The Funniest Tweets about Jetblue Flight Attendant Steven 'Slip 'n Slide' Slater

August 11, 2010 at 9:11 AM | by JetSetCD | Comments (0)

Without a doubt you've by now heard the story of Steven "Slip 'n Slide" Slater, the 39-year-old Jetblue flight attendant who on Monday, after getting into a verbal fight with an uncooperative passenger while the plane taxiied to the gate at JFK's Terminal 5, unleashed expletives over the PA, grabbed two beers, opened the emergency exit and inflated the evacuation slide and sent himself down it and made a run for home.

As it turns out, he did escape the airport with both beers, his two carry-ons (which he sent down the slide before him) and was later arrested at his home in Queens while in bed with his partner. He's now facing up to 7 years in prison.

A dramatic way to quit his job to say the least, the epic of Slater has now become an internet meme in its own right, spurring animated flicks of the event, discussions on other craziest ways to quit, and even songs. We've been most entertained by Twitter however, as the witty banter continues. Here, we've gathered up some of the funniest tweets on the topic:

@badbanana: I thought that JetBlue flight attendant story was really cool until I found out the plane was on the ground.

@morgan_murphy: I would quit every job I ever had if I could do it by going down a slide.

@msmascara: Only a new york flight attendant would tell an entire plane cabin 2 go "blank themselves". Love u #jetblue

@flyforluv: The new flight attendant phrase is...."I almost pulled a Slater today" ;) And I REALLY wanted to on my last flight!

@VT_Bobby: The only thing that would make the JetBlue story better is if Stone Cold Steve Austin's theme played as that flight attendant jumped out.

@omarr: JetBlue's "Happy Jetting, Motherf*kers" is now officially my favorite airline's tagline

@clairkilgour: Maybe people will overlook Mel Gibson's rage issues if he becomes a flight attendant?

@jonkolbe: Flight attendant in NY. Get in touch with the brewer of the beer you took off the plane. They will pay your attorneys fees/give u new career

@spectorjosh: I'd go flight attendant way before postal. You get to ride a slide, drink a beer and have sex instead of getting shot

@gruber: The best part of this Slater story is that he didn't just grab a beer before jumping down the exit slide. He took two. That's foresight.

@acontinuouslean: I think I've paid more in change fees than actual flight fees this yr on @continental Where's the customer escape slide for legacy carriers?

Heard any other good ones? Let 'em slide in the comments below...

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