The Super Size Custy

 

Comments

[Anon]

Really? A fat joke accompanied by the douchiest smirk I've ever seen, despite the shit-tastic level of art skills? Not fucking cool.

[Elodie]

And the customer is being perfectly polite, too.

This isn't funny at all. :/

[Kel]

Kinda lowering the bar there.

[Dev]

Unless the customer is rude, there's no reason to mock them. This isn't funny.

[candieaddict]

Echoing what was said above, offensive and not funny. Why is this on here when we've clearly had debates/conversations on here about how rude stuff like this is?

[Mollywobbles]

I worry sometimes about offending larger people when I run food to them and say "Sorry about your wait", thinking I might be saying what is being said in this comic. And I agree, there's no reason to be mocking the guy in the comic, he's being quite polite (although I really don't like to see people wear clothes that don't fit them, whether the person happens to be large or not).

[Eviscerator]

I just don't get it. Are we supposed to feel sorry for the customer not realizing he's being served by a douche?

If that was the artist's intent, success.

If not, well, they have the right to their free speech, but having the right isn't the same as being right.

[NC Tony]

This would have made more sense if had been written with the customer being an asshole, but in this case it makes the employee look like an asshole for no other reason to be an asshole.

[Chicajojobe]

Agreed with PPs, this comic is more rude than funny.

Also, I wouldn't worry about someone thinking you're calling them fat when you apologize for a wait. Generally, people say "sorry about the wait" rather than "sorry about your wait" anyway, but even if you say "your wait" I don't think many people will assume its a weight comment.

[WMDKitty]

Yeah... because every fat person eats like a goddamn frat-boy, right?

This comic? Not cool. WAAAAY not cool.

[Banned Guy]

*Bonus: Alternate script for the third *

1-Here you go, Sir. Sorry you're a nigger.
2-Here you go, Sir. Sorry you're a dirty jew.
3-Here you go, Sir. Sorry you're a soulless atheist.
4-Here you go, Sir. Sorry you're such a retard.
5-Here you go, Sir. Sorry you're a yellow sandsperson.

Was any of those funny? No? Why? They're just as offensive as the original one.

[perky]

What I don't get is why did the artist place the setting at a sub shop? I could possibly understand it if it was at a greasy, deep fried place--but since this is a sub shop then it makes me think maybe the customer is trying to eat healthier. So why make it harder for someone who is trying to loose weight by mocking them?

or maybe I'm just projecting my own insecurities here, and over analyzing it. LOL.

[The Last Archimedean]

Perky, it wouldn't matter where it was at. The cartoon simply wasn't funny.

P.S. -- don't be so insecure. We all think you're terrific.

[Nocturnesthesia]

I recognize this from a fitness forum I frequent. No need to take it so fucking personally.

@Banned Guy - While I understand the sentiment, it's not the same thing at all. You can fix your weight, you can't change your ethnicity.

[candieaddict]

No one is taking it personally, it's just not right. For a site, like this one, that's always talking about how stuff like this is rude, it shouldn't be posted to begin with.

[The Worst]

@ Nocturnesthesia - Not everyone can fix their weight. For some people it's caused by hormonal imbalances, and other conditions bar them from being candidates for surgery.

This comic sucks.

[Kel]

@Nocturnesthesia

I do take it personally. You have no idea what its like.

I have an auto imnmune disease I take 50mgs of prednisone a day.

5 years solid now and I still get mocked and sworn at in public.

This is pure hate. It IS as bad as racism.

[perky]

@Nocturnesthesia, while a lot of people can change their weight, you don't know by looking at them who can and who can not. Plus you can not look at a person and see where they are in their weight loss. People can not loose weight over night.

As someone who is struggling with loosing weight, when I loose 3lb I feel great until I go out and have some skinny-miny look at me like some fat slob, then I feel like shit. Instead of making me want to loose more it makes me feel like why bother. Many of us who are overweight are emotional eaters, mocking us makes it worse.

[The Last Archimedean]

Perky, how does having someone undress you with their eyes and giving you the "Wow, you're incredibly sexy and I'd be the luckiest person on earth if I talked you into my bed" look make you feel? Especially if someone doesn't try to hide it at all and is clearly openly lusting for your body to the point where they pivot as you go by to continue drinking in the sight of your hotness?

[perky]

@The Last Archimedean, I honestly don't know. I have so rarely ever had that response from anyone. Even when I was at my skinniest which was about 110lbs I was never a sexy looker. I've always been a rather plain woman. I'm not a flashy person, and fairly easy to forget. But I'm ok with that. I think that is one of the reasons why I want to loose weight, I hate sticking out like this. I feel uncomfortable being so easy to pick out.

I also want to loose weight for my health. Diabetes and certain forms of cancer are very common in my family. I want to get back down to healthy weight and stay there. I'm not over weight because of a gland or thyroid problem. I just over eat. I get sad or depressed and I eat stuff I shouldn't eat. I also do not exercise as much as I should. So I'm trying to change that. For me. Not to look all sexy.

[The Last Archimedean]

I agree about the health benefits of not being overweight, Perky. And if you want to drop some pounds, great -- I'll send you positive thoughts.

But don't ever think you're ugly, and try not to be depressed -- you're terrific, and all us RHU'ers like you.

[Perky]

Thank you, Last Archimedean, that is very sweet of you to say so.

[Nocturnesthesia]

@Kel - Yeah, I do know what it's like. That's why it burns my ass so badly when obese people try and make excuses or claim the laws of thermodynamics don't apply to them. I'm narcoleptic and at one point was on 30mg prednisone and 10mg Zyprexa, and even with exercising and restricting calories, looked absolutely terrible. You totally can keep from becoming obese, but can't do much for water weight and fat redistribution.

It sucks, sure, but you've got to have a thicker skin. You're only hurting yourself by spiraling into an emotional wreck over every random dumbass yelling offensive things at you in public.