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From Twitter 02-15-2010
Feb. 16th, 2010 03:09 amTweets copied by twittinesis.com
Feb. 16th, 2010
Kevin Smith and Southwest Air.
Feb. 16th, 2010 09:25 pmYou heard the story by now. Kevin Smith (Jay and Silent Bob fame, yes, he's Bob) gets on a Southwest flight only to be kicked off by the captain for being too fat, and he's ranting on Twitter and his podcast about it.
That's not the whole story, and I'm of three different minds of this (strangely enough, being three headed at this time).
The left head says "DAMN RIGHT! He's large but he can fit in those seats with the arm-rest down. He shouldn't of been taken off the plane just because he was just too damn fat."
The right head says "HEY! There's a !)$*( WEIGHT LIMIT on those planes. Too much and they can't take off. Standard Physics! It's why they have you weigh your bags, and there's a push to get the FAA to up the standard weight of a human for testing and flight from 170 pounds. The average male is what, 191 pounds? Nearly 200? And I'm over that! What am I pushing, 256? I bet they looked for the heaviest guy there and Kevin was the first one they saw."
The middle head says "Put it in context.
"Southwest says that Kevin bought two tickets; if the flight wasn't booked too full, he'd get a refund on one of 'em. Southwest's policy.
"Kevin says he's so fat, he broke a toilet. He admitted to that. He's unashamedly and unrepentantly obese. He's going Butterball on us, let's move on.
"Southwest says that Kevin was booked on a flight, but wanted to be on an earlier flight. That meant standby; one seat opened up for him, and only one. He got two tickets, and asked for two. Two didn't open up, only one.
"So he put himself in a position that he was a prime target for bumping from a plane if the captain chose to bump a passenger because the flight was overweight and was at risk of not taking off safely, aka CRASHING IN A BIG HUGE BALL OF FIREY DEATH. Aka, standard, publicly documented, procedure.
"In the end, we get a big huge fat loudmouth celeb who wants everyone to know that he's a big huge fat loudmouth celeb who intentionally put himself in a position to be bumped from a flight, making Southwest look bad. He then vows to walk (not too far) to another airline (because the counter's easy to get to), where he'll face even tighter seat arrangements, less leg room, more fees for baggage, and less tolerance for fat guys like him. Oh, and no refunds on buying two tickets for just yourself because you're overweight and could take up two seats.
"Great move, Kevin. Hope you're yanking your name off of Cop Out too."
That's not the whole story, and I'm of three different minds of this (strangely enough, being three headed at this time).
The left head says "DAMN RIGHT! He's large but he can fit in those seats with the arm-rest down. He shouldn't of been taken off the plane just because he was just too damn fat."
The right head says "HEY! There's a !)$*( WEIGHT LIMIT on those planes. Too much and they can't take off. Standard Physics! It's why they have you weigh your bags, and there's a push to get the FAA to up the standard weight of a human for testing and flight from 170 pounds. The average male is what, 191 pounds? Nearly 200? And I'm over that! What am I pushing, 256? I bet they looked for the heaviest guy there and Kevin was the first one they saw."
The middle head says "Put it in context.
"Southwest says that Kevin bought two tickets; if the flight wasn't booked too full, he'd get a refund on one of 'em. Southwest's policy.
"Kevin says he's so fat, he broke a toilet. He admitted to that. He's unashamedly and unrepentantly obese. He's going Butterball on us, let's move on.
"Southwest says that Kevin was booked on a flight, but wanted to be on an earlier flight. That meant standby; one seat opened up for him, and only one. He got two tickets, and asked for two. Two didn't open up, only one.
"So he put himself in a position that he was a prime target for bumping from a plane if the captain chose to bump a passenger because the flight was overweight and was at risk of not taking off safely, aka CRASHING IN A BIG HUGE BALL OF FIREY DEATH. Aka, standard, publicly documented, procedure.
"In the end, we get a big huge fat loudmouth celeb who wants everyone to know that he's a big huge fat loudmouth celeb who intentionally put himself in a position to be bumped from a flight, making Southwest look bad. He then vows to walk (not too far) to another airline (because the counter's easy to get to), where he'll face even tighter seat arrangements, less leg room, more fees for baggage, and less tolerance for fat guys like him. Oh, and no refunds on buying two tickets for just yourself because you're overweight and could take up two seats.
"Great move, Kevin. Hope you're yanking your name off of Cop Out too."