Monday, February 15, 2010

Kevin Smith deemed 'too fat' to fly Southwest


From ew, Kevin Smith has been taking Southwest Airlines to task via his widely-read Twitter feed after the director was deemed a “safety risk” and asked to leave a Saturday flight. If he was too fat to fly, Smith wondered, “Why wait til my bag is up, and I’m seated…In front of a packed plane with a bunch of folks who’d already I.d.ed me as ‘Silent Bob.’” According to Southwest Airlines’ “customer of size” policy, passengers must buy a second seat if they cannot fit between the arm rests. “Hey @SouthwestAir!” wrote Smith, “Sometimes, the arm rests are up because THE PEOPLE SITTING THERE ALREADY PUT THEM UP; NOT BECAUSE THEY ‘CAN’T GO DOWN’.”

4 comments:

Octopunk said...

That's too bad. Not so much because of the airline being jerks but because I didn't think he was all that fat, so I guess he's gotten fatter.

Catfreeek said...

It just sucks that they called him out in front of a packed plane and embarrassed him. What assholes.

Landshark said...

Maybe the flight crew is just getting him back for Jersey Girl?

Octopunk said...

Ooh, snap!

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