There are plenty of ways to get fired, but this has to be the stupidest.
A man was removed from a flight after reportedly bothering his seatmate, but not before he went on a homophobic and racist rant. But what really sets him apart from your run-of-the-mill airplane a**hole is the part where he urges onlookers to reach out to his employer.
TMZ gained footage of the disturbance, which took place August 30th on a flight scheduled to fly from Philadelphia to Dallas.
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In the video, the man identified as Zachary Easterly says he’s “a little intoxicated,” which seems like an understatement. As flight attendants try to escort him off the plane, he calls everyone on board the plane “liberal f*gg*ts.”
Then, while staff tries to help him locate his bag in the overhead storage, he says, “Obviously, I’m a white male that picked a black bag ‘cuz I’m racist,” and adds that his bag is “a better bag than most of y’all can afford.”
After yelling “f*ck all ya’ll!”, Easterly says, “I hope all you liberal f*gg*ts f*cking crash the f*cking plane.”
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Not quite done digging his own grave, he announces “I’m a chemical engineer… I work for GlaxoSmithKline.” Before finally exiting the aircraft, he suggests people “reach out to the company.”
Well, ask and you shall receive!
GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, told TMZ: “We immediately conducted an investigation and as of Thursday, he is no longer employed at GSK. The person’s remarks were reprehensible and do not reflect our company culture.”
Watch:
bachy
Typical alcoholic, drug-addled moron who eventually ends up living in a tent on the street.
Or running for political office with the Republican party.
Mack
Sounds like you’re 100% on point. I would expect the Republican Party to use him as a poster boy for Liberal Discrimination.
Cam
I love the way the guy sitting in economy is bragging about how expensive his luggage is. Hey fool, you’re sitting in the same seats and they paid the same amount for their tickets as you.
Republicans seem to have some real critical thinking problems.
Den
Seem to?
Remember before they had the bogeyman of “critical race theory” the Texas Republican party platform actually opposed the teaching of critical intellectual skills (I think they might have called it “critical thinking”). They didn’t want their children taught how to best use their brain!
These folks find logic, reason, objective inquiry, empirical observation all terrifying.
jt1990
Critical thinking problems?!? LMAO it’s 2022 and Liberals are still wondering which bathroom to use…..
white-queer-african
@jt1990, still spewing your moronic shit? Just FO twat.
still_onthemark
@jt: The bathrooms on airplanes are unisex so there would be no confusion even for you.
demeroh
@jt1990 bathrooms are just bathrooms!
boblrice
@JT – What is it with right’s obsession with bathrooms? You want to say that it’s some liberal histrionics, but truthfully you all are the ones who can’t stop talking about them.
Agility
Actually, JT, we all know exactly which bathroom to use.
barryaksarben
jt1990 proves the guys point and also proves he is a twat that no one and I mean no one is paying any attention to. HE cant a get a girl to listen to him so thinks he can harass people who KNOW how to live with others even if they are as dumb as he is. You are not needed here
JClark
So refreshing to see these idiots get what they deserve almost in real time. Sometimes Karma works quickly.
ZzBomb
They say everything is bigger in Texas, including the assholes. Seems to be true.
G-Man
That is my sentiment exactly!
humble charlie
well, that settles it!, i’m staying out of texass.
Fahd
And they say “quiet quitting” is the current trend.
LumpyPillows
There’s lots of reason not to drink while flying. This is one of them. It’s almost as if he wanted to get fired….
jt1990
Maybe he actually did want to be fired. I once worked for a company that wouldn’t let me leave. Each time I mentioned “moving on to better things” I would be threatened with a promotion or pay raise. One supervisor went so far as telling me I wasn’t going anywhere else! It’s sad this fellow had to resort to using slurs, there’s literally nothing worse than that. I hope those poor people recover from the trauma!
wikidBSTN
“Y’all” Pretty much explains everything that fell out of that guy’s hole.
Kangol2
Chopped! Next!
JaredNorthcutt30
He’s so hot, though.
MISTERJETT
NOT!!!!!
Hayden
You have low standards.
Fname Optional Lname
? The things that came out of his mouth tell everyone exactly who he is. There is nothing “hot” about him at all.
white-queer-african
Bye Bye Felicia! What a twat.
Ken A.
He’s cute and probably having a bad day made worse by this rant All is forgiven.
G-Man
He’s got an ugly soul which makes him ugly as hell.
MISTERJETT
NOT!!!!!
Hayden
Are you this easy? Have some respect for yourself.
Fname Optional Lname
? “All is forgiven”? He has no qualms with expressing his racist / homophobic views . Doesn’t matter if he was drunk/high or having a bad day. He does not get a pass. He is an awful human who believes he is better than others. Reality says different.
demeroh
I’m sure the MAGAs will start attacking GlaxoSmithKline as being “woke”. These idiots and there ridiculous schoolyard childish bullying and rebranding to push their facist, racist, white supremacy narrative just because they can’t deal with reality.
bodie425
I hope so–that’ll leave more medications for those of us who appreciate the scientific efforts to develop them. Maybe I can get my ADHD meds refilled on time.
davey14
It got worse. After he was removed he continued hurling racist and homophobic statements at the gate. He then tried to choke an Air Marshall. He is now facing federal charges.
barryaksarben
oh good. he can go to prison and start talking racist and homophobic crap he will be answering before. the LORD in no time
hotflyer99
A drunk Man’s Tongue is a Sober man’s mind this is who he really is.
abfab
JT1990000 Does not fly on planes. She flys around on Jewish Laserbeams and instead of the bathroom she just goes around shitting on things like a good republican usually does.
barryaksarben
oh snap you read that little boy
abfab
I saw a ”DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS” bumper sticker the other day, on a Dodge Ram of all things. I said to myself, why would anyone want to mess with Texas? Why would you have to? It’s already MESSED up…it’s a wasteland and it’s filled with bigots and hicks. Funny thing, but so predictable, the other stickers on this pickup included NRA, locke her up, etc bullshit, and the like. Awful. Is this guy a Texan?
nm4047
appears to have been sampling too many of the GSK products with his drinks.
Gay Thomas
I don’t spend my money in Texas or Florida anymore. Because of assholes like this and the people they vote for. My boycott also extends to the corporations that reside there.
Mack
I do Disney World. But I won’t spend a dime out side of it. I know I pay taxes on the Airplane tickets but I will joyfully give the middle finger to any picture of or just seeing the name DeSantis.
johncp56
LOL omg Wow way are the words being beeped it is what he is saying lol another trumper
Musk
Holy mackeral ! ! ! . . . Lets all pray [do absolutely nothing] for the poor thing.
bodie425
Preying HARD!
Godabed
Now another cis white males on unemployment… Shame hahaha lol.
RickHeathen
Alcohol and the Republican party are great at coaxing bigots out of the closet.
Doug
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