Seaside donkey owner is weighing kids to stop obese children injuring his animals

12 comments

1. Good for him, donkeys love riders but not if they break their backs.

2. Tough one, I definitely get why weighing a kid in public and telling them they’re too heavy to ride would be humiliating, possibly even traumatic to them. But for the safety of animal and rider, you’ve got to have a weight limit for the donkeys and having a set limit with a weigh station seems fairer than the guy just eyeing kids up and taking a guess at who’s too heavy.

   Childhood obesity is a big problem but it’s not really up to a seaside donkey owner to solve that.

   Thinking about it, I’d put it on the parents to have an idea of how much their kid weighs, and maybe steer them away if they’re at or near the limit with a “Sorry sweetheart, you’re too big to ride, do you want an ice cream instead?”.

3. If you are a fat cunt, go on the big dipper. Simple as.

4. One benefit of this is that I can imagine having your kid denied a ride on a donkey because they’re too fat may potentially act as a wakeup call for some parents. 

5. Fat kids have lots of rides they can’t go on, this is no different. You don’t have to let people damage your property to prevent any feelings getting hurt.

6. The donkey’s have a charter. He should use that.

   https://youtu.be/lnDGZ3DV0kg?si=MFvGamG76KzMLh4h

7. Lose some weight if you are offended. I don’t ride horses or donkeys when on holiday in Greece, as I don’t feel it’s fair on the animal. If you are too short or too tall, you can’t ride certain rides. If you are too fat, it’s your fault not the donkey.

8. Just stop forcing donkeys to traipse kids up and down the beach full stop

9. Good for him. If you travel a lot it’s common to see a poor animal carrying someone who’s clearly way too big to be riding it but the handler doesn’t care because all they see is money. This man clearly cares about his animals and we should be supporting that.

10. Fair play.

    If you don’t like it lose some weight and show some respect to beings other than yourself.

11. Never mind kids which is obviously Quite right. Seeing Fat women(and it’s always fat women) on a donkey is possibly one of the worst seaside experiences you could ever see.

12. I’m in support of the donkey owner.

    Those saying it’s harsh to weigh kids, life has consequences. I would say that the owner should weigh all kids though, not just eyeball it and single kids out.

    Even if you think that the kids rights outweighs that of the donkeys it’s worth remembering if the donkey can’t carry the weight it’s possible it may fall or worse, which of course isn’t going to do the kid much good either.