Posted on 05/20/2024 9:20:12 AM PDT by aquila48
A “plus-size” travel influencer claimed a Washington airport worker refused to push her in a wheelchair up the jet bridge because of her size, which left her gasping for air when she was forced to walk off the plane.
Jae’lynn Chaney, 27, revealed on TikTok that she requested “wheelchair assistance” during her trip to Sea-Tac International Airport in Washington.
“I’m a plus-size wheelchair user and on a recent flight to the Sea-Tac airport, I requested wheelchair assistance, as I always do,” a narrator said on Chaney’s post. “When it came time for me to deplane, I saw the employee who would be assisting me with my wheelchair waiting for me in the entry of the jet bridge.”
The influencer, who has amassed over 135,500 followers on the platform, claimed the employee started walking away from the plane when she saw the traveler deboard the plane.
“As I approached her and she realized she’d be assisting me and not one of the smaller passengers she started to walk away with the wheelchair while making comments about my size,” Chaney claimed.
Chaney, who can walk, allegedly told the employee she needed the chair but was “blatantly ignored,” forcing her to walk up “one of the longest jet bridges I’ve encountered.”
The long walk took a lot of energy out of the influencer, and she claimed she nearly fainted.
“By the time she let me reach the wheelchair and sit down my lips were white, my oxygen levels had dropped, and I almost fainted,” Chaney recalled.
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My favorite neighbors on an airliner are oriental women, and children. Neither one takes up much space. The women are usually shy, and don’t bother me. The kids are buried in some electronic device, and don’t bother me.
She is too heavy to move her own body, yet she expects someone else to move it for her?
This should give her a clue. Maybe it’s time to shed that tonnage. I’ve heard that semaglutide helps people lose weight. It seems to be that magical weight loss pill that everyone always wants.
“Plus-size” my arse! That’s plus-size squared!!
Looking at her, what would Al Bundy say?
She makes Hillary look slender.
More like 300!
“From the picture it looks like the mask makes her look morbidly obese...or maybe the camera angle...or the lighting.”
Or because she IS MORBIDLY OBESE.
I wouldn’t be surprised if she was distantly related to Jerry Nadler or Christie The Hutt.
Gotta flip a coin on this one. Will Netfix be quick enough to grab her for an eight part limited series — episode 1, The Jetbridge; episode 2, the escalater; etc. — or will she be the newest Disney princess or Marvel superhero?
The article quotes her as complaining that she had to buy two seats.
“Influencer of what?”
A despise these entitled fatties. I fly a lot and see these fatties get pushed around by staff. AND, they get pushed to the front of the line when people may have been waiting for hours to get through immigration and customs or security.
Plus Size is a euphemism. She’d have trouble fitting into a C-5 Galaxy!
If she lost a few tons she wouldn’t need a wheelchair and wouldn’t be huffing and puffing up a ramp. Here’s an idea lady, put some tape around your beak and stop eating for a month
If she’s on supplemental O2 at 27 years of age, it won’t belong before she’s six feet under pushing up daisies. She’ll be lucky to make it to 30.
That looks dangerous talk about a wide load
“The long walk took a lot of energy out of the influencer, and she claimed she nearly fainted.
“By the time she let me reach the wheelchair and sit down my lips were white, my oxygen levels had dropped, and I almost fainted,” Chaney recalled.”
She takes absolutely NO responsibility for her physical condition.
I know some people can’t control their weight but that still doesn’t make it everybody else’s fault.....or problem for that matter.
Good for the airline!
Did she pay for the extra seat that’s holding half her, er, side and her oxygen tank?
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