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-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'
2023-05-20
[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
Posted by:Skidmark

#17  She’s 120 but she ate a really big breakfast.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-05-20 21:15  

#16  130 my ass. Or, rather her ass. She'll about 190.
Posted by: EMS Artifact   2023-05-20 19:40  

#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  

#14  Yeah, fireman's carry THAT Kansas.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-05-20 14:24  

#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  

#12  She identifies as "svelte."

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-05-20 10:08  

#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  

#10  Someone, anyone...please explain what is so difficult about air travel for these people ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-05-20 10:05  

#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  

#8  Welcome to real world consequences of your actions, fat ass.
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-05-20 08:44  

#7  Non-airtransportable except by pallet drop.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-05-20 08:28  

#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  

#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  

#4  Her cud alone weighed that!
Posted by: badanov   2023-05-20 01:10  

#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  

#2  Did the airline charge her for the extra baggage?
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-05-20 00:25  

#1  I can’t fit in the plane aisle — it feels like discrimination
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-05-20 00:21  

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