fellow plane passengers was forced to weigh themselves

You so fat, people talk about you in singular plural.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-20 10:04|| 2023-05-20 10:04|| Front Page Top

10 Someone, anyone...please explain what is so difficult about air travel for these people ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-20 10:05|| 2023-05-20 10:05|| Front Page Top

11 "I weigh hundred thirty."

"That's your shadow; you need to step on the scale, Ma'ams."

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-20 10:07|| 2023-05-20 10:07|| Front Page Top

12 She identifies as "svelte."

Snark O'The Day

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-20 10:08|| 2023-05-20 10:08|| Front Page Top

13 Did the airline charge her for the extra baggage?

Gonna guess there is enough of that for two seasons of Dr. Katz.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-20 10:12|| 2023-05-20 10:12|| Front Page Top

14 Yeah, fireman's carry THAT Kansas.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-20 14:24|| 2023-05-20 14:24|| Front Page Top

15 Hurt my back just reading that, Skid.

That's two dudes and a bench carry.

This is what happens when we took out the applied physics toys from the playground, such as the teeter-totter; lessons learned by courtesy of pain. Correlation between the Not OK comments and people who haven't been on a row boat is 100%.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-20 17:54|| 2023-05-20 17:54|| Front Page Top

16 130 my ass. Or, rather her ass. She'll about 190.

Posted by EMS Artifact 2023-05-20 19:40|| 2023-05-20 19:40|| Front Page Top

17 She’s 120 but she ate a really big breakfast.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-05-20 21:15|| 2023-05-20 21:15|| Front Page Top

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