Kevin Smith vs. Southwest Airlines

milarso

mca47 wrote:

A guy who could barely fit in his seat (where he admittedly buys two so he can fit better) and causing the plane to be delayed...I have no problem with them tossing him.

And here he is in his own words talking about buying two seats... and it doesn't have anything to do with him fitting better.

http://smodcast.com/nrtjfk.html

http://smodcast.com/ocn815.html

milarso

Kel Varnsen wrote:

Well my original question was why he was flying a discount airline to begin with? But the convenience factor makes it make a little bit more sense I guess. But do no airlines with first class or business class fly out of Burbank?

Yeah- he said that he and his wife would be flying Jet Blue from now on.

mca47

milarso wrote:

Kel Varnsen wrote:

Well my original question was why he was flying a discount airline to begin with? But the convenience factor makes it make a little bit more sense I guess. But do no airlines with first class or business class fly out of Burbank?

Yeah- he said that he and his wife would be flying Jet Blue from now on.

I bet he still flies Southwest again.
JetBlue doesn't have inter-California flights (in and out only).

Flying from Oakland to Burbank (as he did to cause this issue) wouldn't be possible on JetBlue.

Hammerdonkey

milarso wrote:

mca47 wrote:

http://smodcast.com/ocn815.html

He spends a lot of time saying he's not known to purchase 2 seats, then at the 45 second mark he says that he is known to purchase 2 (sometimes 3) seats.

Sounds like he's used Southwest many, many times and this was his first problem with them. And, it was on a flight that he wasn't scheduled to be on. He was inconvenienced by their inability to accommodate his inconveniencing that particular flight.

I'm surprised he finds time to blog (and whatnot) in between eating ham and mayonnaise.

Look here cow, you want to eliminate embarrassing situations, drop a hundred pounds or so and remaster the art of peeing while standing up. I bet he hasn't washed his taint meat in 7 years.

In summation, Kevin Smith is a moderately funny pig who got his feelings hurt for being a fat. At least he doesn't have cancer or a scratch on his incredibly fat back that he can't reach.

rhcpjam1029

milarso wrote:

mca47 wrote:

Anyone else following this?
I think it's great!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/02/15/k ... index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/ ... index.html

Let me start by saying I am a Kevin Smith fan. I really enjoy his movies, but I do not support him on this at all.

Kevin Smith who frequently flies Southwest, also used to frequently purchase two standard tickets...as a means for extra room on a flight.

For those of you who don't fly Southwest, you don't get assigned seats, rather you are boarded by sections. Once you get on the plane, you can sit where ever there is an open seat.
Anyways, what's great about Southwest is that you don't necessarily have to fly your scheduled flight. If you want, you can catch an earlier flight (for no extra cost), but you have to be put on the stand-by list. As a frequent flier myself, I take advantage of this ALL the time! It's part of a number of reasons why Southwest is my #1 airline (I typically fly around twice a week).
On the standby list, you have less options and you are boarded last...but you almost always get on (especially regional).

So Smith wants to get on an earlier flight, but he's deemed "too fat" (probably a middle seat, as that's usually all that's left - Southwest only flies 737s...3 seats on each side of the aisle) for one seat, and is taken off. He makes a big fuss but I cannot support him at all!

For someone who travels all the f'n time, I deal with the Kevin Smith's all the damn time and it's horrible! Sitting next to that is not fair to anyone next to them! I could tell you stories all night about flights I've had with "Kevin Smiths".

Anyways, I'd like to hear some other perspectives...
CNN did a poll and the last I checked 60% of people sided with Southwest (as I do).

You should listen to his podcast. http://www.smodcast.com
I know it's just his side of the story, but it sounds like he kinda got screwed.
He also went to great lengths to elaborate on why he normally buys two seats, and it's not because he can't fit into one, rather that SW is cheap, he is rich and he doesn't like to talk to people on airplanes.
He said he has flown several times on SW with just one seat, and it was never a problem until the other day...seems odd to me.
You said yourself- you've flown with several "Kevin Smiths" in your day- apparently the only one they let get on the plane, get settled, and then haul off in front of 200 people is the one that they recognize from TV...

yeah listen to his smodcast first. he explains his side of the story pretty well, and it seems pretty truthful to me.

smith doesn't need the publicity. he fucking hates publicity.

milarso

Hammerdonkey wrote:

milarso wrote:

http://smodcast.com/ocn815.html

He spends a lot of time saying he's not known to purchase 2 seats, then at the 45 second mark he says that he is known to purchase 2 (sometimes 3) seats.

Yeah- when he flies with his wife...and later he says those times are few and far between...

eyedclaar

Hammerdonkey wrote:

He spends a lot of time saying he's not known to purchase 2 seats, then at the 45 second mark he says that he is known to purchase 2 (sometimes 3) seats.

Sounds like he's used Southwest many, many times and this was his first problem with them. And, it was on a flight that he wasn't scheduled to be on. He was inconvenienced by their inability to accommodate his inconveniencing that particular flight.

I'm surprised he finds time to blog (and whatnot) in between eating ham and mayonnaise.

Look here cow, you want to eliminate embarrassing situations, drop a hundred pounds or so and remaster the art of peeing while standing up. I bet he hasn't washed his taint meat in 7 years.

In summation, Kevin Smith is a moderately funny pig who got his feelings hurt for being a fat. At least he doesn't have cancer or a scratch on his incredibly fat back that he can't reach.

This is why everyone should love Hammerdonkey. Whether you agree with him or not. Compelling well researched field journalism at its finest.

milarso

eyedclaar wrote:

Hammerdonkey wrote:

He spends a lot of time saying he's not known to purchase 2 seats, then at the 45 second mark he says that he is known to purchase 2 (sometimes 3) seats.

Sounds like he's used Southwest many, many times and this was his first problem with them. And, it was on a flight that he wasn't scheduled to be on. He was inconvenienced by their inability to accommodate his inconveniencing that particular flight.

I'm surprised he finds time to blog (and whatnot) in between eating ham and mayonnaise.

Look here cow, you want to eliminate embarrassing situations, drop a hundred pounds or so and remaster the art of peeing while standing up. I bet he hasn't washed his taint meat in 7 years.

In summation, Kevin Smith is a moderately funny pig who got his feelings hurt for being a fat. At least he doesn't have cancer or a scratch on his incredibly fat back that he can't reach.

This is why everyone should love Hammerdonkey. Whether you agree with him or not. Compelling well researched field journalism at its finest.

My favorite part was the speculation about taint meat washing...

pandora

milarso wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Hammerdonkey wrote:

He spends a lot of time saying he's not known to purchase 2 seats, then at the 45 second mark he says that he is known to purchase 2 (sometimes 3) seats.

Sounds like he's used Southwest many, many times and this was his first problem with them. And, it was on a flight that he wasn't scheduled to be on. He was inconvenienced by their inability to accommodate his inconveniencing that particular flight.

I'm surprised he finds time to blog (and whatnot) in between eating ham and mayonnaise.

Look here cow, you want to eliminate embarrassing situations, drop a hundred pounds or so and remaster the art of peeing while standing up. I bet he hasn't washed his taint meat in 7 years.

In summation, Kevin Smith is a moderately funny pig who got his feelings hurt for being a fat. At least he doesn't have cancer or a scratch on his incredibly fat back that he can't reach.

This is why everyone should love Hammerdonkey. Whether you agree with him or not. Compelling well researched field journalism at its finest.

My favorite part was the speculation about taint meat washing...

hmmmm that was, I thought, unnecessary roughness. Understanding not being a strong suit there. Karma comes in many different ways and having understanding kind thoughts for others just makes the world a better place and a life a better life. I think most mothers taught us if you can't say something nice.....

Heatherj43

NO WAY would I tolerate sitting next to anyone too big on a plane or anywhere that was a long time. They could had sat him on an outside seat, or somewhere that made more sense.

My bf is a big guy and I hate sitting next to him at football games. We use to have seats at the end of a row and he would sit on the outside. Two years ago, we got our seats upgraded, so now we are in the middle of a row. It sux. I feel worse for the person on the other side of him. They didn't sign up for that, I did.

The Champ

Silent Bob is fatter than hell now and maybe this will act as a wake up call....but more likely, it's just waves made for his upcoming shitty movie..

John Briggs 2008

With Kevin's eccentricities and quirks he is still just a guy and human being with real problems like the rest of us. It blows my mind that because the man is rich he is supposed to be somehow different from the rest of us. He makes mistakes, enjoys many of the same things and lives life one day at a time like the rest of us. Obesity is a real health issue and it's more than physical. It's mental and emotional. For some it's a genetic issue and for some it's a lifestyle issue. Eating habits can equate to any other type of addiction. Nuff of my ranting though. I think southwest dropped the ball on how they handled it myself. :roll:

The Champ

John Briggs 2008 wrote:

Eating habits can equate to any other type of addiction.

Please, don't even go there...well, I guess you already did, but it still doesn't make it any less ridiculous..

facepollution

The Champ wrote:

John Briggs 2008 wrote:

Eating habits can equate to any other type of addiction.

Please, don't even go there...well, I guess you already did, but it still doesn't make it any less ridiculous..

I think the key word there was can. One definition of addiction is:

a. The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something

toodee

This sort of thing wouldn't happen in Canada, they made it illegal to force overweight people to buy a second seat in 2008 (or somewhere around that time)

dunkman

toodee wrote:

This sort of thing wouldn't happen in Canada, they made it illegal to force overweight people to buy a second seat in 2008 (or somewhere around that time)

and this relates to this story how? :?

milarso

dunkman wrote:

toodee wrote:

This sort of thing wouldn't happen in Canada, they made it illegal to force overweight people to buy a second seat in 2008 (or somewhere around that time)

and this relates to this story how? :?

People with ties to Canada love vocalize how things are better there, or how negative things that happen in the US would never happen there. I think it's some kind of national inferiority complex.

haffajappa

Canadian Airline Boots Passenger for Being “Too Smelly to Fly”
February 17, 2010 | Posted in: Airlines, Customer Service, Flight Attendants, Passengers, Travel Safety


What a stink – first Southwest boots Hollywood’s Kevin Smith for being “too fat to fly” (without purchasing a second seat, anyway) – and now, Canada’s CBC News reports that a man was ejected from an Air Canada Jazz flight for being “too smelly to fly.”

Details are sketchy, as they say – but the incident occurred sometime earlier this month, just before take-off at Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island) on a flight to Montreal.

We do know our friend with the bad odor was an American, and that he really exuded quite a stink because “efforts were made to isolate the man from other passengers” but apparently that wasn’t good enough – so, he got the boot.

The good news is the man apparently lost his stink overnight (or perhaps he took a shower), and was allowed to fly the next morning – which I suppose is the very definition of the “sweet smell of success”.

I wonder what flight attendants find more disagreeable – having to tell someone they’re too fat? Or too smelly?

g under p

haffajappa wrote:

Canadian Airline Boots Passenger for Being “Too Smelly to Fly”
February 17, 2010 | Posted in: Airlines, Customer Service, Flight Attendants, Passengers, Travel Safety


What a stink – first Southwest boots Hollywood’s Kevin Smith for being “too fat to fly” (without purchasing a second seat, anyway) – and now, Canada’s CBC News reports that a man was ejected from an Air Canada Jazz flight for being “too smelly to fly.”

Details are sketchy, as they say – but the incident occurred sometime earlier this month, just before take-off at Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island) on a flight to Montreal.

We do know our friend with the bad odor was an American, and that he really exuded quite a stink because “efforts were made to isolate the man from other passengers” but apparently that wasn’t good enough – so, he got the boot.

The good news is the man apparently lost his stink overnight (or perhaps he took a shower), and was allowed to fly the next morning – which I suppose is the very definition of the “sweet smell of success”.

I wonder what flight attendants find more disagreeable – having to tell someone they’re too fat? Or too smelly?

Wow I wonder if the same thing will happen if lays down a fart?

peace

mca47

All I know is when I start my airline it's going to be fatty and baby free!




Just think of that! A flight with no disgusting fat slob sitting next to you or any babies crying anywhere...

And then I sit back and watch the money roll in.