Killexia
Well-Known Member
This is kind of a soap box rant followed by my question....sorry for making a long story long, as my grandpa would say.
My dad lives in FL and I'm in AL. We are all from MI. Every time I visit him I'm usually the biggest thing in his county. LOL There is a grocery chain there called Lucky's which is an expensive grocery store that carries unique items and is kind of like a Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. It's one of those pretentious places that I want to shop at more for their awesome produce and European chocolates, but I feel weirded out being a fat girl when I walk through those doors. For the record, I avoid places like Whole Foods on purpose and go to Walmart instead. More of a "please let me be around my people" thing.
I realized the last time I went shopping there that people are so prejudiced against big people. It is apparent in how the other customers interact with you (aka me). In fact, one customer left a review stating their distaste for the obese employees and wondered if management was going to do something about that. She said it is a bad experience to go to a store that pushes healthy foods only to be around fat employees.
My last interaction with a customer was saying excuse me as I worked my cart around them. I'm always polite in public. This old lady wearing Chanel shoes purses her lips and says I should lose weight or move out of Florida. I had a few choice words being the tough ass trucker I am, but damn!
Florida is also the only state where I was walking down the sidewalk somewhere with my dad to go do something where this skinny guy blatantly took his phone out and takes my photo. There is a slim chance he took it to masturbate to it later, but more than likely he wanted to post it and make fun of the fat girl.
I find that in my state of Alabama I am taken at more than face value and so I'm very comfortable here. I have never gone anywhere and been met with such rudeness when it comes to body size. In my entire life I can't recall ever having been singled out for being fat outside elementary school. I guess my personality shines through the rolls.
Have you ever avoided places because of a fat stigma or had people be so blatantly rude to your face in this day and age?
Sorry for being long winded.
My dad lives in FL and I'm in AL. We are all from MI. Every time I visit him I'm usually the biggest thing in his county. LOL There is a grocery chain there called Lucky's which is an expensive grocery store that carries unique items and is kind of like a Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. It's one of those pretentious places that I want to shop at more for their awesome produce and European chocolates, but I feel weirded out being a fat girl when I walk through those doors. For the record, I avoid places like Whole Foods on purpose and go to Walmart instead. More of a "please let me be around my people" thing.
I realized the last time I went shopping there that people are so prejudiced against big people. It is apparent in how the other customers interact with you (aka me). In fact, one customer left a review stating their distaste for the obese employees and wondered if management was going to do something about that. She said it is a bad experience to go to a store that pushes healthy foods only to be around fat employees.
My last interaction with a customer was saying excuse me as I worked my cart around them. I'm always polite in public. This old lady wearing Chanel shoes purses her lips and says I should lose weight or move out of Florida. I had a few choice words being the tough ass trucker I am, but damn!
Florida is also the only state where I was walking down the sidewalk somewhere with my dad to go do something where this skinny guy blatantly took his phone out and takes my photo. There is a slim chance he took it to masturbate to it later, but more than likely he wanted to post it and make fun of the fat girl.
I find that in my state of Alabama I am taken at more than face value and so I'm very comfortable here. I have never gone anywhere and been met with such rudeness when it comes to body size. In my entire life I can't recall ever having been singled out for being fat outside elementary school. I guess my personality shines through the rolls.
Have you ever avoided places because of a fat stigma or had people be so blatantly rude to your face in this day and age?
Sorry for being long winded.
