Councillor Francisco Sellin, who proposed the law, said it wasn't fair to expect someone who has a smaller stomach to pay the same for their food as a normal person. He said: 'People with a gastric band eat less than half what everyone else eats. If they order a dish from the menu they'll only manage to eat a fraction of it. They shouldn't have to pay the same.'
Patients who have had stomach reduction surgery will get a card giving them the right to pay just half of their final bill, he added. He said: 'Most restaurants don't give customers the option of ordering half a portion, leaving people with gastric bands ultimately paying more for the food they eat.'
The number of stomach reduction operations in Brazil increased 375 per cent between 2003 and 2011, from 16,000 to over 60,000 procedures a year. In Campinas, between five and eight gastric band procedures are performed every week.
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I don't see a problem. A friend's wife had her stomach stapled and could only eat about a handful of food at a time or she'd get what's called "dumping syndrome". A normal restaurant portion took her two or three sittings to finish.
There's a buffet I go to sometimes that does this too:
"Gastric Bypass Surgery Policy
Year #1 – 50% off base price.
Year #2 – 10% off base price.
Year #3 – 0% off base price."
They also have lower prices for children and seniors in two age groups each. People for whom 'all you can eat' isn't very much should get in cheaper.
You might think 'why go to a buffet at all if you've had your stomach reduced,' but this place is a local institution, a tradition for a lot of people, and somewhere that people bring visiting relatives. It's good that they have this policy, for people who might get 'dragged' there. (They didn't when I was there with my friend's wife, but oh well.)
the natural follow-up is charging fat people more for airplane-tickets.
But where do you draw the line for who is fat, if it is the result of some disease (maybe there sickness making you fat, I dont know) or "big boned"..
For me personaly, I get pissed off if I get charged extra for too large luggage (I weigh 68-69kg) when some 100+kg pay the same amount for a ticket.
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