"Excuse me Mr and Mrs Fat, that'll be £100."

Cinemas are one of those places that you tend to overhear people saying funny things, either with or without intention. Yesterday I went to see the last of The Lord of the Rings trilllogy (sic), and since I had gone with my girlfriend I found myself in the unusual situation of arriving before the adverts had started. I hate most of the crap adverts they show in cinemas (yes, I admit a rare few are good/funny/clever), and generally prefer not to see trailers. So there we were, waiting for something to appear on the screen, and I overhead the above comment from a gentleman sat directly behind me.

The point he was trying to make was that when travelling, passengers should be weighed along with their luggage. Therefore, lighter passengers can get away will a bit more weight in their luggage, and vice versa. I'm guessing that he recently had to pay for excess baggage.

So does he have a point? Well, baggage allowance does vary between airlines, and very roughly speaking 30kg is the limit. The airline may charge for luggage over this amount which could for example be £10 per kg. A person weighing 2 stone more (that's 12.7 kg. Thanks again, Google) than a passenger with ~10kg excess baggage is bringing an equivalent excess onto the plane without the potential extra charge of over £100.

Yep, he does have a point. But will they ever implement it? I think not.

Film was good, by the way.