Letter to Continental Airlines

My buddy sent me this today. I had to put it up on the web. It is called Seat 29E Complaint.

 

that is great, at least he wasn't stuck between 2 fat ladies with a baby looking at him the entire way.


Last time I flew was strange also. I was waiting to board the plane about 10 feet away from the door of the plane. this kid, about 10, looked at me for a second, I know what was up. He leaned over and threw up. I am not sure what they fed him, but they surely gave him a lot of it.

He was nice enough to stop for a moment long enough for me to jump the pile and make it onto the plane.

He threw up on the plane then also.

Just when you thought the run was over... After leaving the plane there was a guy outside in the airport instructing us to watch our step. I looked down to see more french fries and white stuff on the ground.

 

Rad. Thanks for reminding me of the fat lady. I made the mistake of flying Southwest across country one time. I was going out to Long Island, NY and I could get there with one stop on the way out and supposedly direct on the way back (another story). I figured that one stop was no big deal, especially since I would be less than 15 minutes from my destination when I landed. Well, I got onto the plane and sat in the second to last row...I like it back there for some reason....close to the bar maybe. So, anyway, the plane starts to fill up and I see this extremely large woman coming to the back with a small man (maybe 5'-5" behind her). She was about 5'-10" and maybe 350-400 lbs.. I am 6'-4" and the guy sitting next to the window (3x3 seating) is about the same. She looks at me and asks if the seat in the middle is taken, to which I reply, "no." As I am moving to stand up, she says, "I can take the aisle seat if you want to sit in the middle." I told her that was ok, and that she could have the middle seat. It turns out the guy behind her is her husband. He mentions to her that maybe she should sit in the middle of the two smaller people in the row in front of us, but she did not want to...maybe she would have had too much room.

Anyway, she sits down and has to flip up the arm to do so...and leaves it up without me noticing. I sit down and when she leans back, her back fat squeezes out and pushes up against me. I was speechless. I casually lean out into the aisle where I get bumped by every person who is simply trying to walk by. If we had to put the arm down, she would not have even come close to fitting in the seat.

So, when we stopped in Chicago I move up to the exit row figuring I would get some more leg room. I was just so happy she was out of my life. A stewardess came over and stood in between the guy seated in the window seat and I to get out of the way. I figured I would ask her what Southwest's policy on people who don't fit into the seats was. I told her about the lady and the back fat. She told me that it basically works on the honor system. People who don't fit into one seat are supposed to buy two seats and if there is an empy seat on the plane, Southwest will refund the cost of one ticket. But, it works on the honor system I asked? This is when it got good. The flight from Chi town to NY was not supposed to be totally full and it wasn't, but the only thing left at this point were middle seats. As I am listening to her response, I hear, "that is my seat." The stewardess and I look up at the woman who said it, who is pointing at the middle seat, and smile. She was only about 300 pounds.

First and last time I do that trip on SWA.

 

I've never been on a plane. They really put a seat there??? Gross!