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For Larger Customers, Eating Out Is Still a Daunting Experience |
2019-03-16 |
[NYT] Restaurants have been slow to recognize, much less meet, the needs of plus-size Americans. But there are signs of a new activism and awareness. Rebecca Alexander’s worst experience dining while large happened just after she nailed a promotion at a nonprofit organization. She took her staff, and her new boss, to lunch at a promising downtown restaurant in Portland, Ore., where she lives. As the hostess led the group to a booth, Ms. Alexander, a 31-year-old who wears a size 30, knew in an instant there was no way she was going to squeeze into it. "I remember having this out-of-body experience," she said. "I watched myself sit down and try to get in even though I knew the space was too small, because I so needed it to fit." Defeated, she asked for a table. The hostess told her there would be a half-hour wait. "The cherry on top was that I got to be the reason we had to stand around for 30 minutes," she said. For people who identify as large, plus-size or fat, dining out can be a social and physical minefield. Chairs with arms or impossibly small seats leave marks and bruises. Meals are spent in pain, or filled with worry that a flimsy chair might collapse. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#2 Many of us struggle with body weight. Carrot cake is my personal enemy. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-03-16 10:57 |
#1 i would like too choke the shit out of whomever wrote this. |
Posted by: chris 2019-03-16 10:52 |