Stoutwest Airlines

The local woman was flying standby, paid full fare for the last available seat, got on board, stowed her bags and sat down – only to be told she would have to deplane immediately.

The reason?

A late-arriving passenger required two seats because of her girth.

[via the sacramento bee]

first off, it you hadn't guessed, the airline was none other than the very classy southwest. which gives me reason to believe their unprofessional anti-skinny people move was only to distract us from their kevin smith fiasco.

but ignoring southwest's reputation, i find it horrible that the 5'4" 110 lb frequent flyer who was asked to deplane said the entire experience "didn't seem right" but opted to remain anonymous "for fear some might regard her as insensitive."

to me, the situation doesn't just "seem" wrong, it is wrong. this isn't like seeing a square watermelon for the first time and thinking, "huh, that's unusual"-- this is undeniably wrong, like beastiality or sarah palin. and the only insensitive thing would be not saying so.

can i add that the overweight passenger-- who was late, and only paid for one seat-- was a 14 year-old?

the airline spokeswoman admitted normal policy for airlines would be asking for volunteers to deplane (or just telling the girl she was late for her flight and they couldn't accommodate her), but southwest went around this because they were trying to protect the teenager's feelings-- they didn't want her to, you know, feel bad about being so gigantic she required two seats.

look, we need to stop trying to avoid embarrassing fat people at the cost of skinny people. this is what i was talking about earlier: outlawing salt because of fat people who can't control themselves. making it so it's near impossible for skinny people to find food that has carbs and calories that can suit their high-metabolism.

i'm not saying we should outwardly make fun of fat people, but when a 14 year-old girl can't fit into a single airline seat, something needs to be said-- wait till she finishes puberty: she'll be a a fucking planet-- the proper answer is not dancing around her weight and kicking skinny girls out so the fatty won't have her feelings hurt.

there are these websites saying southwest discriminates against fat people and could be sued if brought to the right court and i just wish these people would spend the same amount of energy exercising. here's the truth: all airlines have a similar policy regarding very large characters-- it's for the safety and comfort of the rest of us. personally, i hate sharing half of my seat with an overweight person.

but, more importantly, southwest happens to be the only carrier that offers the extra seat for free (assuming the trip does not sell-out.) so if anything, they are the most accommodating to fat people.

this is all just getting out of hand.

at this rate, the future will be full of blob-like school-kids who crowd around computers during their recess break, and it'll be the kid wanting to go out and play handball who gets made fun of.