Posted on 02/22/2008 2:57:05 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
Tampa, Florida – Prejudice against pretty?
That's the claim from a pair of 18-year-old best friends from Oldsmar who were escorted off a Southwest Airlines plane.
USF student Nisreen Swedberg and friend Sarah Williams claim the flight crew was rude to them from the moment they stepped onto the plane at Tampa International Airport on February 14.
Swedberg said she asked a flight attendant for a bottle of water and was told she could wait until the rest of the flight was served.
“And I patiently waited and then when they came around with water, they skipped me,” Swedberg said.
At one point, Williams had to use the plane's bathroom. She saw another passenger in it, and when he hadn't come out 15 minutes later, she knocked on the door.
When he came out, Williams says the man came over to her seat and yelled a profanity at her. Williams admits she yelled a profanity back at him but was puzzled when she says the flight crew only questioned her.
“I think they were just discriminating against because we were young decent-looking girls. I mean, nobody else on the plane looked like us except us,” she said. “[The flight attendants] were like older ladies. We were younger. Who knows, they could have been just jealous of us because we were younger.”
Southwest defends the incident, saying the women caused a disruption on the flight.
When the plane landed in Los Angeles, the women were escorted off by four uniformed police officers and later questioned by the FBI.
Nearly two hours later, the women were released. No charges were filed.
Still, Williams and Swedberg say they were banned from all future Southwest Airlines flights, including their scheduled flight home to Tampa.
Swedberg spent $419.50 on a one-way return ticket and arrived at TIA on Monday. Williams is still in Los Angeles trying to find a cheaper flight home. She hopes to be back to Tampa by Saturday.
They can both ride on my motorscooter!
Bring them to me for their spankings...
I saw them first.
That's why I never ask for bottled water on a plane.
A good gin and tonic is just fine with me. ;)
May be revolting but it's probably true. I'm surprised they only talked to them for 2 hours.
>>>The idea that the FBI would waste time talking to these women when there are actual crimes to investigate is revolting.
Perhaps the agent was simply trying to de-brief them. One way or the other. Hopefully both at the same time.
“de-brief,” very funny pun.
Just like in Young Frankenstein.
Cheers!
And don’t tell me, you’re just the one who can give it to them, right?
both at once SS???
I’d wager these two could do no wrong.
Sure could give it a try, LOL, that’s what bungee cords are for!
I shoulda known you’d come up with a PICTURE. (grin)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Those girls in question are not that beautiful. I’ve seen older people who are more attractive than them.
Wait, my flight attendant forgot my diet coke and served everyone else on my Southwest flight that same weekend. I guess they don’t like old married women either......... damn conspiracy.
Precious little angels like these usually don't in their parents' eyes.
On any given Saturday night they're the same ones boozing it up and showing their boobs on "Girls Gone Wild".
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