Overweight man awarded $2,000 for job discrimination

Wanna wager on how much of that $2K ends up in the cash register at KFC?

geeez that's why they didn't hire me, those extra pounds.. I wonder if I could get damages too LOL

When he called Steenson to ask why he had not been offered a shift, she told him that because of his weight, "it would be too hard on him to work a long shift as he could not stand that long," according to tribunal documents.


She was only telling him the truth. Obviously he took it as a personal Jabba!

"An overweight B.C. man has been awarded $2,000 in damages for "injury to his dignity, feelings and self-respect" after he lost out on work as a construction flagger because he was too fat." As much as I feel for the plight of people with all sorts of disabilities, I have to believe that the "injury to his dignity, feelings and self-respect" are his own doing.

"An overweight B.C. man has been awarded $2,000 in damages for "injury to his dignity, feelings and self-respect" after he lost out on work as a construction flagger because he was too fat." As much as I feel for the plight of people with all sorts of disabilities, I have to believe that the "injury to his dignity, feelings and self-respect" are his own doing.

you said it

Obesity is a disability. I am glad this guy sued. I have a niece who was let go from a fast food place. Because she was, as they said too big for other staff to manouver around her at the counter. She was 16 and this had a lasting effect on her. She has had and eating disorder ever since and she is in her late 40s.

Too funny Zip

Obesity is a character flaw. Paralysis is a disability. Cerebral palsy is a disability. If anyone with an actual disability had the choice to be otherwise they would. Someone who weighs a sizable fraction of a metric ton can resolve that by an act of character. The choice is theirs.



So your niece potentially created a fire and safety issue for her coworkers and, perhaps, her customers, as well. Did the restaurant have an obligation to modify their building at great expense to accomadate your niece or, perhaps, do you think your niece owed it to the people she worked with to make her butt small enough to get around?



Her problems are not the employer's problems nor should her coworkers suffer because of her issues. Maybe if your niece would figure out that passing up on that eighth helping of poutine is a good idea she'd do better in life.

I recall in college a girl was attracted to me who was rather large and I told her she was not my type. When pressed I told her I found fat to be unattractive. I hurt her feelings because I would not date her.

Is that my problem? Should a Human Rights Commission have forced me to date her to make her feel better about herself? Or should she take steps to make herself more attractive? Hmmm?

Same goes for an employer.

Heck, the Navy doesn't have fat guys on subs because they can't navigate the hatches. Whose fault is that?

I do agree that obesity is disabling. However, call it what it really is. Gluttony/lack of will-power!

I couldn't be a model or a flight attendant because I am too short... Should I sue all airlines and model agencies now?

You can only it a disability if you can track what they eat, If this guy its nothing but McDonalds then he isn't disable. Some people do have metabolism problems. I can eat pretty much anything and alot of it and I don't gain weight my sister on the other hand isn't over weight but has to watch what she eats otherwise she'll pack it on, same for my father. I take after mom.

Speaking as someone who was once morbidly obese, I do have to question whether this guy had much self-respect in the first place. One of the reasons why I weighed over three hundred pounds was because I simply a very low opinion of myself and didn't care about what I did to my body. Thankfully, that's all behind me now and I'm at a healthy weight.

Just sayin'