She’s Back: Southwest Didn’t Ban The Viral Gate Ranter – So “White Sweatpants Lady” Melted Down Again On A Flight

The woman whose Southwest meltdown at Denver went viral last week is back in a new video. She’s screaming at another passenger inside the cabin of a Southwest 737.

Earlier she was filmed at the Denver airline on November 21 berating a Southwest employee over a delayed and overbooked flight. Dressed in white sweatpants and a green crop top, she spent roughly half an hour yelling at the gate agent, demanding to know why the flight hadn’t boarded and why she couldn’t get on. Security eventually arrived and walked her away to applause.

@unacceptabletay literally what is wrong w ppl lol #airport #dia ♬ original sound – tay ⋆⭒˚.⋆

Online she’s been christened “white sweatpants lady.” Now there’s Part 2, showing the same woman on a Southwest flight. She’s up on her seat, turned around and facing the row behind her, screaming at another passenger. The language isn’t safe for work or for work from home. She’s yelling things like:

“Who’s laughing at me, bitch? I will remember!”
“Wait for me outside, bitch! You better walk the f*** out, bitch! I dare you, bitch!”
“What, bitch? What, bitch?”
“Shut the f*** down, bitch. I don’t give a f***.”
“Talk to me about my father. Then I’ll tell you what.”

The woman she’s targeting stands up briefly, then does exactly what many travelers would do: sit somewhere else and hope this problem goes away. No one appears to be trying to physically intervene, no flight attendant stops her.

She’s not going to face a federal No Fly List. There’s no single national “Karen list” and there should be. But surely now and finally Southwest will ban her?

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Comments

  1. So why are the FAs in the middle of this. Can’t go on and on about being there for “our safety” as an excuse for poor service then not actually getting involved in an incident. Can’t have it both ways

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