An EasyJet passenger has gone to extreme lengths to avoid paying a baggage fee - by repeatedly kicking his bag to make it fit the cabin bag requirements. The determined customer was filmed hitting and stamping on his luggage in a desperate bid to make it fit inside the airline's measuring tool.
In the clip, posted to TikTok by user @hotasfo_o, fellow passengers watch on as the man tries to cram his case into the container with an EasyJet steward him at his side. According to the Mirror, the video has since garnered a whopping 23.9 million views, with people left in stitches over the airport incident.
It was posted along with the caption: "Don't die for EasyJet." The airline employee tells the customer several times that the luggage is not going to fit, which only results in him kicking harder. After delivering several more blows, the man eventually admits defeat.
The quick-witted customer - who used hand and food to insist that the item met requirements - was left with more than he bargained for as his persistence took a quick turn, and his bag was stuck in the mechanism. Initially, the incident seemed like no laughing matter, but it soon erupted in fits of giggles, which has even caught on to witnesses on the internet.
The man struggled to remove the bag, pulling the item backward and forward, and proceeded to joke when he was unable to free it. "Oh well, I'll have to take this on board then," the man joked.
One TikToker joked in the comment section: "Seen a guy booking into a hotel with a massive EasyJet sign today." Another added: "Man is a hero now the next 40 people can't measure since it's stuck."
EasyJet says that ground crew must ensure that the customers' bags are within the maximum size to ensure customer's safety.
An EasyJet spokesperson told The Mirror: "Our ground crew must ensure that customers’ cabin bags are within the maximum dimensions to safely and securely fit where they need to be stowed in the cabin and so customers will sometimes be asked to check this using our baggage size gauges in the airport.
"We clearly inform customers of maximum cabin bag dimensions when booking, via email before they travel and it is also clearly displayed on boarding passes."
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