Now I’ve seen everything?

Just when I think I’ve seen everything, something pops up to prove me wrong. There was something on one of the news channels the other day about a new employee discount policy at Whole Foods. I did some searching and here is what the to do is about:

Weigh more. Pay more. That’s the message behind Whole Foods’ drive to cut its health care costs by offering fatter employee discounts to workers who are in tip-top shape.
The pricey grocery chain will give 30% discounts to those who don't smoke and have low blood pressure, cholesterol and body mass index (BMI) rates, says CEO John Mackey.

Not being a yuppie or one of the beautiful and trendy, anything Whole Foods does has little affect on my world. Seriously, I could give a rat’s ass (besides I’ve heard one of the nicknames for the store is Whole Paycheck and that tells me everything I need to know). I don’t shop there and I have no intention of doing so in the future.

While I was hearing the story though, it made a bit of sense. Someone who has a low BMI is prone not to overdo it in the food department so if you give them a higher discount as compared to someone who wolfs down the calories, things somewhat balance out. Everyone winds up getting the same proportional savings.

But, what I found amazing was a spokesperson who was on to rally support against the policy by calling it discriminatory. You would think they make organizations like this up but... noooooo, they really don’t:

Founded in 1969, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) is a non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to ending size discrimination in all of its forms. NAAFA's goal is to help build a society in which people of every size are accepted with dignity and equality in all aspects of life. NAAFA will pursue this goal through advocacy, public education, and support.

 Now, one of the blurbs on the site reads: Understand it. Support it. Accept it.

Here’s the thing – I understand if I sit around on my ass all day and don’t exercise I put on the weight. My mirror supports this belief everytime I look into it and see love handles. I accept it’s my responsibility to change things by making an effort.

IT’S TOTALLY IN MY HANDS TO SHOW THE DISCIPLINE AND PERSERVERANCE TO MAKE A CHANGE!

I know one fat bastard who thought he was hurling some lethal dart my way by calling me fat. Tell me something I don’t know, big f**king deal. At least I wasn’t at the gargantuan size this blimp of a specimen was at. The irony of it was the same clown dropped several thousand dollars shortly thereafter to go under the knife and get a rubber band on his gut.

I know people who are overweight, hell I’m overweight at the moment but I also know if I modify my diet, exercise and show some discipline that can easily change. It’s not an external force, it’s up to me.

Our society is a society of enablers – nothing is ever the individual’s fault. There must be some external factor, some other force that is responsible for why things are the way they are. It’s just the stupidest bullsh*t imaginable and this just strikes me of another instance of the enabling crapola that is so prevalent in this country today.