02-15-2010
02:12 PM
As a person who has bought 2 seats, because I really am too fat for one seat (and Kevin Smith certainly isn't), let me tell you that buying 2 seats on a packed flight is a recipe for misery. I've had the flight attendants seat people next to me anyhow, then the boss attendant announces to the entire cabin "No, the Fat Lady bought two seats" and then, basically, everyone on the plane, packed in like sardines, stares at you like "Oh, so you're some rich bigshot you get all that space to yourself, aren't you special?" The airlines need to have some friggin' bigger seats. It's not just unusually large people who are uncomfortable, lots of passengers are. They've made it impossibly uncomfortable, both physically and psychologically, for many of us to fly at all.
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