Should the nail salon charge people who is overweight?

That's definitely discrimination. Hadn't heard that one yet. I wonder how many overweight people actually put up with that crap and pay the extra? I certainly wouldn't! That's awful!!

Just out of curiosity do they weigh people to decide whether they will charge the $5 extra? This is just awful that they do this! Oh well they will be the ones who lose out as customers are not going to go to a place which makes them feel bad! Most people come out of nail salons feel good because they have nice nails, but if they get told you have to pay extra because your heavier! I dont think they will go there!

This has got to be one of the most ludicrous things I've heard in a while. My initial thought after reading only the title of the discussion was to wonder what being overweight had to do with people getting charged extra for getting their nails done. Then I read the entire discussion and am blown away by the ridiculousness of it. If this business is spending all that much money on a chair then I would think that it could handle all that weight. Otherwise, they better get their money back. I can't help but think that this business is discriminating against overweight people though. Overweight people aren't the only ones who could ruin these chairs after all. And it sounds fishy if there isn't a clear cut notice about it on their price board.

The fault of this is the place of business. They did not prepare for the WHOLE customer base they would be accommodating for. They do build chairs that will indeed hold larger people. They didn't have them apparently. Yes they are a bit more expensive than a regular one. They could get a couple of those to use. I bet they would be more comfortable for them as well. Which would bring back repeat business. The 5 dollar extra charge is a direct discriminative act on the part of the business. How old was the chair?, How many customers have used the chair prior to this use?, etc. There are diseases that will cause people to gain weight and not able to loose it. My grandmother contracted polio when she was a young child. As she grew into adulthood it affected organs that she became overweight. There wasn't anything the doctors could do to stop it from happening. Not everyone is overweight by CHOICE.

That'll be the most ridiculous thing that I've ever heard in my life. Well, if every hair salon were to charge overweight people extra, then it would be seen as a discrimination, disrupting harmony in the society. I don't really agree with the hair salon's act. It's just unfair to overweight people.

Wow that is ridiculous and at the same time a discrimation against over weight people. I have never heard of something so ridiculous as that. Don't you think that these individuals feel humiliated and ashamed enough with their appearance that they need a constant reminder by this store that they are over weight. Understandably things break, and I am pretty sure that chair wasn't new. But it would've been nice to see their reaction if the tables had been turned around and instead of them charging an additional $5 for overweight people they would've have been sued if that individual would've gotten injured.

A $2500 chair that can't tolerate weight!?! Are they sure that they hadn't furnished their place with 25 cent chairs (as in dollhouse furniture) and got overcharged!?!

That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard! There is no way an overweight person is causing damage to their chairs unless the chair is poorly made or the customer is well over 300 pounds. And even THEN there is NO way they can prove it's that particular customer's fault that she should be singled out and forced to pay a surcharge.

Now that is the craziest thing I have ever heard. What to them constitutes an "overweight" person? If you're tall, naturally you are going to weigh more. Do they plan on weighing all their customers. Discrimination at it's best!

LOL, thats a bit crazy.