02-16-2010
12:49 PM
1 Love
I'm a very thin person, and I have no intention of flying Southwest Airlines again because of your appalling policy. A fat person is not so fat that the "inconvenience" of them spilling over into my seat is more important than a person's dignity as a human being. Is it less comfortable for me when someone else is partly infringing on 'my' seating space? Yes, sure, absolutely. But I assure you it's even less comfortable for that person, who has to deal with a tiny seat (all airline coach seats are tiny, this is not really up for dispute) that squeezes them in, being just as overly close to me as I am to them, and the indignity of wondering what cruel thoughts people around them may be thinking -- or hearing the cruel things that people may say.
You say your airline has a policy of "assisting" your customers who require two seats. Shame on you -- shame -- on -- you -- for that bit of twisted, ugly, false wording. Your airline has a policy of *getting rid of* customers who require two seats until they're convenient for you to transport. In most cases, customers have to pay twice as much for this extra space. Shame on you. How dare you play at compassion? Your policy is punitive, not compassionate.
This is one thin ally who is going to go ahead and "assist" herself to another airline.
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