CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; MD80; DFW-OAK. OBVIOUSLY INTOXICATED PAX BOARDED; USED PROFANITY; VERBALLY ABUSIVE. CAPT HAD POLICE REMOVE HIM FROM PLANE.

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WHILE I WAS TAKING TICKETS IN THE ARPT; DURING THE BOARDING PROCESS; A MAN MADE SEVERAL COMMENTS TO ME AS I TOOK HIS TICKET. I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING AND TRIED TO IGNORE HIS COMMENTS. I DID SMELL LIQUOR ON HIS BREATH. AFTER BOARDING; I WAS WALKING DOWN THE AISLE AND A LADY JUMPED OUT OF HER SEAT AND CAME AFTER ME SAYING; 'THE MAN NEXT TO ME IS DRUNK AND BEING VERY OBNOXIOUS.' I LOOKED AT THE MAN; TOLD HER I WOULD TELL THE CAPT; AND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE COCKPIT. THE ACFT DOOR WAS OPEN AND THE AGENT WAS STILL THERE. I TOLD THE CAPT THAT WE COULDN'T CLOSE THE DOOR YET; BECAUSE ONE OF OUR PAX WAS DRUNK AND HE NEEDED TO COME OFF THE PLANE. I THEN TOLD THE AGENT; WHO WAS STANDING CLOSE. SHE REALIZED WHO I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND TURNED AROUND TO CALL THE CUSTOMER SVC MGR. THE AGENT AND CSM AND ARPT POLICE THEN CONFERRED AND ASKED THE MAN TO COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ACFT. HE AND THE CAPT HAD WORDS; AT WHICH POINT THE CAPT TOLD THE AGENT THAT HE WOULD NOT BE TAKING THE FLT WITH US. HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACFT ALONG WITH HIS LUGGAGE.