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08.13
First, Joe the Plumber. Now, Steven the Sassy Flight Attendant?
Is this world that hungry for heroes?
Will we look to anyone to dawn a cape, put on a mask and fight some sort of sardonic force that comes against [insert whatever it is you think deserves debating... politics, religion, babay kids, so-so shoes with a business suit, whatever]?!
Remember Joe the Plumber?
I know, it's like media kryptonite now, but a guy has a strong opinion and isn't impressed with the smooth sayings of our president and he is the next poster boy of conservative America. And where is he now? Does it matter?
What matters is when this country needed a flawed, half-baked hero, there was Joe.
So, it's been a while and what with every summer blockbuster being one of the anticipated studs in the Marvel/DC rolodex, you would think this country is super heroed out. Right?
Enter Steven Slater the Flight Attendant.
This country is fed up with the nickel-and-dime shenanigans of the airlines, incessant flight delays and being held hostage on the tarmac because of "technical difficulties," so Steven swoops in just in the nick of time, snaps twice in a circle, opens a profanity-laced tirade on a Jet Blue's PA system, cracks open the emergency chute, and slides to his freedom (while double fisting some beer for good measure.)
Ya-hoo!
Tool, right? Not so much. To some, this twit is a hero. Check MSNBC, ABC or even Gawker.
Slater, a flight attendant on JetBlue, instantly became a folk hero in many people’s eyes Monday after he grabbed a microphone and ranted at a passenger who had refused to apologize for hitting Slater with some luggage. Slater then grabbed a beer from the galley and fled the plane via the emergency exit chute. "How many of us can honestly say we haven’t wanted to do the same thing? Steve is a working class hero!” one reader, Aaron Steele, commented on msnbc.com.
Ease up on the made-for-TV movie Spielberg.
The guy cussed out a passenger and could have been arrested for a federal crime. And, just when you thought this flyboy was resting on his laurels, he forgot how bad the market was out there and is begging for his gig back.
With his client standing at his side, Slater's Legal Aid attorney, Howard Turman, told reporters, "JetBlue is a wonderful airline which he has loved working for, and wishes to continue working for. He understands the problems, but it has been a fair and understanding airline."
And if he gets that job back, you know it will be for a media and sales push.
My airline for a hero. Only in America. Sigh.
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