If you have to tell someone you’re a comedian, you’re probably not very good at your job…
Man tries to joke with Southwest captain about drinking
A man who claims to be a comedian with Jammer TV (whatever that is) uploaded a 45-second video to TikTok, showing his interaction with a Southwest Airlines captain prior to a recent flight. The man was walking down the jet bridge and passed the captain. Here’s how the interaction goes:
Passenger: “Are you the pilot of this flight?”
Captain: “Yeah, what’s up?”
Passenger: “You haven’t been drinking or anything, have you?”
Captain: “You know what, that’s the stupidest f*cking thing you could say.”
Passenger: “I’m joking around.”
Captain: “No, I’m not joking.”
Passenger: “It’s a joke, sir.”
Captain: “No, I’m not joking, I can kick you off right now.”
Passenger: “I’m joking, oh my God. You ever heard of a joke? I’m a comedian.”
Captain: “Come here. All right. You don’t do that. And the reason is because that gentleman right there, and anyone else who is around, now doubts what I do for a living. I don’t go into your work and say sh*t…”
Passenger: “I’m very sorry I offended you. I understand.”
You can see the interaction for yourself below.
The captain is 100% in the right here
Admittedly everyone has a different sense of humor, but this guy simply isn’t funny. And I guess I’m not the only one who feels that way, because the guy claims he’s with “Jammer TV,” yet when you Google that, the first page of results doesn’t even lead to anything related to whatever it is he does. Bro, you’re not a very good comedian.
Now, in fairness, ideally the captain could’ve reacted without using profanity, but I can totally understand how he was probably enraged at this accusation. And while I’m not saying he should have, he could have easily gotten away with kicking the guy off the plane, by saying he’s not comfortable with having him onboard.
This simply isn’t something you joke about, and everyone should know better. Did he expect the captain would respond with a joke as well, and say something like “yeah, I was having some drinks at the bar before the flight… you’re flying, right?” That’s not something a pilot can or should joke about.
What’s even more telling about this “comedian” is how he still decided to upload this video to his TikTok. You’d think he’d be embarrassed about the interaction and not be the one to make it public, but nope. I guess he thought it was still funny, or that he looked good in it. That’s even more telling about how he clearly didn’t see how he was in the wrong. Go figure that since then, he has deleted it from his TikTok channel, given the backlash he got.
Bottom line
It’s not funny to try to joke with pilots about whether they’ve been drinking or not. Pilots have a lot of responsibility, and their careers could be in jeopardy if they’re caught drinking. So to even try to joke about that shows very bad judgment.
While the pilot had a strong reaction, I can’t blame him. And at least he didn’t kick the guy off the plane.
What do you make of this interaction between the “comedian” and the Southwest captain?
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