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Years ago I had an employee who was vastly over weight. I really liked her, and she was a really good employee (in fact, one of the best I've ever had). She was so large that she broke her ankle because of her weight, and it kept on breaking because she was too heavy. She came to me and told me she wanted to have an operation to have her stomach stapled and "needed my support" (mostly because I would need to give her the time off, etc). I thought she was taking the easy way out.
Turns out she had to loose a huge amount of weight before they would even consider her for the operation. She used to weigh out her lunch before she ate each day. I thought she was taking the easy way out, but I learned otherwise as I saw her determination. Eventually she had the operation, and now looks great.
She taught me a valuable lesson about how I judge people.
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