Kevin Smith thrown off airplane

[Smallpotatoes]

http://www.comcast.net/video/-clerks-director-strikes-back/1413655210/Comcast/1411918002/

Too fat, apparently.

 

[Starman]

1. You're rich, buy two seats, and do it early enough you are not the last seat on the plane.

2. Put down the fork.

 

[EagleMorph]

1. You're rich, buy two seats, and do it early enough you are not the last seat on the plane.

2. Put down the fork.

He did buy two seats. He got bumped to another flight for one reason or another (not sure if it was his doing or someone else's) and the second seat was no longer available. So he got thrown off.

 

[dog428]

1. You're rich, buy two seats, and do it early enough you are not the last seat on the plane.

2. Put down the fork.

1. Apparently, he did buy two seats, but was moved to another flight where only one seat was available. Don't know if that was his choice -- I would assume it was.

2. Agreed. Look, I understand that some people are just naturally big, but sonofabitch, Smith is I-have-no-self-control size. That's a you problem. Southwest isn't the bad guy. You wanna load up on complete crap and continue to swell, whatever. But don't get all pissy when a company refuses to serve you because your lack of self control is infringing upon the comfort of another customer.

 

[dooley_womack1]

That fall had to hurt. Flight attendant or bouncer?

 

[fishhack2009]

1. You're rich, buy two seats, and do it early enough you are not the last seat on the plane.

2. Put down the fork.

1. Apparently, he did buy two seats, but was moved to another flight where only one seat was available. Don't know if that was his choice -- I would assume it was.

2. Agreed. Look, I understand that some people are just naturally big, but sonofabitch, Smith is I-have-no-self-control size. That's a you problem. Southwest isn't the bad guy. You wanna load up on complete crap and continue to swell, whatever. But don't get all pissy when a company refuses to serve you because your lack of self control is infringing upon the comfort of another customer.

He wouldn't necessarily have known it was the last seat on the flight.

And with the way the airline industry ****s over the flying public every day, I'm guessing Smith wins the PR war on this one. He paid for two seats ... he should have gotten two seats. He followed their policy and still got screwed.

 

[BYH]

Smith is already winning the PR battle, turning down Southwest's offer of a voucher and hammering them on Twitter.

That said, the longer he remains on the attack, the louder "A fridge too far, fattie" voices will grow.

 

[93Devil]

I guess he was brought too much lasagna for lunch.

 

[Football_Bat]

Guess he should've turned down the waffer-thin mint.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Smith is already winning the PR battle, turning down Southwest's offer of a voucher and hammering them on Twitter.

That said, the longer he remains on the attack, the louder "A fridge too far, fattie" voices will grow.

Only winner I see here is the lucky ******* in the seat next to his, who was spared a miserable flight.

 

[Pastor]

I think the biggest revelation out of all of this, to me, is the fact that a group known as the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance exists. I know plenty of people that struggle with weight and work to do what they can. It is hard to resist grabbing at a bag of chips just sitting out there. I just wasn’t aware that such a group existed to protect those like this.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I think the biggest revelation out of all of this, to me, is the fact that a group known as the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance exists. I know plenty of people that struggle with weight and work to do what they can. It is hard to resist grabbing at a bag of chips just sitting out there. I just wasn’t aware that such a group existed to protect those like this.

I went to grade school and high school with a girl who is now one of the leading fat activists. She founded a group called something like Fat!So? Pops up on TV all the time.

I saw her online bio a while back, and it detailed how vicious her classmates were to her and her mother, who were both very large women. Near as I could tell, it was almost entirely fiction. Quite sad.

 

[outofplace]

1. You're rich, buy two seats, and do it early enough you are not the last seat on the plane.

2. Put down the fork.

1. Apparently, he did buy two seats, but was moved to another flight where only one seat was available. Don't know if that was his choice -- I would assume it was.

2. Agreed. Look, I understand that some people are just naturally big, but sonofabitch, Smith is I-have-no-self-control size. That's a you problem. Southwest isn't the bad guy. You wanna load up on complete crap and continue to swell, whatever. But don't get all pissy when a company refuses to serve you because your lack of self control is infringing upon the comfort of another customer.

Isn't more of his complaint that he didn't get the two seats he paid for and that they shouldn't have waited until the plane was fully boarded rather than deal with him long before he got settled in?

 

[The Big Ragu]

I think the biggest revelation out of all of this, to me, is the fact that a group known as the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance exists. I know plenty of people that struggle with weight and work to do what they can. It is hard to resist grabbing at a bag of chips just sitting out there. I just wasn’t aware that such a group existed to protect those like this.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Smith is already winning the PR battle, turning down Southwest's offer of a voucher and hammering them on Twitter.

That said, the longer he remains on the attack, the louder "A fridge too far, fattie" voices will grow.

Only winner I see here is the lucky ******* in the seat next to his, who was spared a miserable flight.

For sitting next to a fat ass or for sitting next to an arrogant no-talent jerk?

 

[Armchair_QB]

Smith is already winning the PR battle, turning down Southwest's offer of a voucher and hammering them on Twitter.

That said, the longer he remains on the attack, the louder "A fridge too far, fattie" voices will grow.

Only winner I see here is the lucky ******* in the seat next to his, who was spared a miserable flight.

For sitting next to a fat ass or for sitting next to an arrogant no-talent jerk?

"no-talent assclown" is the preferred nomenclature around here dude.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

Smith is already winning the PR battle, turning down Southwest's offer of a voucher and hammering them on Twitter.

That said, the longer he remains on the attack, the louder "A fridge too far, fattie" voices will grow.

This is why I don't fly. That and I don't have the money to go anywhere. Or anyone who wants me to visit them.

But why on earth is Kevin Smith flying Southwest? Doesn't he have the money to fly first-class, especially if he's buying two seats on most flights anyway?

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

I think the biggest revelation out of all of this, to me, is the fact that a group known as the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance exists. I know plenty of people that struggle with weight and work to do what they can. It is hard to resist grabbing at a bag of chips just sitting out there. I just wasn’t aware that such a group existed to protect those like this.

It would be interesting to find out what the customer service representative told him regarding the new flight.

Anyway, that Fat Acceptance group is interesting. If I was a doctor who specialized in knee and ankle surgeries and/or diabetes treatments, I'd find out where they meet and bring a stack of business cards.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I've seen Smith in person, no one is going to accuse him of being fit, but I didn't think he's anywhere close to "that big"

Hell, I traveled with a sportswriter for several years who was pushing 350 who never had any issues on planes.

 

[deskslave]

To my understanding, if you bump someone off one flight, you aren't allowed to bump them again. Even if you're not allowed to, it's probably still not a very good idea.

If they sold him two seats, and they didn't have enough room on the flight, then they oversold the flight. If the plane has 150 seats, and one guy buys two seats, then you can accommodate 148 people more, not 149.

That you can accommodate two more people by bumping the fat guy is irrelevant. If the fat guy paid for two seats, at the very least, he deserves the same consideration everyone else would get when it comes to bumping people.

Seems pretty unfair to make someone buy two seats, then have them be the first to get bumped on top of that.