02-16-2010
12:01 AM
Kevin Smith is a well known person, at least to people who love his movies---millions of people. Kevin says he witnessed a young overweight woman suffering the humiliation of being booted from the flight also. It's those stories we never hear about, and I'm sure it's happening a lot. Gosh, I can't even imagine how lousy those customers must feel every day. I applaud Kevin Smith for using his celebrity to call attention to how Southwest will do anything for a buck, including taking away a person's dignity.
The people commenting here about how "fat people should just lose weight" are ignorant and cruel. What is this, 5th grade?
Southwest, you can say over and over that it's about "safety" but that's a lie, because you would have to expand your list of groups of people you discriminate against to include the handicapped (People of Handicap), pregnant women (People of Childbearing) and the elderly (People of Slow Walking). And any policy that is enforced arbitrarily is not going to work.
I don't fly your airline and now I'm certain I never will. Your "airline of love" marketing is a joke.
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