02-16-2010
07:14 AM
It is safe to assume that I am indeed fatter than Kevin Smith. Though I *can* put the arm rests down without discomfort, I do sometimes need the extension for the safety belt (Smith does not.)
I have never been treated poorly by any airline (including Southwest) nor by any fellow passenger.
However, had I been in Smith's place during this incident, I would have been mortified and more than likely hiring an attorney. I've been thinking about making a few trips later this year and now think I'd rather drive than give my hard-earned cash to such a corporation as I risk potential embarrassment and humiliation.
The "25-year old policy" is utter nonsense and discriminatory. Even when I was a much thinner man in my younger years, I always felt like a sardine in these flying tin cans. The pure greed to maximize every inch is downright ridiculous and does not make for happy traveling. Comfort? What a joke!
One begins to think that the reason "bags fly free" on Southwest is because fat people are expected to subsidize the luggage.
How about a surcharge on people with colds? Whining, crying brats? Lapdogs?
No frills flights seem to be common these days with all of the cost-cutting going on. Keep the peanuts and pretzels, they only make your passengers fat.
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