The Texas Tribune reports that Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas has a policy against hiring obese people. If you recall, in August of 2011 I predicted there would soon be a fat tax. I’m guessing if you can’t get a job, then that’s a 100% tax.
The Medical Center refuses to hire anyone with a body mass index over 35. That means that if you are 5 foot 10 inches, you cannot weigh over 245 pounds. Chief executive David Brown is reported to have said, "The majority of our patients are over 65, and they have expectations that cannot be ignored in terms of personal appearance." The obvious question, "does this mean that old people don’t like fat people?"
Before you say it, this is not discrimination in Texas. There is only one state and a half dozen cities that ban discrimination against the overweight in hiring.
Look out fat people, nobody likes you. Pretty soon, you’ll be banished from restaurants and bars. You’ll be outside with the smokers. Wait, they can’t even smoke outside.
Has the world lost it’s mind or is it just the people in it.
I used to think that if they stopped the world I would get off. Now I think, if they’ll just slow it down, I’ll jump.
PMO
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