Is being tall a disability

[ok, ok,....I get it]

Ok, I understand it is part of the Court's job to stand up for the donw trodden and unfairly treated. But is eating a lot so you get obese truely a disability.

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/b...he-portly.aspx

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...M&refer=canada

Crazy

[Dan02]

question, do the obese people who get a extra seat free get the meal for that second seat too???

[Kidder]

In case of an emergency water landing, the person in the two seats next to you may be used as a floatation device.

[Torture]

I thought this was going to be about tall people, not obese people.

Obese people is not all that surprising...you can debate whether it's actually a disability or not but it's not really all that surprising. Tall people on the other hand would have called for some popcorn cause I've never heard of anybody saying that being tall is a disability.

[browna]

Originally Posted by Dan02

question, do the obese people who get a extra seat free get the meal for that second seat too???

Or double the baggage allowed?

And what about the washrooms? They're tighter than the seats....will the airlines have to knock out a row of seats and have an double wide washroom?

[4X4]

I'm 6'2" and when I'm on a plane, my knees are usually touching the seat in front of me. I wonder what it's like for really tall people.
If wide people get special treatment, why not tall people? Gimme!

[ok, ok,....I get it]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I'm 6'2" and when I'm on a plane, my knees are usually touching the seat in front of me. I wonder what it's like for really tall people.
If wide people get special treatment, why not tall people? Gimme!

At least being tall is congenital........being a fatty fatty fat fat....is more of a choice.

[CrusaderPi]

It's 2008. None of this surprises me. Nor should it surprise any of you.

[ok, ok,....I get it]

Originally Posted by CrusaderPi

It's 2008. None of this surprises me. Nor should it surprise any of you.

so my outlandish addiction to pulling the goalie can know be recognized for the disability that it is?

[CrusaderPi]

Sure, if you want two seats on the charter - have 'em, Mike.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by ok, ok,....I get it

At least being tall is congenital........being a fatty fatty fat fat....is more of a choice.

I'm not so sure about that. Maybe for the morbidly obese, but I don't think it's true for people who are chubby or skinny. Somehow I managed to get genes that keep me at an average weight for my height. I can eat anything I want (or sometimes nothing at all) and I'm always 200lbs. The same is not true for some people I know.

[ok, ok,....I get it]

200lbs is not obese....unless you are 5'2".......while it can be argued 200lbs (i live in that area code as well) is large in comparision to the world population, it is by no means obese.

Obesity is different.

[PsYcNeT]

The woman who won the court case actually has a genetic defect that over stimulates her production of white fat cells.

That said, any sedentary jerk who thinks because they cannot be bothered to excercise the recommended minimum of 30 minutes a day and eat 3 meals plus snacks totalling no more than 2000 calories a day, avoid trans fats and for god stakes stop going to McDonald's, they deserve special status and treatment should be put in a fat-burning gulag until they can fit in an airline seat the minute they wish to sue an airline.

Holy run-on-sentence Batman!

[ok, ok,....I get it]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

The woman who won the court case actually has a genetic defect that over stimulates her production of white fat cells.

That said, any sedentary jerk who thinks because they cannot be bothered to excercise the recommended minimum of 30 minutes a day and eat 3 meals plus snacks totalling no more than 2000 calories a day, avoid trans fats and for god stakes stop going to McDonald's, they deserve special status and treatment should be put in a fat-burning gulag until they can fit in an airline seat the minute they wish to sue an airline.

Holy run-on-sentence Batman!

I wonder then did she just throw her hands in the air and say such is life, or does she monitor her intake, etc.......

[simmonjam1]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I'm 6'2" and when I'm on a plane, my knees are usually touching the seat in front of me. I wonder what it's like for really tall people.
If wide people get special treatment, why not tall people? Gimme!

Quit slouching j/k

[Mightyfire89]

This ruling disgusts me.

[Nancy]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I'm 6'2" and when I'm on a plane, my knees are usually touching the seat in front of me. I wonder what it's like for really tall people.
If wide people get special treatment, why not tall people? Gimme!

I'm 6'5" and leggy. My legs barely fit in a regular WestJet seat, and I regularly get into fist fights when the person in front of me tries to recline their seat. I used to let one of my knees poke into the aisle to be more comfortable, but stopped that habit after having my kneecap taken off by a stewardess running down the aisle pushing a beverage cart.

[Bill Bumface]

^ I'm 6'7" and it's the same story for me. I actually prefer window now, becaue the only way I can sleep is by leaning on the wall.

I've said since the whole free second seat issue was raised long ago that if it happened I wanted free business class or a second seat of my own on principle. Luckily for the airlines I'm too lazy for a law suit.

[BuzzardsWife]

my husband is very tall and the only time i see it affect him is when he tries to get in a small car..and he has alot of scars on his head from bumping into things

[BuzzardsWife]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I'm 6'2" and when I'm on a plane, my knees are usually touching the seat in front of me. I wonder what it's like for really tall people.
If wide people get special treatment, why not tall people? Gimme!

or at least get put into Exec class! though i think all planes should be set up like exec through the whole plane..we all pay a fortune to fly, why shouldn't we be comfortable? i am only 5'2 and i am uncomfortable..i cant imagine what its like for tall people