Archived Employers' can't get obese people to lose weight, even with monetary incentives. How lazy are they!? (npr.org)
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Archived Employers' can't get obese people to lose weight, even with monetary incentives. How lazy are they!? (npr.org)
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[–] eat_a_dick_por_favor 0 points 17 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago
Losing weight will make you more attractive, less depressed, and overall healthier. All of those things lead to a longer, more fulfilling life. If they won't do it for those reasons, which are a lottery in themselves, why would they do it for money?
[–] Swole_is_life 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago
Or even more succinctly, if being able to wipe your own ass isn't enough motivation, money isn't going to do it either.
[–] MarieJeanette 0 points 16 points 16 points (+16|-0) ago
I worked in a huge office for 2 years that held a Biggest Loser contest. Employees that wanted to enter paid $25, got weighed and at the end of 3 months the one who lost the most got the money. There was so much outrage from the fatties because the winner ended up being a skinny girl who only lost something like 3 lbs. But she'd lost the largest percentage of body weight. God, that place was grotesque. My friends never believed the stories I told them about it.
[–] PCOSBelle 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Those things go by percentages? I don't think my smallish office would ever do that, but I always assumed it was total pounds lost. That's awesome and hilarious!
[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
"You fat shamers are disgusting. Shaming doesn't work. You should be supportive and encouraging of people to help them reach their weight loss goals." This is why we shame. Playing nice and helpful doesn't work on these morons.
[–] Swole_is_life 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Shaming doesn't really seem to help either but it's way more fun.
[–] Ghetto_Shitlord 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago (edited ago)
Stupid employers, stop hiring fats!
I used to run a small IT business, had at most 2 employees plus myself. I landed a large job, BIG, at least for me, and needed 3rd employee to make the deadline. Ended up paying my 2 guys more than a 3rd would have cost in OT because all responders were fats, not even "smallfats" VERY LARGE PEOPLE. Not even once. We killed ourselves to get that work done, but the money was good and a fat didn't ruin my small company reputation.
[–] dontdoxxmebro ago
Nice! And fat is not, yet at least, a protected class. So ahead and legally discriminate away.
[–] waritah 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
We get a health and wellness allowance at work. I was reading through my benefits package and bam, $2500/year for things like gym memberships, new gear, lift passes, anything active. I was stoked!
I started asking some of my coworkers what they got. Is their a good gym near the office? Who from the office goes biking on the weekends?
Not one of the fat fucks there used it. Free money for fun activities, and everyone just let it go to waste. If it was a $3000 fast food allowance that shit would have been gone by February, but free gym memberships, running gear or personal trainer time? Fuck no.
I got new running shoes, some climbing gear, new skis and a few weekend ski passes.
[–] dontdoxxmebro ago
Would have gotten a sweet touring bike. Stupid fats.
[–] exdrift 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Fats, I'll hate every last one of them till the day I die!
[–] HeavyBeefCurtain 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It's impossible to "buy out" a habit. There have been countless studies like these done in the past.
[–] MahLardy 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It's a problem with everything, not just weightloss. Where I live, HIV medications are free. Well, would you believe that motherfuckers are STILL not compliant with treatment regimen and there is an actual public health initiative being tested where they PAY people to take their HIV meds - which, I repeat, they need to NOT DIE. PEOPLE WANT TO BE PAID TO RECEIVE LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT. Just take a minute to wrap your head around it.
Just an overall degradation of society, the few who still have some presence of common sense and discipline are stuck pandering to the degenerate spineless mass surrounding us all.
[–] Dexter_Widget 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That's way messed up! Can't we just let them die? It's totally their choice! And it costs me #%€##% money to encourage them to care one way or the other!