^ or smother you in your sleep, rolling all that fat on top of you.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2052371,CST-EDT-edit17b.article

No reasonable person in a restaurant orders two meals and expects to pay for one.

By the same token, no reasonable person on an airplane who spreads his considerable bulk over more than one seat should expect to pay for just one seat.

That may sound harsh to some, but so goes the free market of goods and services.

We find it hard, then, to work up sympathy for movie director Kevin Smith, who was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight Saturday because he was considered too overweight to fit in one seat.

Smith says Southwest discriminated against him for being too fat to fly, but the truth is that a plane has only so much space. For every extra inch of space Smith took up, his seatmate lost an inch.

We know people who are overweight don't have it easy. And many are treated unfairly on the job and in social settings. But on a plane, as so often in life, we really should pay for what we get.

This might be a stupid question, but...couldn't the armrests that divide seats be a full wedge that divides the space between seats? I've seen some like that on some airplanes. Basically, it would contain each person in his or her own seat. They'd be wedged in there. Like a seat girdle or seat spanx.

I suppose the extra material used to make the armrest a solid piece between each seats would add some weight, which the airlines don't want, but maybe they could find a lightweight way to do it.

This might be a stupid question, but...couldn't the armrests that divide seats be a full wedge that divides the space between seats? I've seen some like that on some airplanes. Basically, it would contain each person in his or her own seat. They'd be wedged in there. Like a seat girdle or seat spanx.

I suppose the extra material used to make the armrest a solid piece between each seats would add some weight, which the airlines don't want, but maybe they could find a lightweight way to do it.

Efan said:

this sounds like baby car seats for grown folk.

DesireeNevermind said:

No, it's just the armrest is more of a divider. I'm just talking about something like this (but obviously not quite so fancy for a plain coach seat)...

DesireeNevermind said:

No, it's just the armrest is more of a divider. I'm just talking about something like this (but obviously not quite so fancy for a plain coach seat)...

TyphoonTip said:

...or he could walk to his destination and lose weight at the same time. Problem solved.

I followed Kevin on twitter for a couple of weeks and hes a complete asshole.

Mostly fart jokes and how he likes to fuck his wife in the ass. Total Junior High shit.

Efan said:

Fat folds = up and over.