WAYYY tooo P-C for me!!!

[cavemuscle]

ok, I am in no way any sort of freak, but I am big and I am in far better shape than any other 52 year old I know. So the past summer I order some tapered, fitted polos for casual day at work. Wear em a couple of times, get some nice compliments, everything is cool, right?

I get called into my supervisors office and am told that I have to "not show off so much" because (wait for it..) I AM MAKING THE OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE SELF-CONCIOUS!

I was so flabbergasted all I could do was nod numbly and leave! At first I thought it was just her wierdness till I was talking to my nutrition guy. He said his wife's aunt had put up some photos of his wife after she had won a national spokes model contest and was asked to take them down for the same reason, that she was making the heavy gals in the office feel bad about themselves and that it wasn't "fair".

I'm sorry but thats just wrong.

rant over

Brock

 

[Amazon Doll]

OMG!!!!

That is just too much! Are you allowed to eat chicken breat or tuna at work or do they say that it is too healty and make the fatties self concious about their twinkies

Fight it as "leaness discrimination" or "reverse fat discrimination"

oh yeah..........feel free to post some photos of the nice shirts with you in them

 

[phoenix13]

unfortunately, in this country, such will likely only get worse.

kind of like the gyms where it's against the rules to train too hard...because you make the lazies feel bad.

 

[ironwill]

Yes well i am in Management and i was told not long ago i had to wear long sleeve and non tight shirts at work because my reports were intimidated.....
Then at the gym i just joined i was told i grunted to loud as i was benching 405 lbs and that there were some nurses in there saying it wasnt necessary to make any noise under any loads, according to the gym owner..
I quit on the spot and he asked me to stay and i told him that i am a powerbuilder, not a cardio queen and i will make noise and i would think it verydifficult to lift heavy and not make a noise...
I wasnt groaning or yelling or slapping myself in the face before i lifted, i just got to my last rep and almost got stuck and grunted a bit...
He also said some of the guys felt nervous when i was working out...
Hello, reality check, i am not even a huge guy...Oh well that is life...
It doesnt even offend me much anymore, not much surprises me from some folks these days..

 

[thebrick]

Unbelievable!! Its just amazing how people prefer to live in denial rather than face their reality

 

[oldfella]

Well the unfortunate reality is that fit looking healthy people are rapidly becoming the minority as the obeseity epidemic spreads. And as for the gymwork, well more and more so called gyms are catering to the overweight and undrsized. More metrosexual males are joining these gyms and will feel very inferior when a bigger alpha male comes into "THEIR" space. They immeadiately feel threatened and inadequate. Females will be drawn to them in a way and the metrosexual again feels inadequate. Now I hear ya, you did nothing to intimidate or bully anyone. Simply your presence was enough to set them off. Too many people do not understand what it is to train, I mean really train hard. They have no concept of the feelings it evokes or the physique it will build. So thet fear what they do not understand. As for the fatties in the office, tell them to go eat another twinkie!!

 

[muscle96ss]

ok, I am in no way any sort of freak, but I am big and I am in far better shape than any other 52 year old I know. So the past summer I order some tapered, fitted polos for casual day at work. Wear em a couple of times, get some nice compliments, everything is cool, right?

I get called into my supervisors office and am told that I have to "not show off so much" because (wait for it..) I AM MAKING THE OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE SELF-CONCIOUS!

I was so flabbergasted all I could do was nod numbly and leave! At first I thought it was just her wierdness till I was talking to my nutrition guy. He said his wife's aunt had put up some photos of his wife after she had won a national spokes model contest and was asked to take them down for the same reason, that she was making the heavy gals in the office feel bad about themselves and that it wasn't "fair".

I'm sorry but thats just wrong.

rant over

Brock

My response would be, "Ok, but can you please tell the fat asses to lose some weight because I feel really uncomfortable working with people that don't take their health seriously".

 

[BOOMSHAKER]

That's just plain and simple wrong! WTF is this world coming to???!!!!!

However now would be a good time to ask the company head if you could start your own "get into shape" program after work. This way you could keep flaunting your hard work around the office.

 

[cavemuscle]

Yes well i am in Management and i was told not long ago i had to wear long sleeve and non tight shirts at work because my reports were intimidated.....
Then at the gym i just joined i was told i grunted to loud as i was benching 405 lbs and that there were some nurses in there saying it wasnt necessary to make any noise under any loads, according to the gym owner..
I quit on the spot and he asked me to stay and i told him that i am a powerbuilder, not a cardio queen and i will make noise and i would think it verydifficult to lift heavy and not make a noise...
I wasnt groaning or yelling or slapping myself in the face before i lifted, i just got to my last rep and almost got stuck and grunted a bit...
He also said some of the guys felt nervous when i was working out...
Hello, reality check, i am not even a huge guy...Oh well that is life...
It doesnt even offend me much anymore, not much surprises me from some folks these days..

Yeah I have two buds in Tulsa, both national ranked guys who went to check a new gym that advertised itself as a "serious" gym. They were allowed to train but were told afterwards they could not wear string tanks. NO tanks at all as a matter of fact. IN Tulsa, in summer, when it regularly hits the 90 to 100 degree range every day.

Total opposite of the Weight Room here, thank God.

 

[cavemuscle]

That's just plain and simple wrong! WTF is this world coming to???!!!!!

However now would be a good time to ask the company head if you could start your own "get into shape" program after work. This way you could keep flaunting your hard work around the office.

LOL I work for the State Department of Human Services. We have all sorts of health and fitness initiatives partially funded by the state that no one uses. I went to the health fair they have every year in the capitol rotunda in an UnderArmor tee and long shorts. Everyone looked at me like I'd just landed from Mars.;-)

 

[tonka2]

I went threw kinda the same thing at work. We wear a kind of a under armer long sleve a few of my buddys started training with me and every body started to look really good.We work behind a bar so it sucks to have long sleves and get your your shirt soaked so we would role up are sleves.Well the short big man in charge did not like that to much.The shirts where changed

 

[Deepsea]

Please help

I'm new to this site and was wondering if anyone could assist me in posting a forum or discussion. I am PC illiterate and can't figure it out. Thanks

 

[drwost]

My response would be, "Ok, but can you please tell the fat asses to lose some weight because I feel really uncomfortable working with people that don't take their health seriously".

Yeah! Now we're talking!!!!!!

Actually your boss is discriminating against you! You may have legal recourse here!

 

[thebrick]

My response would be, "Ok, but can you please tell the fat asses to lose some weight because I feel really uncomfortable working with people that don't take their health seriously".

I love that one. perfect!

 

[terryd5150]

I wonder....?

OMG!!!!

That is just too much! Are you allowed to eat chicken breat or tuna at work or do they say that it is too healty and make the fatties self concious about their twinkies

Fight it as "leaness discrimination" or "reverse fat discrimination"

oh yeah..........feel free to post some photos of the nice shirts with you in them

If he works with Gooey I can understand the complaints....