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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:21 AM Original message |
Woman kicked out of bar for being overweight |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. My question is why anyone, especially a larger woman, would patronize a club with such a policy |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. hoo-boy! |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Its not a "club", its a bar - open to anyone who wishes to pay. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Tell that to Studio 54... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. "The Dome" doesn't sound like Halifax's answer to Studio 54. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. The Dome is a hole |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Glad the folks at the Woolworth's lunch counter thought differently. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Can I label your post as the stupidest one of the day? |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. ahh...give it time. its early yet -- |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Maybe they need to install a weigh-in scale at the door |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Who are you convincing with your insults? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I didn't call the poster stupid, just the post... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. but, this poster has so many posts from which to choose. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Ain't that the awful truth... nt |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. From what I read, it sounded |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Yeah, & Why |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Cute, offensive analogy. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. The Dome's pretty damn un-private |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. I'm Not Concerned About A Club's "Rights" |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. That was the argument used to rationalize non-Jewish clubs...... |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. It's not a club as in "private club." |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. here's their website. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Thanks, I just sent them a message. nt |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Looks like 'we' have identified the problem......... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Thanks, I sent them some "choice" comments... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Check out "The Wingnuts" |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. check out the DJ link -- |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. The bar patrons look pretty normal to me. A few plump gals.... |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. Perhaps it was the stench of cigarette smoke? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yep, not only was she the fattest patron, she was the only smoker too boot - the pig. |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Hey, don't hate. Not my fault the vigor with which |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
19. Great, let's just go to another bar |
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zagging (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. Well, it wasn't in America. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. There are similarities in the cultures |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. I wonder if this bar has a similar policy for overweight men. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. Fucking Health NAZIS |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
31. I don't doubt her story... |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Size based HATE |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. You're right, but he could very well be discriminating against... |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. "No Fat Chicks". |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. Wow. She's not as big as I expected. |
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