Off Topic What grinds your gears

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I was checking in for a flight back to NZ and was being told my baggage was 4 kilos over weight and I needed to pay excess. At the next counter there was a family of 4 checking in, the women must have weighed 130 kilos and the man about the same plus 4 x 23 kilo. I weigh 64 kilos, and they want to charge me 4 kilos over weight, it really pisses me off.
 
I was checking in for a flight back to NZ and was being told my baggage was 4 kilos over weight and I needed to pay excess. At the next counter there was a family of 4 checking in, the women must have weighed 130 kilos and the man about the same plus 4 x 23 kilo. I weigh 64 kilos, and they want to charge me 4 kilos over weight, it really pisses me off.

Makes sense though

The workers aint lifting them fatties up
But if they injure themselves carrying a 4kg excess bag, union will have a field day and the airline will not be pleased
 
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Makes sense though

The workers aint lifting them fatties up
But if they injure themselves carrying a 4kg excess bag, union will have a field day and the airline will not be pleased

Fair point, but they did say we have a weight limit on the plane for each passenger and that is the reason. But paying for the extra weight makes it okay..
 
I was checking in for a flight back to NZ and was being told my baggage was 4 kilos over weight and I needed to pay excess. At the next counter there was a family of 4 checking in, the women must have weighed 130 kilos and the man about the same plus 4 x 23 kilo. I weigh 64 kilos, and they want to charge me 4 kilos over weight, it really pisses me off.

Bite your tongue about the size of other passengers, open the case and put on all the heaviest clothes and boots, a coat over your arm, your hands full of reading material and off you go. Get to the other side of check in and put it all in a carrier bag.
 
probably been over sensitive here but people who use cemetries for dog walks or just a scenic walk in general, they arent tourist attractions , people go there who dont really want to have to be there in first place without them getting in the way.
i used to do it myself at school as it was a shortcut, but as an adult i dont like it.
 
Bite your tongue about the size of other passengers, open the case and put on all the heaviest clothes and boots, a coat over your arm, your hands full of reading material and off you go. Get to the other side of check in and put it all in a carrier bag.

I was not having a go at other passengers, most are heavier then me anyhow, that just how it is. My gripe was the airline who could use a bit of common sense at times.

As far as taking out heavy clothes and wearing them, living in Vietnam when it is 35 degrees most of the time, I don't have much need for those sort of clothes.
 
I was not having a go at other passengers, most are heavier then me anyhow, that just how it is. My gripe was the airline who could use a bit of common sense at times.

As far as taking out heavy clothes and wearing them, living in Vietnam when it is 35 degrees most of the time, I don't have much need for those sort of clothes.

Not suggesting you were having a go at the other passengers, as you say its a common sense thing, your bag is 4kg over but you weigh 20kg less than someone with a 2kg under bag. In the big picture it doesn't matter but the staff need to have rules to work to and I have seen staff get surly very quickly when going down the but look at the size of him route.
Know the rules, a lot of things can be in the hand but don't count as hand luggage, and being nice and polite to the staff goes a long way.
Again not directed at you but general advice to all.
 
I was checking in for a flight back to NZ and was being told my baggage was 4 kilos over weight and I needed to pay excess. At the next counter there was a family of 4 checking in, the women must have weighed 130 kilos and the man about the same plus 4 x 23 kilo. I weigh 64 kilos, and they want to charge me 4 kilos over weight, it really pisses me off.
Think the theory is around extra fuel for extra weight but as you say look at the chubby’s??