I agree that kids should be in front. However, just because someone is fat, doesn't mean they don't have another disability besides just being fat. And if a person does have a disability; it's kind of hard to exercise.
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My friends daughter has CF, and she went in the disabled toilet, and a very overweight woman started shouting obscenities at her (she is 4) when my friend asked her why she was waiting in line for the disabled toilet, she said because it's to much effort to wait in line for the regular ladies bathroom! My friend asked the woman if she had a disability (because she was extremely pissed at the language being used) the woman said no! Also, I am severely physically disabled, and granted I am fatter than I should be, I don't use my disability as an excuse and I am on a diet that I am allowed to be on (which isn't as helpful as some) and I exercise however I can, which is a very limited amount. So, yes, some people can be obese and be disabled so it's harder to exercise, but it definitely isn't an excuse
I understand there are cases that peopke have conditions which causes the obesity. Those cases aside, being obese is a consequence. People with disabilities just like the kid had no choice. So I agree so much!!!!! Even if you need at this point a wheel chair because you are obese. Be considerate of kids and others who have no other choice. As health care worker who used to work pediatrics this upsets me in so many levels!
My Mother uses an electric wheel chair. But she has medical reasons to. After she gave birth to her 6th kid they found cancer in her uturies. They botched her surgery she was forced to stay in bed for months she gained weight and she got where she would stop breathing in her sleep. She even had her insides rip causeing her to need more surgeries, and leaving her in bed more which made her gain more weight. She lost the ability to bend her knee 12 years ago and had the knee worked on. She fell and broke her hip 10 years ago she had to have it replaced. Now my mom on the outside looks like an over weight woman who is useing a wheel chair because she is lazy but on the inside her body is slowly falling apart and will never be the same. She weighs 260 now but if she saw that little boy she would of told the parents to sit him upfront. Because she loves children more than anything. The parents should of spoke up for the kid. They would of move I bet.
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You don't know that they would of though. I'm not hating on fat people (before anyone tries to say it, because to be honest, I'm fat myself) as a comment above suggested, they may have used a chair to get better seats. They may have not noticed that there were kids in chairs behind them. You just don't know :/
We don't know if they would or wouldn't. Yes the parent should have tried (maybe he did) so th kid could see. But there is really shitty people in thos world sadly, that would not have cared
It is possible they're both disabled. Even if they rented the scooters at the venue that night, they could have valid disabilities...that is why those scooters are available, for the disabled who for whatever reason couldn't bring wheelchairs or who couldn't stand for extended periods at an event and needed them. Knee injuries, spinal injuries, and diseases that force somebody to sit for long periods will eventually lead to weight gain for many as they get older. Just because there exists somebody somewhere who's disabled and not fat, doesn't mean overweight+scooter=just fat. Know what else people can have that can make them heavy, let them walk for short periods, but still require a scooter? Diabetes, congestive heart failure, long term work related injuries, organ failure, Crohn's, cancers, etc. Seeing people walk for the trip from a car into a venue and to a scooter rental does not suddenly make someone their doctor or an expert in their medical history.
Agreed, the main argument is that whether they are disabled or not, the should let the kid sit in front because they are taller than him so their view wouldn't really be restricted behind him.
If the parent got there and they were already there, I highly doubt they ever realized there was a kid behind them. And just because the poster says this was a family event doesn't mean it was, or that there was any reason for them to look behind them and see. The poster was complaining that fat people used the handicap accessible area. At no point does it say said parent ever attempted to politely ask if the kid would move up, they were apparently too busy taking pictures of strangers. Might they have said no? Maybe. But they weren't asked, therefore the right to complain was forfeited.
Another 'only in America' - you just don't see obese people in scooters where I live, you do see elderly people though. Not till I went there did I see them being used by obese people.
The article is quoting the research wrong. The actual study has a paragraph that says: "More than 50% of the 671 million obese individuals in the world live in ten countries (listed in order of number of obese individuals): USA, China, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, Pakistan, and Indonesia." Given that the top 10 countries by population are China, India, US, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, and Mexico, of course many of those countries would have higher NUMBERS of obese. In proportion to the population though, there's a whole chart that shows plenty who should be higher. Jordan has 27.6% of men and 45.6 percent of women listed as obese. Kuwait is 43.4% of men, 58.6% of women, Libya 30.2% of men, 57.2% of women, Saudi Arabia 30.0% of men, 44.4% of women. All of those beat out the figures listed in that article for China (4.4%), India (3.8%), Brazil, Pakistan, Indonesia... the article's clickbait, look at the study.
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Silence is compliance.
Looks to me it should be #2 though
Maybe have someone record the exchange in case they go apeshit, but at least give them the opportunity to be decent people.