Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Jeffy's Corner: Yeah, That Happened!

Episode Date: June 6, 2015

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You're listening to the Jeff Fisher Show. So a Muslim airline passenger says she faced humiliation and discrimination when a flight attendant refused to give her an unopened can of diet coat, claiming that the passengers could use on open beverage cans as weapons. Okay, we'll stop there for just a second. I have flown quite a bit across America. I globally. I really don't remember a time when I, I, you know, airline flight attendant would give you a soda unopened or drinking any kind of beverage on

opened. Normally they give you a glass of soda. Sometimes they have Coke zero and sometimes I joke around with them. They don't have Coke zero. They have, oh, I don't know, Diet Coke with no zero. And so, you know, I always want to ask for an extra glass of ice. And when I do that, they usually give me the can. They pour it in a glass, but they give me what's left in the can.

Some people, they don't do that. They pour the, it's free. They provide it. Well, it's not free. I paid $8 million for the ticket, but they provide it without extra cost. And they give me the unopened can. I don't remember a time when I've ever seen them give tomato, drank V8, drink, beer, any of it. closed unopened.

I just don't. And they open it in front of you. Usually. And you could ask for that, right? Okay. Now, and the answer, the unopened can beverage as a weapon, you know, maybe.

Okay, I buy it. In today's world, I buy it. Makes sense. It does make sense, right? Okay. Now, United Airlines claims that it was just a misunderstanding. Now, Teherahmet, a Muslim from Northwestern University in Illinois, wrote on Facebook,

from the Chicago to Washington flight, tagging her post, hashtag, which is kind of strange on Facebook, but I'll go, I'll let you go. I'll let it go with that. Islamophobia, and then in capital letters, Israel. She asked for a Diet Coke. The flight attendant gave her an open can. But for hygienic reasons, Ahmed asked for a can that had not yet been opened.

She said no one is consumed from the drink. But I requested an unopened can. She responded, well, I'm sorry, I just can't give you an unopened can, so no Diet Coke for you. Now, stop there for a second. I really have never had a flight attendant say something like that seriously to me. Now, maybe it's just me. I do, you know, I do a lot of, I'm kind of a smart ass.

I know that's a surprise. I like to tease him. I like to, you know, we tease back and forth. So it would make sense for a flight attendant to say to me, so no Diet Coke for you. and pull it back. Meaning, not meaning that you can't have a Diet Coke, meaning she's joking around saying you can't have it.

But I'll give you that she says, okay, no Diet Coke for you. Okay. So, first, why? If the can is open right in front of you, make them wipe the top off with your little napkin. Make them open it with the little napkin so they don't touch the top for your hygienic reasons. Okay. Now, she said the flight attendant gave the man next to her an unopened beer can. And after pointing out the discrepancy, the flight attendant said, we're unauthorized to give unopened cans to people because they may use it as a weapon on the plane. So I told her she was

clearly discriminating against me because she gave the man next to me in an unopened can of beer. She looked at the can, took the can from the man, and opened it up and gave it back to him. Okay? And she said, as she gave it back to them, she opened it and gave it back to him, she said, so you don't use it as a weapon. Okay. I don't know. Maybe?

All right. So maybe up to now, maybe all of this happened. Maybe all of this happened. Up to now. And you think, well, that's kind of weird. And maybe, you know, there's a little something there, the flight attendant and the, you know, the Muslim lady. Maybe. Maybe.

Maybe. So then she goes on that saying that she was appalled and asked those sitting by her if they witnessed this discriminatory and disgusting behavior. Okay. First. Did you? Did you? Now, if you're sitting, let's say across the aisle, and for the most part, you're not witnessing that. Okay.

if you're across the aisle or sideways. Maybe the seat up and behind maybe are. But for the most part, on an airplane, especially if you're flying coach, you're not paying attention. You're just not. You don't hear. You can't hear. You got headphones on. The carts in front of you.

You're just waiting for your drink. Let's go. Let's move on. Let's get a move on. So she wrote that the man sitting in the aisle, across from her yelled out to her. Okay, so

the card is there. And even if the cart isn't directly beside you in an airplane, you've got the flight attendant, right? Because they're moving that card up and down. It's not anyway. So maybe it's two or three seats back. The flight attendant

came, left the card up there, came back two or three seats, whatever. So it is possible that the person sitting across from you, I guess, could win. All right. So, what do you say? Do you say, no, I didn't witness it or, yeah, that's what she said. Said you could use it as a weapon, whatever.

Sorry. She claims the man sitting across the aisle from her, yelled out to her, you Muslim, you need to shut the F up. Yeah, you know you'd use it as a weapon, so shut the F up. Come on. No way that happened. No way that happened. On a flight from Chicago to Washington, no way.

I say, shut up to that. You Muslim, you need to shut the F up. Yes, you know you would use it as a weapon. So shut the F up. No way did that happen. I don't buy it. And she said that she expected people around her to say something to this guy and nobody said anything. Okay.

No way did that happen. Because if that were to happen in today's world, someone in the vicinity would have said something. Someone would have told that guy, dude, you need to shut up. Sit down and shut your mouth. Don't be talking like that. And the flight attendants would not have even put up with it. I'm sorry. I don't buy it.

Now, that was her first post. Now, second post. After landing in Washington, she wrote that the flight attendant acknowledged that her behavior was utterly rude and said she was sorry about her unethical behavior. And agreed the white male passenger said hateful words that he should not have said. Really? So this all happened after you landed, right? She didn't say anything to the guy on the flight. Okay.

She also said, this is the second post now, the pilot told her he recognized his privilege as a white man, said he didn't know what it must feel like to be a minority and go through something hateful like this. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that happened. That happened for sure. I'm sorry. I'm not sure what the outcome has wanted here. I'd not, you know, I just, of course, United Airlines is talking about, you know, it's a misunderstanding.

It was a regional carrier, shuttle America, which is owned by United Airlines, so it wasn't the main United. They said they said they tied to accommodate Ms. Ahmed's beverage request after a misunderstanding regarding a can of diet soda. The flight arrived in Washington. The in-flight crew met with her, tried to provide assistance and further discuss the matter. Additionally, we spoke with Ms. Ahmed this afternoon to get a better understanding of what occurred and apologized for not delivering the service our customers expect when traveling with us. We look forward to having the opportunity to welcome Ms. Ahmed back. Of course, Ms. Ahmed said she was truly disappointed.

She wants the airline? Now she wants to boycott United over a Diet Coke. First of all, remember, remember this all started because she couldn't get an unopened can of Diet Coke. And then she claimed that a passenger across the seat from her, the aisle seat, yelled out to her after she asked, did anyone witness this discriminatory, disgusting behavior? No one said, didn't seem really discriminatory to me. I, you know, just a can of Diet Coke. Nobody said that.

Nobody said, no, I didn't. Or over a can of Diet Coke, let it go. No one said that. But what she said they did say is a guy saying, you Muslim, you need to shut the F up. Yes, you know you would use it as a weapon. So shut the F up. No way that happened. No way.

Another thing that didn't happen? The pilot. Apologizing for everything that happened, I buy he apologized. Sorry, there was an issue. They even said he did. They met with her. No way. As a white male, I recognize my privilege.

I don't know what it must feel like to be a minority and go through something hateful like this. Shut up. This is The Jeff Fisher Show. On the Blaze Radio Network.