Feb 17 2010
Kevin Smith is a fat asshole
I like the airline’s policy of making fat people buy two seats if they can’t fit into a single seat. Sure, everyone has a right to be fat, but that right ends when it starts poking into the sides of fellow, non-obese travelers. Not to mention the safety risk of having a fat guy crammed into a tiny airplane seat during an emergency.
That’s why I have zero sympathy for Kevin Smith, the writer and director of Clerks, who recently generated a ton of press for getting kicked off a Southwest flight for being too fat. Apparently, Smith had purchased two tickets, according to Southwest’s rules, but then decided to take an earlier flight where only one seat was available. Once it was discovered that Smith couldn’t fit into his seat, a fact that Smith apparently already knew since he originally purchased two seats, Smith was booted from the plane. After the incident, Smith took to Twitter, claiming that Southwest kicked him off because of his size.
I don’t get why Smith is angry here. He knew that he was too fat to fit into a single seat, that’s why he originally bought two tickets. It was also his choice to take an earlier flight where only one seat was available. Really what Smith was doing was inconveniencing another traveler because he wanted to take an early flight. That’s a dick, selfish and inconsiderate move on Smith’s part.
I mean, have you ever sat next to a fat guy, particularly on Southwest’s tiny seats? It’s an awful experience, and completely unfair for the person who paid full price for a ticket yet ends up with a fat arm in their side for several hours.
Southwest wasn’t discriminating against Smith, as he claims, because he is ‘too wide for the sky’…they’re trying to create a comfortable environment for their normal-sized passengers and making Smith pay for the real estate that he’s consuming.
Really, Smith is acting like a petulant child who got caught doing something that he already knew was wrong. Smith’s tweets are selfish and juvenile, and I hope Southwest doesn’t change their policy because of this incident. In fact, I’d prefer to fly an airline who gets rid of fatties, rather than one that coddles them.

