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At barely 5'3", I have to control the food desires to stay a good bit under 150 and that's quite overweight. I just don't see the point of being obese if one can do something about it. We cannot tell people how/what/when to consume, but geez, even I would have wanted to switch seats if I'd been sitting between them.
Most obese people don't have much willpower or discipline. If you want something badly enough, you can usually make it happen.
Many of them simply don't care. Deep down, they probably know that they're eating themselves to death and they don't care. I worked with a guy who looked like he weighed about 500 pounds, and every morning and at lunch he had his desk covered with stuff from McDonalds. He also ate a lot of candy and drank sodas all day. You could hear him huffing and puffing just moving around the office. He had a cubicle in the corner of the room away from the other cubicles, and I was always afraid that he'd keel over at his desk one day and we wouldn't know about it.
Airline should offer stadium seating in a few rows. If you are wider than normal, you must pay for that seat. If you already paid for a regular seat and are on the plane, you either pay the difference for the wider seat or get off. It’s easy. Who cares if the wide person is offended. Enough already. If someone is so offended that they are wider, then they have to lose weight. If they need special accommodations as a result of their own lifestyle choices, then they pay for it.
Most obese people don't have much willpower or discipline. If you want something badly enough, you can usually make it happen.
Many of them simply don't care. Deep down, they probably know that they're eating themselves to death and they don't care. I worked with a guy who looked like he weighed about 500 pounds, and every morning and at lunch he had his desk covered with stuff from McDonalds. He also ate a lot of candy and drank sodas all day. You could hear him huffing and puffing just moving around the office. He had a cubicle in the corner of the room away from the other cubicles, and I was always afraid that he'd keel over at his desk one day and we wouldn't know about it.
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I had a close friend who literally ate themselves to death that way.
Because some of us have long legs (I'm only 5'5" but have ridiculously long legs for my height), and my bad knees don't like being slammed by your chair? Also, one time I was using my laptop on the tray table when the passenger in front of me suddenly reclined - causing the tray to close and BREAK my expensive computer. I tried stopping him as it was happening, just so I could remove the laptop first, but he ignored me like I didn't even exist. That's just plain rude and inconsiderate, no matter how you spin it.
I don't recline my seat unless it's a really long flight, because I'm (perhaps overly) aware of the comfort of other people. It also causes a chain reaction, and I'd hate to be the one jerk who started it. Personally I think they should take away the reclining option, at least until they manage to increase the ridiculously small amount of legroom.
I recline as soon as the sign goes on that we can do so. I would not recline mid-flight - the tray tables are definitely affected by that. I don't start "chain reactions". I always ALWAYS fly in a window seat, and if it is a longer flight, I sleep. I need the reclining option. If I had someone behind me that requested that I not recline due to "long legs" I would suggest that we switch seats. But I have never had anyone say anything at all - never a complaint.
I recline as soon as the sign goes on that we can do so. I would not recline mid-flight - the tray tables are definitely affected by that. I don't start "chain reactions". I always ALWAYS fly in a window seat, and if it is a longer flight, I sleep. I need the reclining option. If I had someone behind me that requested that I not recline due to "long legs" I would suggest that we switch seats. But I have never had anyone say anything at all - never a complaint.
People don’t complain because reclining is allowed. I was on a mid day 2 hour flight last week and the couple in front of me reclined as soon as they could and stayed that way until we were ready to land. My seatmate (who I wasn’t traveling with and did not know) and I looked at each other, frowned and shook our heads. So no, people don’t complain about reclining, but you are making their flight less comfortable, taking up space they paid for and they do privately hate you.
I work in a big call center and let's just say most of them are "food centric". They get rewarded with donuts and pizza and BBQs out back. The gym may as well be empty but I don't mind having it all to myself.
The elevator gets a work out, stairs? Not so much.
Morbidly obese folks dripping into your seat.
Excessive body odor or obnoxious cologne/perfume usage.
The kooky stranger who wants to tell you about all of their problems.
Unruly children.
Fake service animals and their loony owners.
People soiling themselves.
Intoxicated screwballs.
The TSA molesting everybody.
The joys of flying.
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Morbidly obese folks dripping into your seat.
Excessive body odor or obnoxious cologne/perfume usage.
The kooky stranger who wants to tell you about all of their problems.
Unruly children.
Fake service animals and their loony owners.
People soiling themselves.
Intoxicated screwballs.
Morbidly obese folks dripping into your seat.
Excessive body odor or obnoxious cologne/perfume usage.
The kooky stranger who wants to tell you about all of their problems.
Unruly children.
Fake service animals and their loony owners.
People soiling themselves.
Intoxicated screwballs.
The TSA molesting everybody.
The joys of flying.
Oh yeah, I've dealt with all sorts of stuff on airplanes as I've flown a lot over the years. Screaming babies, fat people squishing me, people kicking the back of my seat, smelly feet from the person behind me propped up on my armrest, people sitting next to me who haven't bathed in ages, morons going on and on about things that I have no interest in, etc.
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I always ALWAYS fly in a window seat, and if it is a longer flight, I sleep. I need the reclining option. If I had someone behind me that requested that I not recline due to "long legs" I would suggest that we switch seats. 
But I have never had anyone say anything at all - never a complaint.
