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Passenger Gets Kicked Off Plane After "Merry Christmas" Meltdown
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Dec 25, 2014
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A man was tossed off a flight at LaGuardia this week after he freaked out when workers wished him a Merry Christmas. Christmas envy can be so crippling sometimes.
The Post reports that the unidentified passenger was booked on an American Airlines flight to Dallas on Tuesday when a gate agent wished him and his fellow passengers a Merry Christmas. The man reportedly replied, "You shouldn’t say that because not everyone celebrates Christmas," and snapped at her before boarding the plane.
Then, Ebenezer 2.0 flipped out at a flight attendant who wished him a "Merry Christmas," whereupon he began "lecturing the attendants and the pilot about their faux pas," according to the tabloid. He was subsequently removed from the flight.
Season's greetings, holiday kittens!
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