A lyft driver refuses a plus size woman in his car

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I feel sorry for him. He’s going to lose his job at this rate, as management seem to be seeking her out to apologise.

Could he have worded it better? Absolutely.

Is she right to demand to ride in his car when he says she won’t fit and will damage his car? No!

Theres XL lyft for this exact reason

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Referring to her as "that" then doing some weird "edit"

And?

This. ^ Like when I went on a balloon flight, when I booked it they asked me my weight. Apparently you couldn't be more than 17 stone. Even though the balloon basket could take 120 stone (or so) you can only have 17 stone maximum in each section.

Some people weighed much less, so it was balanced. Eg, someone who weighs nearly 17 stone would be counterbalanced against 2 people who weight 8 stone each. I was 10 stone, so was counterbalanced with a woman who was 7 stone. But nobody could be more than 17 stone.

Hysteria much! He probably has enough seats in the car to carry 3/4 people at a time so weight wise what’s the difference?

As pp said it’s the weight distribution.

Because, as people have said, the weight of three people weighing 10 stone over three seats won’t do the same damage as one person weighing 30 stone sitting in one spot.

Oh fgs.

She is 35 fucking stone. Him turning down the job can affect his review rating and he will also lose money for that particular lift.

He's allowed to deny a service to anyone he sees fit (no pun intended.)

Not everyone is out to shoot down obese people.

I don’t want to presume pronouns.

Oh, come on. Pander?

Isnt this an influenza type thing to get clicks?

Serious question, why is it so bad to point out that someone is extremely overweight/super morbidly obese? Why are some posters getting salty and angry at people just pointing out cold hard facts?! No-one is being 'rude,' people are stating facts. Maybe some people are feeling touchy because some other posters are hitting a raw nerve.

The distribution of the weight. That weight in one seat will affect the suspension and handling of the vehicle.

He's not the only one who saw an opportunity to be nasty and jumped at it.

Then you would say, "Them." But, I think you know that, don't you?
@sometimesmovingforwards

I wouldn’t ruin my car by letting someone that big get in it. Especially when my job replied on having a car.
It’s like letting someone too small for a fairground ride go on it anyway. It’s risky.

I can't believe a grown adult had to ask that question!

Yes pander. You think he should just say ‘oh yes come on in love, fuck my suspension and my livelihood, your feelings are much more important’.

Yes, pander. That's what the woman is expecting people to do. Pander to her. Glad the man made a stand.

She’d have fucked his suspension. You can feel a car tilt and sink when someone “heavy” gets in the other side.

The article refers to her as she/her through out. If you really wanted to be gender neutral about it then "they/them" is the standard default not "that". "That" is for objects.

Nobody knows this woman and everyone is entitled to an opinion about her body?
also, many comments in this thread have been body shaming her and and not treating her like a human that deserves respect because the scales says a number that according to them is not ideal.

Maybe people should stop talking about other people’s bodies

I remember that and I agreed with you.

I think this one is a political thread though - could everyone be careful agreeing with it. It's sort of Trumpest....

I think with threads like that it totally depends on the tone of the first few replies. Everyone takes their cue. I remember a thread where the OP didn't want to give a colleague a lift for this same reason, and 90% agreed with her.

Oh come off it, you must think we're daft. If you were trying to use neutral pronouns you'd have said "they" rather than "that". Own it, stop your pathetic backpedalling.

Surely the car can take 3 people so as long as she physically can fit into the vehicle what is the problem. Dh and i combined do not weigh that much less we travel in small cars without issue