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Some crazy airline made Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, etc.) buy two seats. He was hopping mad, and I don't blame him. He said he was he not spilling over
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
Some crazy airline made Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, etc.) buy two seats. He was hopping mad, and I don't blame him.
He said he was he not spilling over into the next seat.
(If airlines want to embarrass people, they need to do it in a tactful way. Like before buying the ticket. For instance, if your waist is over--whatever 50 inches, you need to buy two, but not on the plane in front of everyone. Airline have to go back catering to their custmers. Taking a flight seems just awful these days.)
- coderintherye 5y agoThere's no way to verify that prior to them being there in person. If you did it at ordering time people would just lie. Likewise, luggage is weighed at the airport, rather than what someone claims the weight is.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoStory is here: https://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/15/kevin.smith.southwest/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/15/kevin.smith.so... Now, I don't know the whole story of how the communication with Smith went down, but I 100% agree with the policy: If you can't lower the arm rest, you need to buy another seat. Also, your suggestion "Like before buying the ticket" doesn't make sense. How is the airline to know someone is large enough to buy require 2 seats before they board? I remember when this story came out, and there was plenty of backlash against Smith for going on his tirade, and some of it from other overweight people basically along the lines of "I know I'm overweight, and I know I have to deal with it by buying a second seat".