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Showing Original Post only (View all)Southwest Airlines apologises for mocking girl's name [View all]
Southwest Airlines has apologised after a member of its staff mocked a five-year-old girl's name.Traci Redford and her daughter, Abcde (pronounced ab-si-dee), were en route home to El Paso, Texas, from California's John Wayne Airport when the incident occurred. A gate agent allegedly began laughing and took a photo of the child's boarding pass and posted it online.
Airline spokesperson Chris Mainz offered the family a "sincere apology". In a statement, Mr Mainz said the employee's social media post "is not indicative of the care, respect, and civility" the airline expects. "We take great pride in extending our Southwest hospitality to all of our customers," the statement reads.
Ms Redford told broadcaster ABC7 that the airline "hadn't done anything" for two weeks after she had filed a formal complaint. Ms Redford said the gate agent "started laughing, pointing at me and my daughter, talking to other employees", and her daughter had asked her why they were mocking her. "She said: 'Mom, why is she laughing at my name?' And I said not everyone is nice and not everyone is going to be nice and it's unfortunate," Ms Redford said.
Vocativ, a news and data website, published a piece in 2014 saying there were at that time 328 children in the US named "Abcde", according to the Social Security Administration.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46393501
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You like a rule that says boys must get boys names and girls must get girls names?
onenote
Nov 2018
#80
I have to agree with you. As bad as the gate agent's actions were, the woman obviously gave
alwaysinasnit
Nov 2018
#4
Perhaps my response was callous, but given how difficult it is for children to grow up in the type
alwaysinasnit
Nov 2018
#90
Yes. The agent went over the line in posting it & talking to others about it.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2018
#45
I totally agree agent's action were not appropriate. An adult shouldn't mock a child's
LisaL
Nov 2018
#46
I agree, it might also have considered a mistake by the desk agent..that would be funny if I saw the
Demonaut
Nov 2018
#82
I am often shocked when confronted with the narrow-mindedness of "progressives."
delisen
Nov 2018
#40
Yes, I am not sure what is imaginative of giving a child name consisting of first five letters of
LisaL
Nov 2018
#43
there are a lot of names that are considered female now but started as male
demigoddess
Nov 2018
#55
Lots of superiority on this thread. Great to see people be so understanding and compassionate.
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#48
The child was five! Who makes fun of a five year old and why would anyone think it is ok?
Glimmer of Hope
Nov 2018
#54
I don't agree with adults mocking her name in front of her, but come on! She is going to
Luciferous
Nov 2018
#53
Yes, it is a ridiculous name and both kind and mean people will laugh about it...
cbdo2007
Nov 2018
#100