FAT people are Discriminated against at prime

Well, I try and walk several times a day. Park away from the front row, but close as my wife travels with me.
Try and stay away from McDumspters/ Subway etc..
My wife is asian so we eat alot of Thai. food.
They do not bread coat their food like the chineese /american food made in the states.
Even real chineese food is not breaded that much.
Stay away from soda. Have some not many..
Lay off the junk foods.

 

I drink water, flavored water and mostly Tea. I will have a coke once in a while. Snack on pop corn but I have a bad sweet tooth lol So I force myself to eat a few prices of chocalate. When I start driving I will plan on eating cold grapes or carrots, yum. Once a week or 2 weeks I will treat myself to fast food or a resturaunt.

 

Get caught again numbers?

 

Lol That's wrong. Lol

 

I accept your dare and present this~

Originally published November 7, 2005 at 12:00 AM | Page modified November 7, 2005 at 1:31 PM


Oregon trucker suspended for obesity wins lawsuit

A truck driver suspended for his obesity has won a landmark lawsuit over job performance.
The Associated Press


PORTLAND ' A truck driver suspended for his obesity has won a landmark lawsuit over job performance.
The key was a videotape of John McDuffy at work, all 550 pounds of him.
"I didn't really think something like this would ever happen to me because I could always do my job," McDuffy said.
The extra girth runs in the family. His 6-foot-6 father once weighed 700 pounds.
"I thought people could overlook my size because I could prove to them I could do the job, and everything would be fine," he said. "But it's not true. It doesn't matter."
McDuffy, who stands 6 feet tall, has been a commercial truck driver since 1987. After moving his wife and three young children from Ohio to Oregon, he landed a job in April 2003 with Interstate Distributor Co., a family-owned operation with headquarters in Tacoma, and 3,000 employees and contractors.
The job went well, McDuffy said, except for spending two days on worker compensation to rest a sprained knee.
In mid-May 2004, supervisors assigned McDuffy to a truck that was smaller than usual. The adjusting mechanism for the steering wheel was broken, and he could not fit in the cab. He reported the problem to the supervisors.
The next day, the supervisors stunned McDuffy by telling him that he was suspended without pay until further notice.
"I could see them suspending me if I did something wrong, or if I couldn't do my job," he said. "But I'd been there 14 months. I'd always done my job. I did whatever I was asked to do."
At a meeting with Lani Dalich, Interstate's human resources director, McDuffy was told that the company was concerned for his health. She did not talk about how he did his job.
At the end of May, the supervisors found McDuffy a bigger truck. But 10 days later, Dalich suspended McDuffy again until a doctor pronounced him fit to work.

But in a report to Interstate, Craven wrote that McDuffy could drive a truck, even if he probably could not operate a forklift, climb up and down from a trailer or handle freight.Dr. Timothy Craven determined that McDuffy was morbidly obese at twice the ideal weight for his height.
Interstate's lawyer in Portland, Alan Lee, then asked Craven whether McDuffy posed "a direct threat" to himself or others. The doctor said again that McDuffy's abilities were limited, but he could drive.
But Dalich told McDuffy he would remain suspended. McDuffy found an attorney, Michael Ross, and sued Interstate.
When a Multnomah County Circuit Court jury saw a videotape of McDuffy on the job, he felt embarrassed, but the jury saw that he was doing his job.
The jury deliberated for less than four hours when it awarded McDuffy $109,000 on Oct.5.
His attorney, Ross, said 11 of the 12 jurors stopped to talk after delivering their verdict.
"They were proud of themselves," Ross said. "They were appalled at the way (Interstate) treated John. They told us, 'We wanted to send a message that you can't do this to people."'

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2002609391_webtruckerlawsuit07.html

 

Wouldn't it have just been easier to lose some weight. I mean really, a guy only 6ft tall weighing in at 500lbs? I hate to tell the driver but thats not "extra girth". That's disgustingly fat. I wouldn't hire that heart attack in waiting either.

 

Probably cheaper to put him out of our misery. They shoot horses!

 

What an ignorant statement.

You assume all overweight people eat out to much?

 

I hate to say , but I would be in agreement with this type new ruling . A driver is usually under alot of stress just from being on duty 14 hours & dealing with customers & traffic ! Anyone more than 25 pounds over thier hieght/weight chart , is an accident waiting to happen . I understand what they are trying to do with this & Highway Safety is a major issue . A driver in Indiana had a heart attack driving & ended up killing another person + he died because of the attack !!
I see everyday a driver parking at the fuel pumps & going in & coming out with 2 bags of McDonalds & he is the only person in the truck ! How about parking in the back row , walking to the McDonalds & getting 2 less "Big Mac" sandwiches & then walk back to his/her truck ! Oh , soda this also is a very bad thing way to much sugar & calories & Mt. Dew is one of the worse ones ! So , I guess if you want to drive truck then get smart & GO on a DIET !!! I stand with Prime & the Government on this rule !

 

My uncle was 43 when a massive stroke killed him. He was a pharmacist.

He was 5'4", 130 pounds.

Take your 25 pound threshold and shove it.

25 pounds. CHARTS?? #### charts are just like a dispatchers computer....one-dimensional. Taking into account absolutely nothing but what it THINKS is right.

This sentence has my blood pressure up far more than my extra weight. What a load of BS.