Yep, you read that right. Apparently, one of the most comfortable (and fashionable) pieces of clothing these days – leggings – made some girls lose their flight! Needless to say, it took less than 2 seconds for athleisure fans to start sending mean tweets to the United Airlines. Here’s one of them:

Shannon Watts was actually there to witness the uncomfortable incident of the two young girls being rejected by the plane staff because of their leggings. According to Shannon, however, their outfits were extremely decent and there was no reason for the airline company to act so crazy.

Get your popcorn, guys, because United Airlines actually replied!

And from that point on, the whole virtual world was caught on fire. Some of the most amazing tweets actually comes from Oscar winner Patricia Arquette, Chrissy Teigen or Jeremy Pond – we’ll let them say the rest:

The thing is that the girls were actually travelling by a so-called ‘buddy ticket,’ which also involves a pretty strict dress code. Other than that, the airline company has no problem with anything!