Flight from Hell: Black man’s hilarious fight against white woman’s feet goes viral

File this under "Oh, Hell Nawl"

Imagine you are minding all of your own business on a flight, gnawing at the overpriced food splayed before you, when you notice in your peripheral vision, your seatmate's stockinged feet laying atop the food tray--mere inches from the items you are shoveling into your mouth.

Mar 14, 2018
Frederick Joseph thegrio.com
Frederick Joseph and some woman's feet.

Imagine you are minding all of your own business on a flight, gnawing at the overpriced food splayed before you, when you notice in your peripheral vision, your seatmate’s stockinged feet laying atop the food tray–mere inches from the items you are shoveling into your mouth.

That is precisely the unsanitary, disgusting, and rude as hell situation Twitter user Frederick Joseph found himself in on a United flight recently.

Joseph, a Black man, was of course taken aback by the audacity of the white woman next him treating their cramped, economy class quarters like her personal Barcalounger.

When Joseph asked the woman to move her hooves away from his food, she had the nerve to catch an attitude and refused to budge. In addition to that, she called over a flight attendant to complain that Frederick was “disrupting” her flight.

None of that is surprising because we all know white folks love to tattle tell. But what happened next is down right shocking. Lucky for us, Joseph detailed the whole scenario in a string of tweets that are equally hilarious and horrifying.

 After the white damsel in distress agreed to put one of her nasty feet on the ground, she demanded to be compensated for the “inconvenience.”

The kicker? The flight attendant acquiesced and gave that rude, pushy woman a $1000 voucher! This woman was rewarded basically rewarded for being raised in a barn.

 

Joseph of course asked to be compensated for his ACTUAL inconvenience and… no dice.

A phone call to United proved to be fruitless as well. Joseph got an outpouring of support from his Twitter followers who flooded United’s timeline to complain on Frederick’s behalf. Someone even offered legal representation.

United’s Lazy, Tone-Deaf Response

The day after the incident, United phoned Joseph to assure him that the woman on the flight did not receive a voucher.

Joseph told the United representative that it’s great that the woman did not get money, but he still felt slighted by the poor customer service from the flight attendant. He also pointed out that a person of color putting feet on a food tray would have been received very differently. The United staffer assured him that race was not an issue.

Right. Joseph was offered no compensation, but was told that his comments would be forwarded to the flight staff. Way to go, United!

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#BlackPantherChallenge Creator

If Frederick Joseph’s name sounds familiar, it’s because he is the creator of the #BlackPantherChallenge— the challenge in which people step forward to help underserved communities and children see the biggest movie of the year.  Joseph launched a GoFundMe campaign to help Harlem kids see Black Panther and the campaign exceeded its $10,000 goal in just three days.

Celebrities like T.I., Viola Davis, and Snoop Dogg all accepted the challenge and thousands of kids all over the country were able to see Black Panther in all of its glory, helping to blast the movie past the billion dollar mark at the box office.

Joseph’s dedication helped a lot of children take in positive representations of themselves on the big screen (not an everyday occurrence), the least United can do is give the man a decent flight.

 

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