rant · moment 6 of 28
The Fat Store, Cancer Kids, and DXL Rewards
from #225 - Friendsgiving | The Tim Dillon Show · #225
4 min
Tim rants about the guilt-tripping displays of cancer charity kids at the checkout of big-and-tall stores like DXL, and demands they switch to digital rewards instead of paper coupons for fat customers.
- Tim says the same bald cancer kid appears in donation requests over and over—he can tell them apart and doubts the money actually goes to them.
- People at the fat store resent being guilt-tripped by emaciated children at checkout while they're buying clothes; the donation pitch backfires.
- DXL's paper reward cards are a scam—they give fat customers a physical 25-dollar coupon that gets lost instead of sending digital rewards.
- Tim yells at DXL employees about the paper rewards, insisting no overweight customer will remember to bring back a piece of paper they'll probably eat.
- The fat store is depressing and Tim has been forced to shop there for three years; he's trying to stop going.
- Seeing someone significantly heavier than Tim walk into the fat store makes him feel attractive by comparison, lifting his mood instantly.
DXLSaint Jude Children's Research Hospital