Fat shaming...

That may be one of the worst stories ever.I am sorry you had to hear that.

 I'm sorry-that doctor is a miserable excuse for a human.

It is amazing how life can be so high school at any age.I think you would stand up for anyone now obese or not. I try not to use the word fat anymore. 

I have a coworker who, when required to calculate drug doses for an obese patient, mutters to herself about how could the person let themselves get like that and so on. Just a bunch of nasty, evil little comments. I haven't said anything yet.

I notice that the things people say, especially the negative things, reflects much more on their interior landscape than it does the person about which they are saying it. That's not to say I don't think those people couldn't do with a smack in the back of the head, though.

I'm glad you will be letting them know their comments are unacceptable in the future. Good for you! It's hard and it may not change their behavior but you have stood for what you believe is right and that is awesome.

I had a similar experience in Costco: http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2011/07/those -are-fighting-words.html

You could also do the ;) subtle route and leave one of these lying around: http://www.obesityaction.org/weight-bias-and-stigma/weight-b ias-guides

Boo-yah is right!

~Michelle "Shelly"

I'm guessing they did the same thing to you when you were still MO.