Don’t get me started on the teeny-tiny robes!”Īnd robes aren’t the only thing that people had trouble fitting into MK was one of many folks who faced this issue at the salon.
I could never relax into the experience because one arm or the other would pop off of the table and I would be laying there embarrassed as all hell and wondering what to do with my arms. LSK faced this issue from the client side of the table: “I’ve had a few massages here and there and feel like I’m going to fall off of the table because there wasn’t enough room for my arms. It was expensive but worth the relief on my clients’ faces.”
When I was able to outfit my own studio, I splurged on the largest/highest weight capacity portable table on the market. It was really frustrating for me as well as my clients. MH faced this as a massage therapist: “When I was a new massage therapist, I worked at a spa that did not have tables large enough to accommodate people of all sizes. One of the most common forms of exclusion is to simply create an environment that doesn’t accommodate fat people. I asked some fat folks to share their stories. Sometimes it even goes beyond a tax to complete exclusion. A “fat tax” is an additional fee that is charged to fat patrons by services like pedicurists, spas, even massage therapists. I blogged about this specific incident here, but it’s part of a much larger issue of fatphobia that affects fat people’s every day lives. I’m not sure if I’m more insulted about “Sorry” (are you, really?) or “Thank you!” (Um, you’re welcome? You sizeist ass). A number of blog readers let me know about an incident at a nail salon where they hung a sign saying “Sorry, but if you are overweight, pedicures will be $45 due to service fees for pedicurists.