Ok, ya'll read this little tidbit first, then i'll go into my usual tirade bit...
Green Day singer ejected from flight over pants
Reuters, Sep 2, 2011 8:33 pm PDTGreen Day rocker Billie Joe Armstrong has complained that he was booted from a Southwest Airlines flight in Oakland, California, because of the way he wore his pants.
Armstrong, 39, said on the website Twitter on Thursday, "Just got kicked off a Southwest flight because my pants sagged too low!..."
The flight was going from Oakland, California, to the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank, said Brad Hawkins, a spokesman for Southwest Airlines.
Cindy Qiu, an associate producer at Bay area television station ABC7/KGO-TV, was on the flight and described the incident on her company's website.
She said that Armstrong, when he was initially approached by a flight attendant and told to hike up his pants, said "Don't you have better things to do than worry about that?"
He then tried to take his seat but was asked to leave the plane, Qiu said on the ABC7 website.
The situation appears to have been soon resolved.
"As soon as we became aware of what had happened, we reached out to apologize for this customer's experience," Hawkins said. "He elected to take the next flight."
The Oakland-born Armstrong is the lead singer for the punk band Green Day, which came to fame in the 1990s with songs such as "When I Come Around." A musical called "American Idiot" based on the band's music is playing on Broadway.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
Done?
OK, here's MY spin on this little report. First off, Why the HECK (insert strong expletive here) did the airline apologize? I mean is there policy that no one should dress in an otherwise offensive, socially unacceptable manner? Or was it the fact that the one ejected happened to be identified as a "Star"! i am more inclined to believe the latter. Honestly, I applaud them there social conscience. Frankly I get REAL tired of seeing young men have to hold onto the front of their pants as they walk around, and have, on NUMEROUS occasions had to inform such young men that prior to entering our establishment they best cinch up their belts! And i can't count the number of atomic wedgies I have given Kaleb for just such an offence (thank God he's out growing it) I think the Airline should have stuck to their guns. Look, dress however you like but have the common decency, should someone ask to just pull your britches up! Apparently they did that and in effect he refused. So size 9 meet butt!
And as a point of historical note: the practice of wearing your pants low, was begun in the American prison system amongst a certain "sector" of the population. Wearing your pants thus identified you as another inmates "woman". I apologize to my more delicate readers, but it was useful for "access" as well.
Soooo.
Well today was a bit on the hustle and bustle and Many a re-pair (thank you so). Laura picked out the RM, for her little Tom Boy, after killing her other (which we took in trade for rebuild). Please, girl give mom a break and go easy on this one!
Managed to get out another RE-paint on a sweet looking men's GT MTB! "Lucky Charm!" Check it out below! And we have another ladies vintage stripped and cleaned and ready for assembly as well as an old Ross tank I'm giving the Rolls Royce treatment! Should be SAH-WEET!
Well I'd better get a move on before momma skins me for being late!
Done?
OK, here's MY spin on this little report. First off, Why the HECK (insert strong expletive here) did the airline apologize? I mean is there policy that no one should dress in an otherwise offensive, socially unacceptable manner? Or was it the fact that the one ejected happened to be identified as a "Star"! i am more inclined to believe the latter. Honestly, I applaud them there social conscience. Frankly I get REAL tired of seeing young men have to hold onto the front of their pants as they walk around, and have, on NUMEROUS occasions had to inform such young men that prior to entering our establishment they best cinch up their belts! And i can't count the number of atomic wedgies I have given Kaleb for just such an offence (thank God he's out growing it) I think the Airline should have stuck to their guns. Look, dress however you like but have the common decency, should someone ask to just pull your britches up! Apparently they did that and in effect he refused. So size 9 meet butt!
And as a point of historical note: the practice of wearing your pants low, was begun in the American prison system amongst a certain "sector" of the population. Wearing your pants thus identified you as another inmates "woman". I apologize to my more delicate readers, but it was useful for "access" as well.
Soooo.
Well today was a bit on the hustle and bustle and Many a re-pair (thank you so). Laura picked out the RM, for her little Tom Boy, after killing her other (which we took in trade for rebuild). Please, girl give mom a break and go easy on this one!
Managed to get out another RE-paint on a sweet looking men's GT MTB! "Lucky Charm!" Check it out below! And we have another ladies vintage stripped and cleaned and ready for assembly as well as an old Ross tank I'm giving the Rolls Royce treatment! Should be SAH-WEET!
Well I'd better get a move on before momma skins me for being late!
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