Lawsuit: White Castle violating civil rights of the fat
The civil rights of the rotund are being violated daily at a White Castle restaurant in upstate New York, says a stockbroker who’s well-fed up with not being able to squeeze his 290-pound frame into the svelte-sized tables.
I'll gladly sue you Tuesday for a free hamburger today. (from New York Post)
Martin Kessman, 64, is suing the fast-food chain for chairs that can be moved a belly-distance from the tables and unspecified damages.
“I just want to sit down like a normal person,” Kessman said in a New York Post article.
Kessman says he’s complained about the lack of proper seating for creatures of his girth for more than two years, but all he’s gotten for his trouble is coupons for free hamburgers.
“Cheese was extra,” complained Kessman in the lawsuit filed in federal court.
Kessman, a fan of the No. 2 combo, says he’s suffered physical and emotional pain from his ordeal. His knee was injured from repeatedly slamming it into the unyielding steel table supports at the eatery. And the lack of proper seating has made him feel “like an outcast.”
Instead of filing a lawsuit, Kessman could have approached a store manager and asked for a regular chair, said White Castle spokeswoman Jamie Richardson, according to the New York Post.
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86 comments Add your comment
3jvj
September 13th, 2011
6:25 pm
“Normal” is not 300 pounds, or the seats would be larger. Want to feel “normal”?
Lose 100 pounds. Donate your brain to science, then you’ll only have 99.5 lbs to go.
K. Grant
September 13th, 2011
10:00 pm
Lose the weight, fat ass, or get the burgers to go. You don’t have any complaint other than you eat too much and get no exercise. Yep, your bad, not the burger joint!
White Castle Fan
September 14th, 2011
7:35 am
David Letterman material!……Hopefully some of us on this blog will be in the jury pool.
White Castle Fan
September 14th, 2011
7:35 am
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bijoubee
September 14th, 2011
9:49 am
Really?!?!?
get real
September 14th, 2011
10:10 am
You are not the only one who isn’t comfortable in some restaurants. However, you can get over it like the rest of us. I am short – I don’t complain when the table is up to my neck – People like you ruin everything for everybody else. You are such an idiot for suing White Castle – I think that when they see you coming in the door (if by then you still can) they should charge you for stupidity!!!!!
not prejudice
September 14th, 2011
10:12 am
I don’t have anything against overweight people — but you are being so dumb — you have too much time on your hands to eat, get fatter, and sue people. Why don’t you sue yourself for overeating?
White Castle Fan
September 14th, 2011
10:15 am
I hope White Castle goes to court and wins. You are just sooooo stupid!!!!!!! Deal with your fatness like everone else deals with their problems. We all have to adjust to certain things in life — looks like you need a body adjustment.
Lawsuit Frenzy
September 14th, 2011
10:19 am
Looks like you think this is an easy way to get a settlement from White Castle — well I hope White Castle doesn’t give in to you. I hope you come to your senses soon. Looks like the fat is going to your brain.
Ricardo Simmons
September 14th, 2011
11:56 am
Cut the man some slack. He’s on a diet. Where can you get a smaller burger with less red meat? And they don’t call them sliders because they “stick to your ribs”! Your polyps know you’ve eaten while your stomach waits in ignorance so put a hole in the new seats with a bucket underneath while you’re at it.