Weigh in
A lighter person asks
How come when I fly my baggage gets weighed but I don’t. Surely it should be done on total weight!!
Common Sense Consultancy
It’s common sense…
About us
Past sense
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- November 2007
- October 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- November 2005
- October 2005
August 1st, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Yup! You are correct. If you go on an island hopper on the west coast of scotland they weigh you and your bag. Sadly they don’t charge extra for heavy people but I think your suggestion is Common Sense
August 6th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
You open a whole political wormery there old chap! I agree, the fatties should pay - after all, it’s entirely their fault that they are fat, and fat should be taxed, but then how do we accommodate people who are genetically predisposed to largeness, yet with well defined muscles and a normal quantity of body fat? A Body Mass Index assessment before your fly? No, I’m afraid it’s just too sensitive an issue for the politically correct times in which we live. When the King can once again behead people simply because he wants to, we shall be able to persecute fatties and charge them accordingly for the greater amount of fuel required to fly them to their destination.
August 6th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Maybe we could have an exponential scale so it does not penalise those who are only a small amount above average.
August 7th, 2008 at 10:15 am
We could just ban anyone defined as clinically obese from traveling anywhere - that should act as an incentive to slim down a bit.
The world is already biased in fatties favour as a member of our cooperative went to join weight watchers. They told the organiser that they needed to gain 6 pounds to get to a reccomended healthy weight, and were told that weight watchers is not appropriate for this. Surely weight watchers should help such individuals as they have a weight problem too. If not, they should change their name to something more appropriate.
August 7th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Surely we should be encouraging folk who are “fat” to travel. We could propose the slogan of “widen your mind, not your waist line”
August 8th, 2008 at 6:08 am
As long as they sign a contract stating that they will not come back larger.