Has she considered sumo wrestling, since we are told by the usual suspects that women can do everything a man can do?
Nothing is the article about costs related to hiring morbidly obese people. Insurance costs, days missed, new chairs....
Wow. I’m 5’11” and 180. I couldn’t imagine weighing 525.
I know people who have weight problems who do not overeat and who exercise like fiends. Calling them nasty names is just cruel.
Her BMI is/was 73.2. Obese starts at 30.
525 lbs is far more than just “overweight”. If employers were not hiring merely overweight people almost nobody would have a job in this country.
“...Owens, who was 525 pounds at 5’11” at the time of her interview....”
Well, they do have to fit through the front door....
At five and a quarter I’ll bet she would have trouble just getting through the doorways.
My observation of severely overweight people if they have been obese since their early teens or before is that almost all can be counted on to be totally self centered. All ME and RIGHT NOW!
This calls for Al Bundy.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVg5QqJoxuU
Someone who’s already carrying 400 pounds is going to have a hard time carrying around more in a physically active environment.
525 pounds is merely “overweight”? Let’s see what the CDC “Adult BMI Calculator” says:
Height: 5 feet, 11 inches
Weight: 525 pounds
Your BMI is 73.2, indicating your weight is in the Obese category for adults of your height.
For your height, a normal weight range would be from 133 to 179 pounds.
You can spread and average out your payroll costs per pound. Makes them a cheaper employee.
Then all of these obese women that work here must have gotten that way after they were hired.
Same goes for men, unless it’s for weightlifting, bouncer, Sumo wrestler or bodyguard.
“she suspects her size was working against her”
Honey, at 525 pounds, GRAVITY itself is working against you.
That's not "overweight", that's medically dangerous and likely to wreck the health budget of a small business. I have hired plump men and women - if they could do the math and had the work ethic. The people I was looking for were not necessarily athletes or social butterflies. However, I would have been hesitant to hire if my first thought was that they might not live very long or remain healthy enough to work when needed.
I’d have no issues with someone relatively lighter, as long as they can get around as the job requires. I am assuming the 500+ means she can’t move enough.