Because the comic made it an important plot point that she be fat. Also obesity isn’t healthy and isn’t something that turns off when you’re happy. As a formerly obese person who had a heart attack at 36 I’m not at all happy that people try to treat it as a lifestyle choice.
Your reasoning is flawed. The amount he pays you for the stuff has little to no relationship to what he charges for the stuff. If he pays you $8 and sells it for $2000 his profits have increased dramatically.
Because the comic made it an important plot point that she be fat. Also obesity isn’t healthy and isn’t something that turns off when you’re happy. As a formerly obese person who had a heart attack at 36 I’m not at all happy that people try to treat it as a lifestyle choice.