Steven Slater has become one of the newest social media stars after he spectacularly chucked in his job as flight attendant. His FaceBook page has attracted tens of thousands of fans already and he is been talked about all over the social media universe. Not bad for somebody who went to work with a bad hangover and ended up in a shouting match with a passenger. In the past losing your job because of unprofessionalism would be viewed as a cause of shame, but now many are claiming that Slater is a folk hero. Some of the reports are akin to hero worship and you would think they were discussing Robin Hood and not somebody who got out of bed the wrong side.
The ruckus started when an argument kicked off between two customers. Slater claims that he lost his patience with them when one of them opened the overhead locker and it hit him in the head. This was enough to drive him to the edge and he announced to the whole aircraft over the intercom that he’d had enough. He then grabbed a couple of beers, opened the cabin door, and slid down the emergency chute – luckily the plane was on the ground at the time. All passengers could do was look on in amazement – it is certainly not something you see every day.
Steven Slater was accused of putting the passengers in danger and he spent the day in jail. He has now been released. It is likely that he will probably feel remorseful about his actions once the media attention falls away. Who knows, maybe he can get a TV series and a book out of it. You never know in this crazy world we live in. Well I’m off to insult my boss to see if that will get me in the limelight.
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