Southwest Airlines kicks off thin passenger for fat teen
Chris Spags Southwest Airlines caught a whole lot of flack for their treatment of director/humorist/husky gentleman Kevin Smith last year after they kicked him off a flight, allegedly due to him being overweight. But now they’ve gone the other way as a 5’4, 110 pound woman was kicked off a flight in favor of a fat teenager who needed two seats.
According to the Sacramento Bee:
The local woman was flying standby, paid full fare for the last available seat, got on board, stowed her bags and sat down – only to be told she would have to deplane immediately.
The reason?
A late-arriving passenger required two seats because of her girth.
The Sacramento woman, a frequent-flying sales rep, was stunned.
“It didn’t seem right that I should have to leave to accommodate someone who had only paid for one seat,” she tells us.
A Southwest spokesperson said that the airline personnel may have acted inconsiderately to the woman due to the sensitivity of the person requiring two seats being a 14-year-old girl.
Personally, I think they should just slather the grossly obese people in butter and slide them into one seat. They won’t complain…fat people love butter. Plus you could then have a game in which people have to capture them as midflight entertainment, allowing you to save on in-flight movie rights. What can I say? I’m an idea man.
Petite passenger booted from Southwest flight [Sacramento Bee]
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