The time I ‘not-volunteered’ to be involuntarily deplaned

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The Internet is abuzz today with a story about someone who was involuntarily taken off a United flight — quite literally dragged off screaming, with his belly button showing and all — because it was overbooked.

He didn’t go with much dignity, but he had a right to be upset about it. The airline, after all, was the one that overbooked the flight. It wasn’t his fault.

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