"She, the doctor comes out and she says, 'I'm sorry but you're too fat for our tables. You're going to probably break a table and then you'd have to pay for it,'" Smith said.
"And I was like, in shock, like I'm hearing this?" She left the center in tears. She couldn't understand. She's six-foot-three and had massages even before she'd lost 47 pounds to drop to about 250.
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Penny Wells, the owner of Natural Healing, wouldn't talk on camera, but she says she called Smith "large," not fat. And she worried a table might collapse because one had broken under a 165-pound man.
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Last time I checked, the management has a right to refuse service. Grow up, ffs.
It might be a good idea for this kind of business to invest in tables that can hold more than 165 pounds.
Maybe they should get a block and tackle to get her on and off the reinforced table too. Good for her for losing weight, but don't whine when people don't want their livelihoods jeopardized.
Perhaps a StairMaster would be a better life choice than a massage table?
I can't imagine what kind of table wouldn't support 250. Also, she just ran a marathon to the asshat who said to invest in a StairMaster.
Nonsense. I have a portable table that has a max working weight of 800 pounds. Having a table collapse under a 165 pound person is ridiculous. These people need to buy actual decent equipment or at least set it up properly. A standard table would be able to take that weight no problem. Even 250 lbs should not be an issue. How different would these commenters feel if this article was about a 6'5" man? I've had plenty of large people on my table. This is pure discrimination and body shaming.
"How different would these commenters feel if this article was about a 6'5" man?"
I'd think he was an even bigger whiner.
"This is pure discrimination and body shaming"
No it's not, it's the owner of a business choosing whom to do business with. In this case they chose not to as they believed their equipment, and thus livelihood, would be damaged. Simple, no hysteria necessary.
I hope that people will take heed and avoid this place. They may have a right to refuse service, but consumers also have the right to boycott businesses based on their prejudices.
This was said to a prospective patient of a Licensed Acupuncturists office (who uses the designation 'Doctor' - as was awarded by a school in California). This is inappropriate treatment and handling of a prospective patient - no matter what modality of therapy she was walking into the good Doctor's office for.
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