American Airlines responded, stating that its passengers come 'in all different sizes and shapes.'
passenger is asking the company for "reparations" after tweeting that she was "wedged" between two "obese people" on a three-hour flight.commentator, posted to Twitter on Monday stating that she was "literally - WEDGED between two OBESE people on my flight."
"This is absolutely NOT acceptable or okay. If fat people want to be fat, fine. But it is something else entirely when I'm stuck between you, with your arm rolls on my body, for 3 hours," Watson said. In the tweet thread, Watson said that "If you need a seat belt extender, you are TOO FAT TO BE ON A PLANE.""Buy two seats or don't fly," Watson added.
Watson said that the flight attendant on the plane "has asked me 4 times if I need anything" and gave her "the ‘this is f--ked’ pity expression." According to Watson, she asked a brother to one of the women she was sitting next to if he'd like to "swap seats.""I don't care if this is mean. My entire body is currently being touched against my wishes. I can't even put the arm rests down on either side because there's no f-ing room. I'm sick of acting like fatness to this extent is normal. Let me assure you, it is not" she said.
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