I'm coming at this as a person that rarely finds any problem on a flight and am often looking for cheap flights that get me from one part of the country (or planet) to another.
I am not fat.
I still think however that Southwest Airlines even with this post is continuing to handle this situation incorrectly. This was not a matter of Kevin Smith being so fat he needed two seats because of it - he wanted two seats because he wanted not to put up with other people but was (he says) willing to forgo the luxury of the second seat just so he could get home.
I have never flown Southwest Airlines and in my annual flight to California I am pretty sure I will never fly Southwest Airlines. That you can't just simply say "We made a mistake, we apologize." Without tacking on the "But our policy is to bump fat people when we need the space" considering he was not to quote Kevin Smith himself " 'THAT' fat."
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I'm coming at this as a person that rarely finds any problem on a flight and am often looking for cheap flights that get me from one part of the country (or planet) to another.
I am not fat.
I still think however that Southwest Airlines even with this post is continuing to handle this situation incorrectly. This was not a matter of Kevin Smith being so fat he needed two seats because of it - he wanted two seats because he wanted not to put up with other people but was (he says) willing to forgo the luxury of the second seat just so he could get home.
I have never flown Southwest Airlines and in my annual flight to California I am pretty sure I will never fly Southwest Airlines. That you can't just simply say "We made a mistake, we apologize." Without tacking on the "But our policy is to bump fat people when we need the space" considering he was not to quote Kevin Smith himself " 'THAT' fat."
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