Man sues White Castle because he’s too fat to fit in the booths.
Although I also have a weight problem, I have no sympathy for this guy. Rather, I’d be embarrassed to step foot in the place again . . . or at least sit in the booth.
He now sends his wife to White Castle. To do what, sit in the booth for him?
From your link:
Does the failure to provide for plus-size people violate the Americans with Disabilities Act?
I honestly don’t know.
But if it does, then I’d say the problem is with the Act, and not Mr. Kessman.
As a chubster myself, some restaurants’ booths are uncomfortably tight and regrettably non-adjustable. I haven’t failed to fit into one… yet… but my solution is to go through the drive-thru, or, better, to patronize an eatery with larger booths. Their loss is another restaurant’s gain.
I’ve found that in particular, steakhouses, Italian restaurants, and sit-down tex-mex restaurants seem to have significantly larger booths than fast food places. 'Cause EVERYTHING’S bigger in Texas (and Italy), right?
If he’s sucessful with his lawsuit how would this carry over to the airlines?
Could they be sued for not providing large enough seats?
As I recall some airlines are requiring passengers to buy a second seat if they don’t fit in a single seat, but I haven’t flown recently, so I can’t verify that . I’m fat myself, but I don’t necessarily disagree with them, but I tend to just look for a better deal rather than a lawsuit. It isn’t like I fly at all if I can avoid it. I just get an aisle seat whenever possible.
The linked article lists his weight at 290 pounds, which isn’t that big in American obesity terms. It also notes that his issue is that he repeatedly knocked his knee on metal supports under the table. I’m not sure what that has to do with his weight, to be honest, so I’m not sure I understand exactly what the deal is.
Most restaurants have regular tables in addition to booths. So why not just sit at one of them?
Or why doesn’t he just stop going to White Castle all together? Seriously, maybe this is an omen, or something, dude.
It’s White Castle. Comfortable accommodations is not what they sell.
The formal term at Southwest, the archetype of that policy, is “a customer of size”. And yes they do, ostensibly, when it actually leads you to inutilize the next seat – you can ask for a refund if the plane was not sold out (i.e. if you didn’t bump anyone)
As a male in that size ballpark, I’d guess he may be slouching to fit his gut under the table top which means his knees are further in.
I suspect he thinks he has an issue because he thought he got agreement from management that they would address the problem.
Given the number of obese people, it just seems like a bad business decision not to accommodate a substantial subset of your market. Certainly not worthy of a lawsuit.
Fuck him. If you can’t fit in the booth, either dump the lard or use the drive-thru. Being a fat-ass is mostly a choice. Suck it up or stay home.
I’ve got one hell of a gut myself, and it is my own damn fault. If a booth is too tight, I take it as a sign that I ought to eat a few more salads and a few less fast food sliders.
At the very least, wouldn’t you think he’d be organizing a boycott? Except he’s still patronizing them, he’s just having his wife buy the food for him.
I don’t even need to add a punchline.
But if he boycotted, he’d probably lose weight, which would then enable him to fit in the booth at White Castle, thus defeating the whole purpose of the lawsuit, which is (of course) to make money.
Problem is that having the seating farther from the table is uncomfortable for other patrons. I hate when booths are set up like that and you have to practically perch on the edge of your seat in order to eat, and I’m hardly a waif myself.
I suppose White Castle could have some small booths and some large booths. Maybe special ‘customer of size’ booths with some kind of symbol on them to distinguish them from the regular booths. I’m sure that would work out.
I get that it sucks to be uncomfortable, but I agree that it is nothing to sue over.
The typical solution as mentioned earlier in the thread is tables with chairs. And even with booths, having the table somewhat adjustable is also a solution. Often only a couple of inches is enough to make room. Of course, there’s always going to be someone that won’t fit, but you can accommodate more of the bell curve, especially one skewing heavy.
He should spend less time eating sliders and more time enjoying the harvest moon.
i’m not a stick figure but this whole thing about fat people suing over the fact that the rest of the planet may not accomodate their fat ass is ridiculous.
if you’re too fat to fit in the booth…perhaps you should consider losing weight.
if you’re too fat to fit into one seat on a plane…perhaps you should consider losing weight.
being fat and suing bc you’re uncomfortable due to your fatness is stupid. it was your choice to be a lardass and it’s your choice to stay that way or do something healthy to remedy the issue.
I think the airlines should also sue White Castle, for “making” people fat.
This is an excellent idea. They could have a picture of a *customer of size *getting stuck in the booth, and then have a red circle with a slash through it.
No one steal that idea. I’m gonna go work on the prototype right now.
wait…then they’d sue bc they’re being segregated and singled out. and you’d have to make sure the person of size in your picture doesn’t resemble ANY particular ethnicity bc they’d sue for that as well.