I was flying from Albuquerque to Phoenix on Southwest. Now, Southwest Air has the “persons of size” policy in that if you can’t fit with the arm rest down, you need to buy another ticket, but they only charge you for that other ticket if the flight is full. I was in the B boarding group and I saw the beginnings of the C boarding group come up to stand. This guy was 400 lbs and I knew he only bought 1 ticket. So I get onto the plane and I grab the LAST window seat. Within seconds, the last aisle seat is taken. The FA’s say on the loudspeaker, “nothing but middle seats, this flight is full, so please pick the first seat you see.”
So Mr. Wideload comes on the plane and I see him, and I smell him. He’s got sweat stains on every roll. I waved down some random person in front of him to take the middle seat so I could block in my row. Mr. Random took that seat and he looked at me and then looked at Mr. Wideload and said, “Good quick thinking.” So Mr. Wideload stands in the aisle, looking for a good spot to sit down and there’s just 1 seat 2 rows in front of me and they’re not looking too happy. So the FA comes up to the section and is asking for a volunteer to give up their armrests and personal space so Mr. Wideload can sit.
Surprisingly, no one raises their hand to say, “yes, please cram me in.” Then the FA comes up and says to me, “Sir, would you be able to give up your seat so we can accomodate this Gentlemen?” I lied and said that I needed the window seat because I get air sick. After a few minutes, they finally forced a guy 4 rows up to give up his aisle seat and move to the middle to Mr. Wideload could take the aisle seat, and that arm rest moved up.
Then to top it all off, Mr. Wideload started coughing during the flight, these long wet, hacking coughs.
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