Kevin Was Too Fat To Fly?

This is Kevin Smith, otherwise known as “Silent Bob”

It was reported today that he was basically kicked off of a Southwest flight because he was too fat. He had bought two seats for a flight but then when he tried to fly standby he was kicked off because he couldn’t put the arm rests down.

I was a consultant who flew 2 flights a week for about 7 years. My very first flight for work I sat next to a guy that had put the arm rests up. It was one of those small commuter planes. I knew next to nothing about airplanes around that time so I hadn’t really set up any personal airplane rules for myself. Like I don’t think people should cross their legs into my area or if I’m not using the armrests at all, I sure as hell better not feel the tip of your elbows bleeding over.

It was kind of gross when that guy with the arm rests up kept touching me with his arm because there was no barrier. I don’t think I should have to be put out because I fit in a seat but what could I do? Force the arm rest down and let it dig into his obliques? I guess I had no choice but I do find it interesting that there’s now a policy where you have to buy two seats or you get kicked off. I guess that would be motivation to lose weight instead of having to have your flight fares double any time you go anywhere.

So  Mandy and I have bought extra tickets before for extra room at the ball park. It was only Dell Diamond so it was only an extra 10 bucks or something for more room. The last time we did this, we sat next to a family and the dad just felt like putting his kid in that empty seat we bought. We didn’t make a big deal about it because it was just a tiny kid. We were later put out when this rowdy kid switched seats with him.It seemed weird to bring it up that point so we just moved out of our seats completely later.

What if I were a fat person and bought two seats and then someone moved right into my seat thinking it was open? It would be pretty embarrassing to say you bought two seats for your girth.

No Comments

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Leave a comment