If you listen to Kevin Smith's discussion at smodcast, he explains that when he was put on a later flight he had a second seat per the SWA fat rules. there was a large girl sitting on the other side of the empty seat in the "aisle" seat, and the SWA flight attendants pulled the girl off the plane and told her that SHE would also have to pay for another seat due to her fatness, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS THE EMPTY, UNUSED SEAT BETWEEN HER AND KEVIN SMITH.... THERE WAS NO ONE SITTING IN THE EMPTY SEAT NEXT TO HER. She wasn't invading anyone's space, the flight attendants were just being rude and disrespectful to a customer because they feel empowered to be so. Southwest is just the worst. Cheap tickets = rude, cheap service.
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