Tuesday, December 12, 2006
"The Fridge" sets a good example
William "The Refrigerator" Perry buys two seats on an airplane, rather than pretending that his fat, muscle, whatever, doesn't flow over into the "airspace" of the poor guy next to him. Good for him.
When Southwest Airlines declared a few years back that particularly large people would have to buy two seats, there was no end of whining from advocacy groups and large-bodied complainers that this was "discrimination." Few people were willing to make the point that the real victim is the poor average traveller sitting next to the big person, who (i) fantasizes that he isn't taking up more space than he paid for, or (ii) does not care that he is using more space than he paid for.
My own sad story is here.
2 Comments:
By 
K. Pablo, at
Tue Dec 12, 10:10:00 AM:
I love their terminology, "Customers of Size".
By D.E. Cloutier, at
Tue Dec 12, 10:40:00 AM:
Buy, lease, or charter a Falcon. That's what I use.
http://www.falconjet.com/
