I’m well aware that there are many overweight individuals who exercise and try to take care of themselves, whether or not they’re overweight due to personal habit or medical reason. My father himself is a bit overweight but still healthy, taking part in a workplace-sponsored health program in addition to folding more regular exercise into his routine. He’s been doing rather well, too. Then there are those who, be they simply overweight or morbidly obese, simply don’t care. Still, it’s their body and their life. They can do as they please, and while it’s human nature to judge I try not to let it influence me in the way I treat others.

There are times, however, when I can’t help but cringe, e.g., the woman I just helped at work who, in leaving the store, managed to set off the door chime twice while walking through it. She was pleasant enough of a woman to work with, but I can’t help but be amused that the door sensor detected her as two people.

I think that might make me a bad person.