Hollywood superstar and adviser to President Obama, Kal Penn, is not very happy with American Airlines and a gate agent named “Valerie” who had the temerity to tell Penn his carry-on bag would need to be checked unless he removed some of the clothing in the bag to make it smaller:
Valerie @AmericanAir says my bag won't fit. I know it will, I fly this same plane regularly. She wants me to remove clothes from my bag
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) November 30, 2014
He’s an expert, Valerie.
I am now holding a pile of my clothes like a dude walking home after a night of debauchery except I'm getting on a plane.
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) November 30, 2014
Hahaha Valerie @AmericanAir in DC says if I put these clothes back in my bag once I'm on the plane, she will find me & then check the bag.
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) November 30, 2014
Now Valerie @AmericanAir explaining: she will check to make sure I'm holding this pile of clothes in my lap or else she'll check the bag
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) November 30, 2014
OK, it does sound silly that this was the solution to an over-sized bag, but then Penn went and got crude:
https://twitter.com/kalpenn/status/539197902057639936
So now Penn is making sex jokes? Classy.
Eventually, Penn just put his clothes back in his carry-on bag once he was out of the watchful eye of the gate attendant, ending his crisis:
Valerie from @AmericanAir was the gate agent. Seatbelt sign is off so I put the clothes back in the bag. Bag fits. pic.twitter.com/Mgl8O2QiK6
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) November 30, 2014
Exit question: Why is a powerful Hollywood actor and White House insider giving a gate agent a hard time while she works on a Sunday night during a holiday weekend?
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