Fattist remarks, don't know what to do...?

[Ronaldinhio]

In one of my offices today....an employee said,
"I'm surprised blah was friends with me I used to be so fat"

I was busy doing other but said "huh?"

He said "yeah, she's said she thought she could never be friends with a fat person"

I was very and expressed my
when another employee piped up and said that on a number of occasions she has been openly really fattist in her attitude in the office.

She has said she thinks all fat people are lazy and that she'd rather not represent them or that they'll find it much harder getting work etc etc and she'd rather not waste her time on them.

She's never been like this around me obviously and they weren't or wouldn't make a formal complaint.
I don't know what to do but it make me so bloody cross with her

AIBU to give her job to a girl twice her size?

Are you her manager?

If so take her into your office and tell her that it is not acceptable to make such prejudgist comments, and if you hear about them again you will take it further.

I take it you work in a recruitment agency... yep I've seen that attitude before.
No YANBU!

I'm not her manager..it's a more distant relationship than that. However I have never heard her say any of this but could well believe it...
Arggghhh

TBH I was actually really shocked

Bouncing Turtle do you work in rec or have you experienced it?

YANBU.

i used to work in recuitment when I first left university. Some of the stuff the area manager said was along these lines Glad I left!!

But it's just there bubbling under the pretty, seemingly reasonable, surface.
I think I'll speak to someone in HR about it and get a steer

Some jobs have weight requirements and some clients won't dael with very fat people. It's a complex business issue.

let's not forget it is not illegal in the UK in emplyoment law to discriminate in lots of areas including weight and IQ and experience and brains and prettiness and a whole load of things.

That said most people don't pick their friends by their weight.

wow...there are some idiots on this planet