As I understand it, passengers who cannot fit into an airplane seat with the armrest down must purchase two tickets and then are reimbursed for one of them. Is that correct? I see nothing wrong with that. It’s applied even to pregnant women who cannot fit into a seat. The point is that you impose on another…

It would be nice if people could pay a bit extra for some designated larger seats in coach rather than pay a whole LOT extra to get larger seats as part of a full first-class upgrade.

Lulz.

Look, the Obesity Epidemic™ is a real thing. If some way, some how, commercial (like 737) airline flight is compromised by weight (which of course it is, but I’m sure we’re a long way off from toeing that line), then why *wouldn’t* you want this to be a thing?

Is it possible that not everyone in the world experiences fat shaming the way people do in North America? I’m not saying I know anything about Uzbekistani culture, but this article seems to leap to some conclusions.

Fuck that shit! What use is keeping a plane in the air if you have to expose a person to *triggers*?

I’ve been on a few trips in my life where we’ve either been asked for our weights ahead of time or actually weighed at the airport. These are always on little planes where a difference of 50 pounds matters and frankly, I’m happy to jump on a scale if that’s helping to keep my plane in the air.

Don’t mean to be harsh, but could your friend just pick foods for that one meal that isn’t tough to clean? How about a good ol’ piece of toast, piece of cheese, a teething biscuit...

And bring something to help keep them occupied. My nephews (whom I love to death) were terrible about getting into sugar packets and ripping up straw wrappers. My sister hates carrying a purse and never had anything to entertain them with when they were little. Also never had tissues.

I have a toddler and kids running in restaurants just take my breath away with fear. My kid is small and hard to see, has the physical grace of a mid-blackout drunk, and has no concept of her own mortality. On the rare occasions we’re in restaurants I’m overcome by visions of her crashing into a server and bringing a…

I stepped on a child the other day while holding a tray. It was a controlled crash as we had a full 180 pax in our dining area that realistically should take 140 and I had a colleague backing away from a table clearing plates coming right at me and if I stopped for the kid we’d be left with 6 plates and a tray of…

I’ve got three grown sons, and I just don’t get these kinds of parents. When my kids were little if they started acting up in a restaurant, in faster than light speed we were having a come to jesus meeting with them in the parking lot. I can’t stand bratty behavior, so why would I think anyone else should tolerate it?

her response? “Well where is he supposed to play?”

Never understood letting toddlers out of their seats at a restaurant. Seems to be a poor mix of Free Range ass hattery and just bad manners.

I read a Not Always Right story (tried to find it again) where a mother freaks out that an employee was dragging her child around by the hand. The child had slipped through the kitchen doors and had been caught reaching for a rack full of knives!

while I think the parent were the ones at fault and the owner should have yelled at THEM not the kid (no issue with the yelling - just the person to whom it was directed). Bottom line the kid is being a clearly unparented kid - not his or her fault - HOWEVER, given she did yell at the kid - the kid will survive -…

Bet your arse that if the child runs into you and you pour hot soup/coffee/etc over them, they’re the first ones to bitch.

Made me cry. A show hardly known for sentiment or emotions, and the moment Jenna hit that note, I got teary.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIII WILL NEVER FORGET YOU,

but please please please, don’t give her the same accent she had on 30 rock

Julianne Moore.