Southwest Employee Tells Passenger to Change T-Shirt

Oct 8th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

A Southwest Airlines employee was reprimanded after he asked a passenger to change his t-shirt because he thought it was offensive. A Southwest spokesperson said that the airline did not have a dress code, so the passenger should have been permitted to fly.

Oh, the shirt? It had a drawing of a fisherman on it with the words, "Master Baiter." Ugh. And to think…people used to wear fedoras and suits to fly…

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Kim October 20th, 2007 4:56 pm :
FYI, it wasn’t Southwest that told them to remove the shirt. It was an flight attendant, get your stuff right.
Joe October 24th, 2007 6:46 pm :
If you do not know, employees represent their companies and are responsible for their actions. The facts are right.

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