I won't even get started on the other responses- because if there was a "skinny" charge for something there would be an up-roar!  The point is if they charge for that they could charge for anything.  And bottom-line if it isn't posted anywhere -even if it is just fine print- and you don't sign anything I dont' believe they should be obligated to pay an extra fee.

Wow... I can't believe the comments on that thread.  I've had issues with my weight all my life.  Some of it I can most certainly contribute to myself and lack of restraint.  But I can also say that sometimes despite my best efforts, I gain weight.  

The weight thing bugs me on many levels.  I mean I can get the reasoning behind somethings, especially the airline seats (those things are sooo small most of the time), but this $5 salon charge is ridiculous on so many levels.  As others have stated, it wasn't posted ANYWHERE.  Sure you have the right to charge what you want as a business owner, but if you aren't being upfront in what your charges are then you can expect to fail at your business.  In an odd way, that's false advertising.  I mean think about it.  They are posting "Manicure - $25" with NOTHING to say that there could be an extra charge and then charging $30!  It's bait and switch in my opinion.

I noticed that a lot of people had brought up the long hair = higher charge thing.  Yeah ok, that's true, but that's also stated UP FRONT.  If I don't like the higher charge for my long hair, then I can choose NOT to have the service.  The point is that the extra fee for long hair is A) known to me, and B) makes sense because it takes extra time and usually extra training.

I would also put out there that in this case the salon owner was most certainly being discriminatory.  Why do I say that?  Because she's picking and choosing who to give that $5 extra charge to.  Had she put the customer in question on a scale at the start of the session, then the lady would have definitely been clued in to the fact that something wierd/different was going on.  Unless the salon owner was weighing EVERYONE they helped, then she's being discriminatory based on her PERCEPTION of people's looks.

I also very much agree that kids jumping up and down on chairs and running around, can cost extra in the maintenance of the chairs and in fixing/replacing things that got broken as a result, yet very rarely do those parents have to pay for those things.  

My personal opinion is this:  The salon SHOULD have gotten better chairs to begin with.  Barring that they have a responsibility to POST that there would be an extra charge for people over 200lbs AND they have a responsibility to handle that in an appropriate manner by weighing EVERYONE - and it should be done BEFORE the person ever sits down, so that it's upfront.  Barring either of those, the salon should have just simply raised it's prices to compensate.

I have to say that as a plus size lady, I'm hugely annoyed that I have to pay 50% extra for my health insurance, especially considering that in the last 12+ years I've only used the emergency room 2x's.  I mean believe me, I get WHY they do it, but it's frustrating to know that even though I've always been a healthy person, I have to pay more ya know?

I wasn't going to say anything...i read the other thread, and to be honest after reading some of the other "girls" comments on there made me not want to be a part of PW. How nasty and judgemental some of them were.....Guess because Im older and out of that "looks are everyting" mentality and realize people should be judged for who they are not what they look like Im not sure I can be a part of a group that condones that type of behavior. I can say this, alot of thos pretty girls sure look damn ugly to me now after seeing what is really inside of them.

Yeah JohnsWife0919 thats how I was feeling. Which is why I left the group. I havent seen anything like that since I was on theknot.

Exactly John's wife. I still really avoid posting on topics that contain weight/looks issues if some of those people have already posted there. I don't think the mods were condoning the behavior though. They shut down the thread, but I don't think that solved the issue. I'm sure it's going to come out again. In fact today I had to nicely put another poster in her place for  making rude comments about plus size girls. I think the best thing we as a group can do is make a big deal of it to them mods when it happens, and defend ourselves as nicely as possible. 

I couldn't even comment on the previous thread. I was so LIVID!!! Some of those ladies were so judgemental! It made me look at some of my "favorite" posters in a different way for sure. These ladies have no idea what it's like to be out of control of your weight. Needing to lose 10-20lbs to get into a size 4 wedding gown is NOT the same as needing to lose 100lbs to get into a size 4.

It's rare that obesity is caused by extreme overeating. It's usually an extra few hundred calories a day extra over a long period of time. I used to be a ballerina. I was a size 0 and 110lbs. I have a congenital knee defect that manifested itself at age 15. I had to stop dancing to ensure I wouldn't have to have a knee replacement at age 16. I went from being a 110lbs to 150lbs. Then,  I was on medication that destroyed my metabolism and went from 150lbs to 200lbs. Then I had a baby. I'm currently at 217lbs. It's not like I'm downing an entire pizza by myself. I eat healthfully!

I own my own business and it's absolutely pathetic that I have to be worried about being perceived as lazy because I'm overweight.

BTW, I checked the weight limit on the chairs at the salon I frequent and it's 375lbs.

We are all here for different reasons, many of them related to health and not laziness or stuffing our faces day in and day out. It hurts when people make mean assumptions about us when they aren't true.  

But ladies we do need to be careful we don't become just as judgmental as they are, I don't want them to look at our group and say we are judging them for being skinny. Or saying all skinny people are mean to their chubby counterparts. What many of them said was rude, but some of the ladies were nice and I want to acknowledge that. :-)

JohnsWife- That behavior is not "condoned". I'm sorry you are all feeling hurt and judged by those comments. But there was a reason that thread was locked. I don't think coming here and posting about the members in that group is going to help the situation out more. I'm going to flag this and hope that it is also locked just out of fairness for everyone.

We are all here for different reasons, many of them related to health and not laziness or stuffing our faces day in and day out. It hurts when people make mean assumptions about us when they aren't true.  

But ladies we do need to be careful we don't become just as judgmental as they are, I don't want them to look at our group and say we are judging them for being skinny. Or saying all skinny people are mean to their chubby counterparts. What many of them said was rude, but some of the ladies were nice and I want to acknowledge that. :-)

RoRo nailed this one.  

That said, I'm locking this topic for review.