Slippery Slope.

Jason INSISTS on buying Halloween candy early, but totally disregards the RULE that you are only supposed to buy the crap you DON'T want to eat! Like, dum dum pops and tootsie rolls (gross!)...and jolly RONCHers. NOT Reeses cups and Snickers and OF ALL THINGS, NEVER EVER should you early-purchase the ALMOND JOY. I've eaten them ALL people. As in, NO ALMOND JOYS FOR YOU Trick-or-Treater! And it was bad toward the end, watching me DIG through the bowl, like a junkie in a trash can. If this goes on, there's no telling what might happen. I might become so big that I'm bed-ridden with an oxygen tank at my side. Richard Simmons and his striped panty-shorts will have to come over and convince me that life is worth living. He'll have to wipe tears off my cheek as they rip down my bedroom wall, so the towing company can load me onto their flat bed. Then I'll have to be on Dr. Phil in my bed gown (via satellite because I can't fit on a plane), while he tells me that I need to take responsibility for my life. And I'll say, "But I can't because Jason early-purchased the Almond Joys." At which point the whole audience will gasp in understanding, and chime in unison, "That's RIGHT DR. PHIL! What was she supposed to DO?!!" And then Dr. Phil will see the light. And even he will know that I had no other choice, under such sabotoging circumstances. And he will apologize to me, and then yell at Jason for putting me in this situation.

Comments

[Concerned Reader]

The reason I commented on this entry is not to attack Maile. In fact, I only took the time to voice my concerns because Maile seems to be an intelligent and tolerant person. I was surprised to see this post, which I found funny until this part: "I might become so big that I'm bed-ridden with an oxygen tank at my side. Richard Simmons and his striped panty-shorts will have to come over and convince me that life is worth living. He'll have to wipe tears off my cheek as they rip down my bedroom wall, so the towing company can load me onto their flat bed. Then I'll have to be on Dr. Phil in my bed gown (via satellite because I can't fit on a plane)".
While I am sure the post was not aimed at being offensive, and was supposed to be funny, it comes across very offensive. My only hope is that you will rethink the message you want to convey in your public blog which represents your personal life and business.
There is a difference between being lighthearted and making jokes about people down on their luck. It's hard enough for people who are morbidly obese just to deal with getting well. Imagine how much worse it would make them feel to have people making light of their situation and turning it into a joke.
I think it is safe for me to say, if you were to tell this joke in a restaurant to your friends, and after you told the joke saw a morbidly obese person sitting near you who overheard the joke, you would feel bad about what you said. You can only imagine how you made them feel.

[daily relish]

Hi Concerned Reader, I'm not really sure how to respond to your comments. I can assure you that nothing I said was meant to be offensive. I was making fun of MYSELF for eating too much Halloween candy. It's kind of ironic that you'd post this, because I did know someone very well who struggled with morbid obesity. He was a wonderful person and also had a great sense of humor about it. We all have our issues, and sometimes humor is the only way to lighten up a dark situation. I apologize if you took offense. That was not my intention whatsoever.

[tz]

Concerned Reader - I pray you find peace for any and all issues you're facing.

[Kate Mefford]

Whoa. So much drama in the P-O-S-T, it's kinda hard bein' Snoop M-A-I-L-E. Just kiddin' around. It's not hard to be you (or me) cuz we gots good senses of humor!!!

Hugs to ya while you are slammed. Hoping you can crawl out from under your computer sometime soon!

[Susan N]

ok, who is this CONCERNED READER...anonymous...please.....is someone playing a joke? Cause if this is real....I need a drink!!!

[Susan N]

Is Concerned Reader Jason or Paul???? Come one..reveal yourself...

[Stacy]

Kit-Kats must have been on sale at all the supermarkets around here because that's all we got on Halloween. Good thing their my fave!!

[k]

OMG! I haven't checked the comments! What a discussion!! If you knew my sister at all, she above anyone has the hugest compassion on people. She wouldn't tell you this, but our uncle died of morbid obesity. We watched him suffer throughout his life and through his choices, die from them. I hope Concerned Reader understands that we do know how morbidly obese people suffer. I'm not going to list the things that Maile does for 'compassions' sake because if you really knew her, you would know she would NEVER make fun of someone else's hardships.