420-Pound Man: McD's Wouldn't Hire Me Because Of My Weight...

[Savij]

His weight affects my ability to buy food from McDonalds with a clear conscience. If a lardass like that is serving the food, he acts as a reminder that fastfood is really fatfood. He'll hurt business.

 

[csiro]

Can he physically fit into the back section in a McDonalds? Those isle are rather small and he's rather big.

 

[Tsaico]

wow, 300,000 for not getting a job and back pay. must have been in the courts longer than a year to get that much...

ASSuming that he didn't get fired

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
I think McDonalds wouldn't hire him because they were afraid he'd be eating all the time.

Or he'll eat the customers.

GET IN MY BELLY!!!

 

[cheapgoose]

there is no discrimination in imo. the business is protecting themself from the possibility of losing business.

if you had a business where the customers can see your employees and I wanted to work for you, now of course I look like a crack head, tatoos everywhere, piercings everywhere. would you hiring me?

let's also add that your place of business is a family orientated place where image does count.

 

[Ausm]

I worked @Mcdonalds in the late 70's and they hired anything with a pulse.

Ausm

 

[Zebo]

I woould'nt hire you either fatboy, woman and children are present. You might scare them. Then my customers will have to look at your un-appitizing fatass.

 

[maziwanka]

maybe its cuz he couldnt even get to mcdonalds at 420 lbs.

freaking idiots these days

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: csiro
Can he physically fit into the back section in a McDonalds? Those isle are rather small and he's rather big.

LOL. Same thing I was thinking. This guy could bottleneck the front counter. The employees are rushing around trying to get shakes, fries and hot apple pies and they can't move an inch until this man mountain steps aside or goes outside. If he parks himself near the little drive through window the poor employee will be stuck for awhile.

 

[Nitemare]

Probably afraid he would eat a customer and their family would sue

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: ausm
I worked @Mcdonalds in the late 70's and they hired anything with a pulse.

Ausm

What are you talking about, they still do around here! :Q

 

[Zebo]

This guy could bottleneck the front counter

Yup a clog in the wheel a stick in the spokes.. Generally worse production than having him not there.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Zebo

This guy could bottleneck the front counter

Yup a clog in the wheel a stick in the spokes.. Generally worse production than having him not there.

Paint him purple, stick a giant cork screw up his butt and park him in the kiddie land. He'' give the ball pit a run for it's money.

 

[xcdhridr]

haha

 

[Wag]

I dunno, you'ld think McD's would be more concerned about hiring someone who's really skinny...

 

[AnMig]

might have been a safety issue since he was hired as a cook.

I can see his belly frying alongside the burgers as he tries to flip them.

 

[Ranger X]

Obesity should be a crime.

Punishment: Fat Farm for adults!

 

[element]

How the hell do people let it go that far anyway? I mean by the time you hit say 300 or so you'd think it might be time to cut down on the eats a bit? (or maybe 200 depending on height.)

 

[Wag]

A few people have glandular problems, but it's upbringing for the most part.

People don't know any better.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Xenon14

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Since when was being grossly obese a disability?

SHEESH!!

And if his weight interferes with him doing his job, or interferes with someone else doing theirs, then any company should have the right not to hire him.

I hate when stuff like this happens.

Even if he's the perfect candidate for the job, the company has no obligation to hire him. Consider this: Let's say as an employer, I want to hire someone to cook and clean for $20 an hour. Since it is MY money, whom I hire/whom I give the money to is completely up to me. If I so desire, I can hire only people with downsyndrome, or only whites, or only straight people. I possess the RIGHT to descriminate who gets MY money. It may not be politically correct, and it may not be good for me to hire person A if person B does a better job for the same pay. Nonetheless - I, nor any company, has an obligation to provide jobs for people regardless of whether they qualify or not. McDonalds could have descriminated against the fact that he was fat, sure, and most people would agree that such reasons are asinine, but who McDonalds hires is up to them. SO the whole descrimination in the workplace is nonsense, because even if it blatantly exists who a company hires is up to the company... even if they are "politically incorrect" they can use whatever standards to hire people that they want (blond hair, huge breasts, nice ass). it's their money.

Right, but errors in your reason. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, you CANNOT discriminate against him if he is disabled and is qualified to perform the job (or perform the job with *reasonable* accomodations.)
However, FAT is not a qualifying disability. Someone else already mentioned this: as an employee there, he would serve as a reminder to customers that fast food is fattening. Thus, his employment would have a negative impact upon the performance of the restaurant, regardless of how qualified he was for the position. I wouldn't hire him either (to work in a food place) But, I were hiring engineers or computer programmers or draftsmen or ..., and he were qualified, I wouldn't give his weight a second thought.

 

[clamum]

What a whiny fatass. $300,000?

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: AnMig
might have been a safety issue since he was hired as a cook.

I can see his belly frying alongside the burgers as he tries to flip them.

LMAO *sniff sniff* Who's cookin' BBQ! Sh!t I'm on fire! Agggghhhhhh!

 

[sash1]

Woah! 420 lbs? He is exactly four times my weight. Christ that's scary. Four me's in one body...

eek

`K

 

[LeStEr]

He probly settled for free mcdonalds for life 😀

 

[Squisher]

I'm not so sure that FAT isn't a quailifying factor to fall under ADA:

To qualify under the ADA, an individual must match at least one of three descriptions:

1. A person with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one of more of the major life activities.

Major Life Activities include:
Caring for Oneself
Performing Manual Tasks
Walking, Seeing, Hearing, Breathing,
Speaking, Learning, Working
Courts have added other
activities such as sitting, lifting, etc.



2. A person with a record of such a physical or mental impairment: e.g., past enrollment in Special Education, mental illness case records/counseling records, medical records, etc.


3. A person who is regarded as having such an impairment: e.g., a person with burns/scarring may not experience significant impairment of functioning, but as long as someone considers them to be disabled, they are covered under the ADA.