Fat-passenger rule suddenly not so funny when it happens to the rich and famous
February 15th, 2010
Director Kevin Smith (self-described as “way fat”) was booted off a Southwest Airlines flight because of his size. The captain considered him a “flight risk.”
His 1.6 million Twitter followers could follow it minute by minute. Here’s what they read: “Hey @SouthwestAir? F**k making it right for me just ’cause I have a platform. I sat next to a big girl who was chastised for not buying an extra ticket because “all passengers deserve their space.” F**king flight wasn’t even full! F**k your size-ist policy. Rude…”
Southwest gave him a $100 voucher for the hardship he endured.
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that’s not fair
If your airline would do that everytime, no one will patronize Airlines anymore
Hey, I agree with the “Fat Policy”. It seems it is only a problem in this country, the U.S. I mean fly from Amsterdam to Africa, not one fat person, but get to the gate of the Amsterdam to Newark and pick out the Americans like a red ball in a sea of blue ones. Fat, disgusting Americans pushing their way to board first with their 2 over sized carry-ons. I know this sounds harsh but if someone was walking around with their arm hanging off I’d say, “Hey, your arm is hanging off, you should get that looked at,” however I am supposed to not notice when I get on my flight for my tiny window seat and there is a fat disgusting man with half his body on my side of the armrest, no room in the overhead cause of his fat luggage and the smell of the Whopper he bought in the airport and is already eating cause a tiny bag of pretzels won’t cut it for him. And I’m the bad guy cause A.) I notice he is a fat, disgusting hog with a clear eating problem/addiction, and B.) I mind his body touching mine on a 4 hour flight to Dallas. Fat people in this country need to wake up and realize they have a problem just like a man with cancer or some other life threatening disease. If nothing else fat people, try at least being nice to those around you when you fly. Trust me, we feel bad for you, even worse for the person stuck next to you.
Who cares if he is famous? If you’re large enough to require two seats, then you should be required to buy two tickets. The fat person will be more comfortable not being sandwiched between two metal arm rests, and the not fat person will be more comfortable not having to think he/she has paid a couple hundred dollars or more to sit leaning on one butt cheek for the duration of the flight because they happen to be seated (or got the last available seat on a general seating flight) next to an oversized man/woman.
Haha….. seriously mate just cause your ‘rich and famous’ doesnt mean your entitled to swear your fat tit of at an airline, I agree with all pre-said rights of space (Tprech, Tim) if your so called rich and famous then buy two seats and stop larding over someones elses seat.