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Think about it - some of these trains are ridiculously packed where people end up standing in a line throughout the aisles. The conductors can't get through and check tickets, so essentially people with 1 day passes are good to ride the railroad again for free. There probably are enough seats, but fat people spilling over to the middle seat prevents this from happening. This clogs up the row that the conductors walk through.
I think they should make it so that fat people have to buy two tickets IF they sit down. For monthly passes, you flash one ticket and then you flash another one!
Fat shaming DOES work and it's about time we started doing it as a society. ALso if the LIRR does a better job collecting more revenue, there is a smaller fee hike in later years.
Fat shaming DOES work and it's about time we started doing it as a society. ALso if the LIRR does a better job collecting more revenue, there is a smaller fee hike in later years.
Can you provide at least one example where "fat shaming DOES work?"
It does not work. Let me repeat: IT DOES NOT WORK. It is inefficient, derisive, and it only serves to benefit the people doing the shaming. Making anyone feel less than because of their body habitus doesn't motivate that person to get in shape and lose weight. Only self introspection and an ability and willingness to change does that.
I was once on the train sitting in the aisle seat of the 3-person seats. The window seat was being occupied by a large woman. I'm pretty big guy but I don't take more than one seat. So at the next stop some massive guy who could barely walk tapped me on the shoulder to take the middle seat. I was like wtf? Is this a joke? Whatever, I wasn't going to be that a-hole that denies someone a seat so I got up without giving the man any sort of nasty look but once he sat down and got settled he took 1 3/4 seats! There was no room for me to sit. I wasn't going to let him take the entire row to I sat down and part of my butt was on his leg. He was uncomfortable and moved over a bit and make the lady next to him uncomfortable. All three of us were cramped but I was not going to walk away from my seat because of this morbidly obese man.
I was once on the train sitting in the aisle seat of the 3-person seats. The window seat was being occupied by a large woman. I'm pretty big guy but I don't take more than one seat. So at the next stop some massive guy who could barely walk tapped me on the shoulder to take the middle seat. I was like wtf? Is this a joke? Whatever, I wasn't going to be that a-hole that denies someone a seat so I got up without giving the man any sort of nasty look but once he sat down and got settled he took 1 3/4 seats! There was no room for me to sit. I wasn't going to let him take the entire row to I sat down and part of my butt was on his leg. He was uncomfortable and moved over a bit and make the lady next to him uncomfortable. All three of us were cramped but I was not going to walk away from my seat because of this morbidly obese man.
I had incidents of this as well. Just be mindful of making comments. Its possible some people are disabled. Just remember disabilities aren't always visible
I had incidents of this as well. Just be mindful of making comments. Its possible some people are disabled. Just remember disabilities aren't always visible
True. I didn't want to be rude to him or deny him of the seat. But I was not going to give up my seat so that he could have 2 seats. That's where I drew the line.
However, the people I find to be the most audacious are the ones that put their dirty feats on the seats in front of them on a rush hour train or the ones that take up an entire row of seats with their baggage. If you are on crowded train and someone asks to sit don't give them an attitude as if you own the seat. Get your ass up and give them the seat! Some people are just so damn inconsiderate.
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