I was on a recent flight with my fiancé to Aruba when we actually thought we had a row to ourselves. Then I notice a waddler making her way to our row. She must have been 350 pounds, needed a seatbelt extension, and seemed to be hyperventilating just sitting still.
Here is where it got ugly. First, she had enough carryon food to feed rows 1 through 5. Second, her arms actually extended 30% into my space, but in front of my chest she was so large. Then it happened; the seat actually broke and went flat to the seat behind us and on to a poor old man. We literally had five people trying to figure out how to keep her seat from staying up using seatbelts and extenders. It was a full flight so no other seats.
Needless to say, we felt awful for her and for him, but this is one of my better flights this past year. I have to believe she either started dieting when she got home or tried to sue the airline for a Big Mac. I hate flying!!!!
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It's hard to believe you "felt awful for her" when you spent your entire post degrading her for being fat.
If her seat broke they wouldn't fly with her in it.
Um, Aaron, I presume the plane was already in flight.
hey mj, this poster had a right for commenting about the woman being fat because guess what? she was!
i understand some people are genetically predisposed to obesity but there is now way anyone gets to 400 or even 300 pounds without being a lazy, food addicted freak.
the criticism is completely warranted!
Continuing from the Dominator's post, he never really degraded her, he simply stated the facts as he saw them.
He is just calling a spade a spade.
i'd rather sit beside a baby than a fatty