{"id":58134,"date":"2019-01-30T00:19:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T00:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134"},"modified":"2019-01-30T00:19:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T00:19:50","slug":"woman-kicked-off-flight-rant-sitting-two-big-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134","title":{"rendered":"Woman kicked off flight for rant about sitting between \u2018two big pigs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unhinged woman was kicked off a recent United Airlines flight after going on a fat-shaming tirade about her two seatmates \u2013 calling the passengers on either side of her \u201ctwo big pigs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eb2omActtUE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOh my goodness! I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to do this for the next four hours!\u201d the woman barks into her cellphone on the Las Vegas-to-Newark flight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just impossible \u2019cause they\u2019re squishing me. Like, just unbelievable. At least they\u2019ll keep me warm,\u201d she fumes. \u201cI can\u2019t sit here because they\u2019re both so big on left and right. I can\u2019t even sit here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norma Rodgers, an award-winning nurse from New Jersey sitting next to the obnoxious woman, captures her on video as she continues her rant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cB\u2014h, please! OK?\u201d Rodgers finally says.<\/p>\n<p>But the woman lashes back, \u201cI can\u2019t do this! I eat salad!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An exasperated Rodgers turns to a flight attendant for help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcuse me, can you find her another seat? Because I will not be verbally abused by this b\u2014h or anybody else,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not be verbally abused by anybody. I\u2019m not tolerating it. I am not starting my new year off with this kind of negativity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The crew member asks the woman if she would like to wait in the rear so she could check to see if there was another seat available.<\/p>\n<p>Other passengers then confront the furious flier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should be ashamed of yourself, madam. What you\u2019re doing is so terrible, you should be ashamed of yourself,\u201d one says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not politically correct,\u201d the woman says. \u201cWhy don\u2019t you try and sit between those two big pigs?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the woman disappears from view, Rodgers adds one parting shot: \u201cB\u2014h, kiss my fat a\u2013!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post about the incident that has been viewed almost 2.5 million times, Rodgers said airline workers eventually escorted the woman off the plane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to say thank you to the flight attendants, supervisor and gate agent that handled the situation professionally and calmly,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for addressing the issue immediately and not letting it escalate any further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United spokesman Robert Einhorn told The Post in a statement: \u201cUnited flight attendants care about the safety and well-being of all of our customers which is why they acted quickly to find a different seat for the disruptive customer. When it became clear that this passenger\u2019s behavior was likely to be problematic on this flight, she was provided alternate travel arrangements first thing the next morning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Rodgers, the former president of the New Jersey State Nurses Association, was honored in 2016 \u201cfor her advocacy with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to declare gun violence as a national health issue.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unhinged woman was kicked off a recent United Airlines flight after going on a fat-shaming tirade about her two seatmates \u2013 calling the passengers on either side of her \u201ctwo big pigs.\u201d \u201cOh my goodness! I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to do this for the next four hours!\u201d the woman barks into her &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[3480],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Woman kicked off flight for rant about sitting between \u2018two big pigs\u2019 - TheFastFashion.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Woman kicked off flight for rant about sitting between \u2018two big pigs\u2019 - TheFastFashion.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An unhinged woman was kicked off a recent United Airlines flight after going on a fat-shaming tirade about her two seatmates \u2013 calling the passengers on either side of her \u201ctwo big pigs.\u201d \u201cOh my goodness! I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to do this for the next four hours!\u201d the woman barks into her &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TheFastFashion.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/buyingforbeauty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-30T00:19:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Woman-kicked-off-flight-for-rant-about-sitting-between-\u2018two-big-pigs\u2019.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"607\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TheFastFashion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TheFastFashion\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134\",\"name\":\"Woman kicked off flight for rant about sitting between \u2018two big pigs\u2019 - TheFastFashion.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-30T00:19:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-30T00:19:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6724c5c91d5889cf040718d048e9c810\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Woman kicked off flight for rant about sitting between \u2018two big pigs\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/\",\"name\":\"TheFastFashion.com\",\"description\":\"Fashion, Life Style, Beauty, Makeup, Costume...\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6724c5c91d5889cf040718d048e9c810\",\"name\":\"TheFastFashion\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/165dc3997dd8e848f9e4cb8574ab2042?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/165dc3997dd8e848f9e4cb8574ab2042?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TheFastFashion\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Woman kicked off flight for rant about sitting between \u2018two big pigs\u2019 - TheFastFashion.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Woman kicked off flight for rant about sitting between \u2018two big pigs\u2019 - TheFastFashion.com","og_description":"An unhinged woman was kicked off a recent United Airlines flight after going on a fat-shaming tirade about her two seatmates \u2013 calling the passengers on either side of her \u201ctwo big pigs.\u201d \u201cOh my goodness! I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to do this for the next four hours!\u201d the woman barks into her &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134","og_site_name":"TheFastFashion.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/buyingforbeauty","article_published_time":"2019-01-30T00:19:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":607,"height":319,"url":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Woman-kicked-off-flight-for-rant-about-sitting-between-\u2018two-big-pigs\u2019.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"TheFastFashion","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TheFastFashion","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134","url":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134","name":"Woman kicked off flight for rant about sitting between \u2018two big pigs\u2019 - TheFastFashion.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-30T00:19:50+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-30T00:19:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6724c5c91d5889cf040718d048e9c810"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58134#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Woman kicked off flight for rant about sitting between \u2018two big pigs\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/","name":"TheFastFashion.com","description":"Fashion, Life Style, Beauty, Makeup, Costume...","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6724c5c91d5889cf040718d048e9c810","name":"TheFastFashion","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/165dc3997dd8e848f9e4cb8574ab2042?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/165dc3997dd8e848f9e4cb8574ab2042?s=96&r=g","caption":"TheFastFashion"},"url":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58136,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58134\/revisions\/58136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}