So apparently this weekend a Houston television station felt compelled to jump on the Kyla bandwagon. Only this time the station rehashed what is a familiar story about some Southwest passenger who was told he had to buy another seat on the airline in the past, because he weighed over 400 pounds at the time.

The difference between now and then? Obviously now it’s a race for reporters who obviously don’t have any better things to do than to root out other passengers who have been “demeaned” or “embarrassed” by Southwest Airlines. And clearly there are those folks out there who see this quest as a chance for them to be on television.



And I quote,

[J.R.]Hill says for him that meant being pulled out of a line in front of more than 100 passengers and being told he was too fat.

“I hate to admit it but I was in tears,” said Hill.

Hill decided to speak out after hearing about a woman who claimed Southwest made her ” cover up” with a blanket, and about another woman whose mini skirt was said to be too provocative to fly.”

The man weighed 435 pounds at the time this happened. I’m sorry Mr. Hill. But you should have been told to buy another seat.

Remember when we had to endure a series of copy cat “I found a [fill in the blank here] stories? You know, “I found a dead rat in my Wendy’s chili.”  Or, “I found a dead mouse in my Wendy’s salad?”

So here’s the question for the day. What new story will hit the airwaves this week? Someone was too tall to fly on Southwest? They were too ugly? Too old? Someone found a sunflower seed in their bag of LUV nuts?

<Shaking my head>

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