A life coach taught me a lesson today…

[spitkitten]

Originally published at spitkitten dot com. You can comment here or there.

That prejudice is alive and well in America.

I’m a big girl. I am. I know I am. No one actually knows it more than I do. But there are reasons for my size, some of which I can’t help (thx, genetics!). I’ve been thinner, never thin-and to maintain chunky-thin nearly killed me

Comments

[ktsparrow]

Dude, that's so wrong. Interviews are so vulnerable making, as is, but this is completely unacceptable and nasty. There's something wrong with her, big time.

[maudelynn]

She just made a huge mistake. The amazingnes you would have brought into her life would have been priceless and nameless.
She is the poorer for having dismissed you without really looking. I think you are beautiful and wonderful. I hope she gets a chatterbox with so much energy she wants to poke herself in the ears and eyes

xo

[sarmonster]

Fucking crazy bitch. Jeezus. Yeah, IF I was someone who had a problem with someone's appearance in relation to their job, I would've just said "We found someone else, thanks for your time." or "I don't think you're a good fit, sorry." or "We went over our finances and decided it wasn't a good idea" or SOMETHING not TOTALLY SHITTY.

You're gorgeous and I love you and I think you're awesome and no one could ever afford to pay you what you're worth.

I'm 230 on a good day,and I'm a helluva lot healthier than most of the 120s I've met.

she clearly does not deserve you

[staxxy]

a) It's always nice to see the person's true colors before you agree to work for them.

b) She would not be able to pay you after too long ANYWAY, if this is her attitude - as you and I both know, this sort of prejudice SHOWS when dealing with people and I know that neither you nor I would willingly PAY someone to treat us that poorly. She will prejudice herself right out of work. If moron girl can't see past your size to acknowledge your skills, she is deluding herself in the worst ways about her own career choices.

c) yup. Fuck that shallow bullshit.

d) *shakes pom poms for owning this* You rock.

[photosexual]

That surprises me. That's hard to hear and digest. That someone would, in an interview situation, be so unfairly cruel like that. People like that make me wonder what they must have to live like, and think like, and wake up like each day to feel that way and not even feel wrong or stupid about it. And yet, if you called them out on it, they'd turn it around to make you the bad person for challenging their view of life. Yikes. Of all the reason to not get a job, to be personally, and wrongly judged as a response is horrifying.