Some of you may know it has long been a dream of mine to go skydiving. Not a dream in the sense that I spend most of my waking hours working towards this occurence, more a "If the opportunity ever presents itself, I think I'd like to do it" kind of thing.
Anyway, one of my friends has decided she's going to go on her birthday this year, and has told me I can tag along if I want. She also mentioned that there would probably be some sort of discount involved if we book together through the Entertainment Book, which goes a long way towards explaining why she's happy for me to crash her birthday celebrations.
So we look up the details on their website, and sure enough, there's a discount offered, but there's also a surcharge for people "over 90kg".
Now I know what you're thinking, but in fact it's true, I am over 90kg. Somewhere around the century mark actually. And I'll concede that yes, I am a little overweight. But why do they have to rub my face in it by charging me more? Do they need to bring an extra parachute for my fat ass? Is it danger money for the poor instructor who has to accompany me to the ground?
Besides, if you ask me, 90kg isn't even really that heavy for a fully grown adult male.
I think I might look around to see if this type of discrimination is industry standard. If it is, I guess I'm just going to have to hit the treadmill.
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