dbaker
01-05-2004, 05:03 PM
Ready for Boarding (if You Are Sober, Slim and Smell Nice) (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/05/arts/television/05HEFF.html?ex=1073883600&en=3f2e38209c9d1540&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE)
Things have gotten pretty bad when you are told you have to freshen up before you can board an airplane. You must change your clothes. There have been complaints. And here's some deodorant.
This is the brutal experience of Michael, a would-be Southwest Airlines passenger on A&E's documentary series "Airline," which starts tonight.Downbeat and defeated, Michael takes it in stride; he appears to have survived a lifetime of affronts. Setting out for the men's room, he accepts the sincere explanation of Susie, the customer service supervisor: "I don't want any customers inconvenienced with, as far as, the whole smell issue."
Things have gotten pretty bad when you are told you have to freshen up before you can board an airplane. You must change your clothes. There have been complaints. And here's some deodorant.
This is the brutal experience of Michael, a would-be Southwest Airlines passenger on A&E's documentary series "Airline," which starts tonight.Downbeat and defeated, Michael takes it in stride; he appears to have survived a lifetime of affronts. Setting out for the men's room, he accepts the sincere explanation of Susie, the customer service supervisor: "I don't want any customers inconvenienced with, as far as, the whole smell issue."