Elevators and Obesity

I have been hearing about this damn epidemic. An obesity epidemic. Now, I feel that the word is a bit over-dramatic. An epidemic is something bad. Super bad. Super Fantastically HORRIBLY bad. By calling a herd of fat people an epidemic you are taking away from MILLIONS of people who died from the Black Plague, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Polio etc. Can we really compare fat people to millions who suffered and died from horrible diseases?

This may seem like a non sequiter but i happen to live in an apartment building. I notice that people who live on the second floor are constantly taking the elevator. How lazy are you??? You can't walk down or up 10 freaking stairs? Are you kidding me?
These are the same people that are complaining about this 'epidemic'. The same people who are forever bitching about their weight and health problems. Healthy people walk the ONE FLIGHT OF STAIRS.

I do understand about the whole metabolism thing. I feel bad for people who are trapped in a body that no matter how hard they try, fight against them. These people are a small percentage of the obese population. I have seen many over weight people eating at McDonald's, KFC, etc. How do you justify this? I have yet to see a diet that allows you to eat that crap and stay fit and healthy. Basically, I dont mind if you want to take the elevator one floor. Fine. Your laziness does not affect me.
You being on disability does. It takes my taxes to pay for you. It affects your children who will adapt to the same eating habits and perpetuate the cycle. That affects my child. He has already had his lunch stolen by some piggy in his class who was not happy with the cheezee-sugar-heart attack waiting to happen-lunch that his parents packed for him, he wanted MORE! And because he has 25 lbs (at 6 yrs old i might add) on my average sized son, he got what he wanted.

So here's my solution. You go on being obese. But you pay for your own medical junk that is related to your fatness. You pay for your own special chairs and shoes, rent etc. And you stop bitching about how hard it is to loose weight when you take the elevator one floor.

If you want to go on a diet or go to a gym, i have no problem sending my tax dollars your way. But until that happens, eat your joe louis' in the elevator. Be my guest.