Oh the little things that hurt people's feelings. Starting Monday, the hospital I work for, and I assume others as well, have to refer to fat/obese people as "bariatric" patients. A memo actually went out regarding this. We needed to bring in new slippers, gowns and venodyn sleeves that specifically say "bariatric", not XXXL. We might "offend" someone. What if they don't know what bariatric means and think you're calling them old? They could still sue you for that. Uggh! The world is so sensitized.