Think back to two weeks ago. Remember that airline worker that yelled at a rude customer over the plane intercom, took two beers and then left the flight through the safety doors via inflatable raft? Ya know, hero to dissatisfied, trapped American laborers everywhere? When the police showed up at his house he was having sex? (Source: Steven Colbert) Okay, according to that edition of Bloomberg Businessweek, flight attendant Steven Slater "was lounging in bed with his boyfriend when police came to arrest him at his-
WAIT. BOYFRIEND?!
America, this hero was gay (or bisexual). God I love this country. (also male flight attendant should have totally been a tip-off)
anyway if you totally missed this story you can relive the forum wars here http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100810/bs_yblog_upshot/rogue-jetblue-flight-attendant-being-hailed-as-a-modern-american-working-class-hero