Is Being Fat Enough?

A lot of things happened last Friday while I was standing in line at Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart, it seems, is the center of the degenerate universe. If there is ever an issue one could come up with, I am quite sure that one could find this issue in action at their local Wal-mart. For all of the good it does with low prices and such, it attracts some of the, uhh, most challenged people. Case in point.

I heard a commentary several months ago regarding the usage of those electronic carts by persons of poor health. While I understand that there are those that really NEED to use these carts, is being fat enough? At what point should an establishment draw the line as to whom they allow to use these carts?

While I was standing in the line at Wal-Mart, this seemingly healthy gentleman walked into the store with his two children. I guessed the children were in the 4-5 year old age group. He walked up to one of the cashiers complaining that there were no electronic carts. After a while, I see him motoring around in an electronic cart while his two children walked beside him.

While at Busch Gardens last week, I noticed three healthy teenagers riding around the park in these carts. Busch Gardens will argue that as long as a person pays, they don’t really care who uses the carts. But my point is by letting healthy people use the carts, it takes away from the usage possibilities of those who really NEED them. And I have no regard for the obese, so that shouldn’t be an excuse.

Obesity, as we all know it, is going to be the downfall of America, if we listen to the prognosticators. If that is the case, then I call for an all out assault on obesity by enforcing mandatory exercise programs for those diagnosed as obese by their doctors. Using these electronic carts should NOT be an option. The only way to cure obesity is to cut back on the caloric intake while exercising, burning more calories than are taken in. Thus, walking up and down the hills of Busch Gardens will do some good.

Allowing the improper usage of these carts is a sin, in my book, comparable to parking in a handicap spot. It should be policed and enforced just as harshly. Is being fat enough? Not unless it is accompanied by other medical issues that require less strenuous activity than walking around a store.