Montana court says obesity may be impairment, protected against discrimination

[LKTraz]

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Does it suck that the guy didn't get the job? Kinda. BUT it was made known to him that even if he went through all the shit that he was not guaranteed the job. At that point it became his own choice as to whether he was going to take the chance that he MIGHT get the job if he did everything.

Like TK said, guess I could make the case that since I'm short it's a disability and they can't prevent me from working for a basketball team. Forget that I can't play the game for shit regardless of my height.

I once tried to work for a company hauling garbage. As part of the job I had to climb up on the front of the trailer and pull back the tarp. At my height, my legs are too short for me to stabilize myself against the tractor like taller drivers do and because of this I had to try and balance on a very small ledge on the front of the trailer with only my toes on it. You can imagine what that was like with wind blowing. I didn't feel safe doing that so I told them. I worked for them for 3 days and that was enough for me to determine that I simply couldn't do the job safely. I thanked them for the chance at the job and they told me that if I ever reconsidered that I shouldn't hesitate to come back and they would gladly put me back in one of their trucks.

Now if I was a whining asshole I would have complained to some court that they HAD to accommodate me somehow. Well fuck that. The common sense answer was the one I went with and simply figured that I couldn't safely do the job so I quit and found someplace else to work.