Fat shamed woman files complaint against amusement park

[madoka]

She filed a discrimination complaint with the Florida Commission on Human Relations. She said overweight people should be a protected class.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/wom...iling-discrimination-complaint-141517222.html

A woman who claims staff at Universal’s Islands of Adventure “humiliated” her by refusing to accommodate her size has filed a discrimination complaint with the Florida Commission on Human Relations, WFTV reports.

Angel Morales singled out the Orlando amusement park’s Skull Island: Reign of Kong ride, which she was unable to enjoy because employees allegedly declined her request to make room by having one fewer persons in her row. She said a worker on the ride told her they needed to “push for capacity.”

“It’s somewhat humiliating to have to ask for an accommodation because of one’s weight — that you have to put yourself out there and kind of beg to be able to ride and embarrass yourself because of weight,” Morales said.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

People who have eating disorders should be treated the same as those with a substance abuse problem - no enabling.

Healthcare should pay for these people to go to fat-camp rehab for 90-days or more. Her late in life health care costs will be ever increasing unless she learns to put the fork down. Pay now or pay way more later .

 

[Red Storm]

Guessed Florida before even clicking on the thread.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Guessed Florida before even clicking on the thread.

Real impressive - the title had Amusement Park and its the middle of winter still. You had a 50/50 shot of FL or CA.

 

[Red Storm]

Real impressive - the title had Amusement Park and its the middle of winter still. You had a 50/50 shot of FL or CA.

Oh I didn't even get that far. I read "Fat shamed woman..." and automatically assumed Florida.

 

[SKORPI0]

Humiliated because she is too lazy to lose some weight, pathetic. If she wanted another seat to accommodate her, the park should have asked her to pay double the entrance fee.

 

[WelshBloke]

If you're too fat to fit in one seat on a roller coaster its probably for the best that you aren't allowed on a roller coaster.

 

[rh71]

This ride looks to be bench seating 5-6 across. Even if they have to fill to capacity, 1 less person she made move to the next car isn't going to affect wait times that much. Employee should have just moved the extra person to the next car (if they even had to do that) and avoided this whole scene. This isn't happening every 2 minutes.

Anyway, it happened, and now she's making a bigger scene and drawing more attention to her weight.

 

[IronWing]

This ride looks to be bench seating 5-6 across. Even if they have to fill to capacity, 1 less person she made move to the next car isn't going to affect wait times that much. Employee should have just moved the extra person to the next car and avoided this whole scene. This isn't happening every 2 minutes.

They couldn't; she was beside herself.

 

[Nashemon]

IIRC, that ride is a bench seat with no belts or harnesses of any kind. It's just like 5-7 people in a row. So, there's nothing for her to not fit into that would need an accommodation. I can't understand why they wouldn't let her ride it rather than just letting the 7th person wait for the next tram.

 

[WelshBloke]

IIRC, that ride is a bench seat with no belts or harnesses of any kind. It's just like 5-7 people in a row. So, there's nothing for her to not fit into that would need an accommodation. I can't understand why they wouldn't let her ride it rather than just letting the 7th person wait for the next tram.

So, imagine that you are on the outside of a corner and she is on the inside of the corner and then you go around that corner fast...

 

[renz20003]

IIRC, that ride is a bench seat with no belts or harnesses of any kind. It's just like 5-7 people in a row. So, there's nothing for her to not fit into that would need an accommodation. I can't understand why they wouldn't let her ride it rather than just letting the 7th person wait for the next tram.

Because they needed to push for max capacity.

 

[Crono]

You can take the approach Morales did, or that of one of the commenters quoted in the article:

“I don’t fit on either of Harry Potter rides, [but] I didn’t feel fat-shamed,” added another commenter. “It was actually nice to see the tester seats in front of the ride. It is what it is, but I am now on the Potter diet; every time I eat something bad my daughter says Harry Potter haha.”

I prefer the latter.

 

[Nashemon]

So, imagine that you are on the outside of a corner and she is on the inside of the corner and then you go around that corner fast...

It's not that kind of ride.

Because they needed to fill it to max capacity

They literally don't. Say there is room for 7 people. But the 7 of them in queue are just slightly above average in width. None of them are overweight, but just large enough that their combined girth makes it impossible for the 7th person to fit. Are they going to kick all of them off the ride? What's the difference in that and this scenario?

One person doesn't get to ride either way. Why make one person not get to ride at all?

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

"Excuse me ma'am, you're simply too wide for this seat" is now considered "fat shaming", so go figure. I sincerely hope people like this choke on their next turkey leg. We live in a society of cheapasses - so even when a fattie should pay for 2 seats on a flight they feel entitled to only pay for one when they consume 1.5 seats.

I say this as a former fatass, you have no PC initiative against me when I can safely say "I've been there".

 

[IronWing]

One person doesn't get to ride either way. Why make one person not get to ride at all?

Maybe there is more to the story?

 

[WelshBloke]

It's not that kind of ride.

It'll have been engineered to certain limits though. Those limits will have assumed "normal" weights for passengers.

 

[Nashemon]

Maybe there is more to the story?

There has to be, cause it makes no sense to me. Maybe a language barrier?

It'll have been engineered to certain limits though. Those limits will have assumed "normal" weights for passengers.

Sure, move the goal posts. I understand physics. We don't know how much she weights. It could be 500 pounds, but do you really think that's not offset by one person not riding? I'm sure the limits aren't "exactly 7 people per row."

 

[WelshBloke]

Sure, move the goal posts. I understand physics. We don't know how much she weights. It could be 500 pounds, but do you really think that's not offset by one person not riding? I'm sure the limits aren't "exactly 7 people per row."

What goal posts?

The people running the ride dont have to let anyone on. They can decide that its not safe, or that they want to fit as many people on as possible or that it might be unpleasant for the other passengers to be squished by this lady.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Amusement parks need to amend those signs for how tall you have to be to ride. Just add another measurement, you need to be *this tall* and *this thin* to board this attraction. Or just use a narrow gate at the entrance to the line. "If you can't get through here, turn around now."

 

[shortylickens]

Hey there big heffa!
Ram it in my poopa!
We have a winna!

 

[Crono]

Amusement parks need to amend those signs for how tall you have to be to ride. Just add another measurement, you need to be *this tall* and *this thin* to board this attraction. Or just use a narrow gate at the entrance to the line. "If you can't get through here, turn around now."

They had a tester seat.

 

[lxskllr]

If her suit works out, I've got a career idea for shorty...

:^P

edit:
I guess the OP isn't a lawsuit, but shorty can take it all the way for some sweet cash.

 

[renz20003]

It's not that kind of ride.


They literally don't. Say there is room for 7 people. But the 7 of them in queue are just slightly above average in width. None of them are overweight, but just large enough that their combined girth makes it impossible for the 7th person to fit. Are they going to kick all of them off the ride? What's the difference in that and this scenario?

One person doesn't get to ride either way. Why make one person not get to ride at all?

Because she's fat?

 

[Darwin333]

This ride looks to be bench seating 5-6 across. Even if they have to fill to capacity, 1 less person she made move to the next car isn't going to affect wait times that much. Employee should have just moved the extra person to the next car (if they even had to do that) and avoided this whole scene. This isn't happening every 2 minutes.

Anyway, it happened, and now she's making a bigger scene and drawing more attention to her weight.

We know that she wasn't that embarrassed, at least not embarrassed enough to pass up a potentially decent payday.