on 01-07-2013 05:27 PM
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/17821686/woman-refused-pedicure-for-being-too-fat/
A woman has recorded the moment she was refused a pedicure from a US nail salon after staff told her she was too large to fit in the chair.
Rachel Bascue was denied treatment at Regal Nails Salon in Hot Springs, Arkansas just one day after her mother was also refused a pedicure at the salon for the same reason.
On her second attempt to have a pedicure Ms. Bascue secretly recorded her conversation with salon staff on her mobile phone.
In the footage a male employee can be heard telling Ms Bascue she is too fat and would break the chair.
"You cannot (fit) over 250 lbs (112kg). You don't fit.
"I've tried to tell you too many times. It's not fit for you. It's dangerous. It's for your own benefit," the employee continued.
Ms Bascue said despite the employees claims, she and her mother had both been treated at the salon in the past without any problems.
She conceded the public humiliated she suffered during the altercation with salon staff was the worst abuse she has experience.
"I have been talked about and made fun of, but this is the first time I was made to feel like a freak," Bascue told NBC.
"I shouldn't be discriminated (sic), nobody should be made to feel like that."
Umm I have opinions about this, but I won't say what they are yet, want to see what others think.
on 01-07-2013 06:34 PM
I was referring to some of the responses here not to how the proprietor handled the situation. Some need to take a long, hard look at their themselves.
on 01-07-2013 07:00 PM
I was referring to some of the responses here not to how the proprietor handled the situation. Some need to take a long, hard look at their themselves.
who exactly are you referring to>?
because as I read it, everyone who posted has been polite- besides me....I was flippant......
on 01-07-2013 07:13 PM
It was an issue when I was being taken into hospital theater, apparently the operating table is only rated to 100kg, not sure if they disregarded the weight limit or just used a different table, but there was a bit of a carry on over it by the staff in the pre-opp area
on 01-07-2013 07:21 PM
Probably me duff I was a bit rude I think, but if you are going to be that big that is fine most big people are happy people I am not all that small myself well a size 16 but unless you have an illness which many people do there is no need to be that big.
If it worries you that you can't go some places then lose weight or don't go.
And in answer to doozy bob up there I have a lot of compassion for big people I design all my clothing around them as I realize they like to look nice but I don't think any of them would be as rude as those 2 were.
Their answer would be to have a private peddy in their own home.
on 01-07-2013 07:39 PM
oh! LOL I actually missed your post Margo.
pmsl. say it like it is.
on 01-07-2013 07:42 PM
#post 10 was probably it....
on 01-07-2013 07:49 PM
oh LOL Az. I missed that too 😛
on 01-07-2013 07:51 PM
CG's. just LOL. even I wouldnt have been that harsh. ya made me choke on ma drink 😛
on 01-07-2013 08:06 PM
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I don't think fat ppl are happy people, they just live the illusion.
on 01-07-2013 08:07 PM
you're a bad girl crystal you said it worse than me. I don't feel so bad now
can you show me a pic. :^O