Am I wearing a sign that says "Please mock my weight?" & other grocery store sights!!

[blas]

And I'll bet you the cart rammer was a size 0 supermodel herself, with absolutely no flaws!

[Broomjockey]

Well I'm at 225lbs, about 40 lbs heavier than normal at 6'3.

Sack o' coathangers, you are. I'm 350+lbs at 6'6".

[ditchdj]

Sack o' coathangers, you are. I'm 350+lbs at 6'6".

Yeah you're up on me by quite a bit!

You know,
I've always thought that it might not be too bright to make fun of someone overweight. Weight can be used to your advantage in a fight. Usually when someone makes fun of my wife's weight they do it from a far distance away or from the window of a speeding car. That just shows how stupid and cowardly they are. If you're say something say it to their face.

Of course with your size BJ I actually respect it because it's a trait I'd like to have.

[Broomjockey]

Yeah you're up on me by quite a bit!

The weird thing is, I guess I don't look anything close to my weight. Anyone who ever guesses never even breaks 300. I've got a 48" waist size though.

Luckily, since I've left high school, I've run in to very few people willing to make an issue over my size like Lupo's run in to. I guess the height/weight combo is intimidating.

[mikoyan29]

To the cart rammer:
If I'm that big, how the fuck could you miss me? Are you that stupid that you can't judge distances between things or maybe you're blind. Or both.

[lupo pazzesco]

Well I'm at 225lbs, about 40 lbs heavier than normal at 6'3. Wanna laugh at me??? I'll drop you like a bag of wet clothes.

The weird thing is, I guess I don't look anything close to my weight. Anyone who ever guesses never even breaks 300. I've got a 48" waist size though.

Me, I"m 6'0 over here, and tip the scales at almost 300 (Down 18 lbs, though, so yippee!)

I have the same issues, as Broom, though. Most people can't guess my weight accurately, and always come under what I actually weight. Guess I carry it well? Or rather, not well enough, lately. My clothes have gotten a little baggier. Maybe that's it...?

I told one of my CWs about it, (and mind you, she's about 5'3 and mmmaaaaaaybe 110 lbs) and her reaction was: "Are you SERIOUS?! What goes through peoples' heads that they think this is ok?! How about my foot goes through there head, to teach 'em manners!"

[Shpepper]

I've always like the method:

SC: You're fat.
Me: OMG! I'm fat!? No way!? Are you sure? I mean, 'cos I'm skinnier than my husband. :makes a show of looking SC up and down: And I look to be skinnier than you too.
*turns around in wide circle* Hey everyone! Did you know I'm fat!?

If you act like it doesn't bother you (even if it does) it makes the person slink back to whatever slime hole they came out of.

This ! ! ! TOTALLY ..... Rummy, I Love this.. I might even have to steal it from time to time if I may?

Although, even though I am heavy, I don't get people telling me I am fat. I think I scare them all

[Broomjockey]

How about my foot goes through there head, to teach 'em manners!"

That's priceless.

Congrats on the losing 18, too!

I've gone up, but my clothes aren't any tighter. Figure that one out.

[CaroPhoenix]

This ! ! ! TOTALLY ..... Rummy, I Love this.. I might even have to steal it from time to time if I may?

Although, even though I am heavy, I don't get people telling me I am fat. I think I scare them all

Steal away Shpepper! Steal away!

I have been told I have no shame. Get arsy with them when they get arsy with you.

Trust me. It works. They're trying to emabarras you and make you feel bad, but if you turn it back on them ... well, shows them to the backside berets they actually are.

[blas]

If I saw lupo and BJ in person, I'd probably notice their height before anything else.

My cousin's wife is actually taller than him, at almost 6'3.

[fireheart]

Ditto on the height factor. I'm tall for my age (around 5'9") so most people tend to notice the height thing as opposed to the weight thing. I think last time I checked, I was around 180lb (doing this in US measurements) give or take a few. I had one guy tell me I was skinny though

As for fat people and society in general, I love guys like Robert on Hell's Kitchen who don't take their weight as an issue and just go on with their life like normal...except for when weight limits come up. (from what I remember, he had to take a ferry instead of a helicopter and he couldn't ride a Segway) He did amazingly well in the kitchen until he had pericarditis and had to withdraw

[powerboy]

You do not need to be sorry for flipping that bitch off. I hate it when people ram me with their carts.

[XCashier]

Me: <smiles sweetly> Actually, that brand is 15.8 cents an ounce, while this brand, being more expensive is only 8.6 cents an ounce because it's a bigger loaf, so technically, I'm getting the better bargain.

My local grocery is amazingly stupid about prices. Logic dictates that the larger item should cost less per ounce/gram, but I've seen a 24-pack of soda cost more than two 12-packs, same with string cheese. The larger boxes of cereal often cost more per ounce than the smaller boxes of the same cereal. Go figure.

I've always thought that it might not be too bright to make fun of someone overweight. Weight can be used to your advantage in a fight. Usually when someone makes fun of my wife's weight they do it from a far distance away or from the window of a speeding car. That just shows how stupid and cowardly they are. If you're say something say it to their face.

That's a good part of it right there. People who make fun of larger folks almost always target women, because we've been raised to be polite and genteel and not defend ourselves, whereas men are more likely to kick some rude git's ass. You almost never see an overweight man made fun of because, as you said, weight can be an advantage in a fight, and nobody wants to get flattened. Therefore, they ignore the men and bully the women.

I prefer the old standby, "I may be fat, but you're stupid, and I can always diet!"

[ditchdj]

Yeah but the thing about my wife is that she has a really bad leg from when it was shattered in a car accident when she was in high school. It has a metal rod in it and she can't walk on it for a long time. Sometimes when air pressure goes down when a storm is coming it will swell and become very painful for her to even stand on it. It was after the accident when she was bed-ridden for six months when she gained all her weight. I'm sure she could get disability but she works full-time and doesn't want it. She actually doesn't want to sit around all day and collect a handout. But she may one day be forced to because the doctor said her leg is basically aging twice as fast as the rest of her because of her injury.

[mariamousie1]

The same thing kind of happened to me tonight- my dad and grandma were sitting on a bench and I sat between them. There wasn't much space, and my grandma said "Well, you just keep getting wider!" I know I'm kind of chubby, and if it upsets me I should exercise more, but still.