Southwest flight attendant refuses to let plane take off until passengers pick up rice off the floor

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Flight attendant demands passengers clean up their mess.

 

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant “refused to let a plane take off” until passengers cleaned up the mess they’d left in the middle of the aisle.

 

The incident took place earlier this month, with passenger Jennifer Schaper documenting the story on social media.

 

In a Twitter thread, Schaper said: “Just boarded the plane and somebody spilled food. The flight attendant screamed ‘who spilled rice?’ and is walking up and down the aisles. They are refusing to leave the gate until someone cleans the rice.”

 

In a second tweet, Ms Schaper named the incident #RiceGate and added: “Update: they are still refusing to leave until the rice has been cleaned. They are sending out for a broom. #RiceGate”

 

Schaper also attached a video, in which the flight attendant can be heard apologising for the delay but justifying her actions, telling passengers “you don’t want to walk through it.”

 

In another tweet, Schaper says the flight attendant had begun reprimanding the passengers.

 

“Rice is getting cleaned but she is MAD. She has let us all know that we were not raised right and she is disappointed in all of us,” Schaper wrote.

 

There was then a further delay to the flight taking off once the rice had been cleaned up as “another loud angry woman went to the bathroom during #RiceGate and we still can’t take off because she is not at her seat,.”

 

Eventually when the plane did take off, Schaper claimed “they didn’t give us beverage service. I think it was punishment.”

 

Southwest responded in the comments, saying: “We’re sorry that our Crew was unable to provide onboard refreshments due to bumpy travel conditions.

 

“Safety is always our number one priority, but we hope that we can make it up to you next time! Thank you for bearing there with us, Jennifer.”