The Anorexic Discount

From Reuters the story of a Hotel providing a discount to in-shape guests:

In the town of Norden, close to the Dutch border, guests now have to step onto the scales before moving into their rooms and fork out half a euro ($0.61) per kilogram (2.2 lbs).

“I had many guests who were really huge and I told them to slim down,” said Juergen Heckrodt, owner of the three-star establishment. “When they came back the year after and had lost a lot of weight they asked me what are you gonna do for me now?”

Heckrodt said he hoped his initiative would inspire Germans to become leaner and healthier.

“Healthy guests live longer and can come back more often.”

Larger customers may be reassured that the hotel turns no one away who refuses to step on the scales and charges no guest more than 39 euros, the normal single room price.

Okay so half a Euro per Kilo, you stop getting any discount at 78 Kilos, 171.6 pounds. Now, does this seem like a dumb idea to anyone else?

Think about it. At 171, for some heights that’s actually overweight, and for others that’s underweight.

The Anorexic Girl who keeps down to about 80 pounds had somewhere she can go stay for 18 euros. What a steal! People go on vacation to relax, not to be told by some busybody clerk that they’re too fat. Thanks, much, but if European culture is anything like American culture, we get enough of that as is.

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