Comments on: Your Employees are Fat. Make Your Office Accommodating https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html Everything to make HR better Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html#comment-230689 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:11:18 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=6306#comment-230689 In reply to grannybunny.

I know! It was $500 round trip in coach. I knew the prices would go up as soon as the vaccine was approved, so I bought them in December, hoping we’d be able to travel this summer.

And told all my American friends in Switzerland about the amazing deals. So we all bought, fingers crossed that we’d be able to go. And we can! So yay!

]]> By: grannybunny https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html#comment-230688 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:34:55 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=6306#comment-230688 In reply to Evil HR Lady.

That is incredible. I’m paying around half that for a round-trip just between Dallas and Las Vegas, on Southwest, with the cramped seating. The only saving grace is that I’m an individual with a disability, so I get to board first and can, thus, avoid the dreaded Middle Seat! 🙂

]]> By: Kathy https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html#comment-230687 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:30:17 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=6306#comment-230687 Brilliant, Suzanne! As a fit member of the 29%, I would like to poke the snoot of the next person who talks to me about a wellness program (“and our step counter lets you challenge your boss to an online step competition!” Ugh. Spare me the creepy patronizing nonsense!) All we really know about obesity is that it’s not about laziness or lack of motivation, and statistics show that diets and exercise plans fail to control weight over 90% of the time. Until science finds an effective way to control weight, let’s just be kind to one another. Yes: good chairs.

]]> By: BethRA https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html#comment-230686 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:26:28 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=6306#comment-230686 “Now, before someone tells me off for using the word fat, I’m going to point out that this a descriptive term and not a judgment term.”

You could also point out that “fat” what activists working on these issues prefer to use.

Great post. Buying chairs that are comfortable and supportive, and choosing uniforms that look good on the actual humans who will wear them should be a no-brainer, but here we are.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html#comment-230685 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:01:17 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=6306#comment-230685 In reply to Mr. Cajun2core.

Absolutely! Most bargains aren’t bargains.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html#comment-230684 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:00:37 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=6306#comment-230684 In reply to grannybunny.

My transatlantic flights are economy plus, with more leg and behind room. I sprung for the extra cost because it was $800 round trip for economy plus! Can you believe it??? $800 for Basel to Las Vegas round trip in economy plus. I normally pay $1200 for coach.

]]> By: Mr. Cajun2core https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html#comment-230680 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:33:15 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=6306#comment-230680 Also buy stronger higher quality chairs. Buying a cheap chair isn’t worth it if you have to replace it every 6 months.

]]> By: grannybunny https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html#comment-230678 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:56:15 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=6306#comment-230678 In reply to Evil HR Lady.

Ooh, and you’re going to be stuck in those cramped airline seats for some long flights. 🙁

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html#comment-230677 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:56:21 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=6306#comment-230677 In reply to grannybunny.

Same. I had hoped to lose 10 percent of my body weight before I got on the plane to come to the US this summer, and it’s looking like it ain’t gonna happen.

]]> By: grannybunny https://www.evilhrlady.org/2021/06/your-employees-are-fat-make-your-office-accommodating.html#comment-230676 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:53:41 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=6306#comment-230676 Hey, I didn’t need to add the COVID-15; I was — and am — already fat. I note that fat discrimination is one of the only remaining types that is still legal. So, I sincerely appreciate this post.

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