OC SOUTHWEST GATE AGENT MOCKS 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S NAME

[Ronald_55]

 

This is usually a story I would pass over, but it shows so much bad judgement on both sides. The gate agent was highly disrespectful and unprofessional and posts it for the world to see. The mom..what did she think people were gonna say? ABCDE, Really?

https://abc7.com/amp/travel/oc-southwest-gate-agent-mocks-5-year-old-girls-name/4784236/

 

A Southwest Airlines gate agent at John Wayne Airport is accused of being awful in front of a five-year old girl - and on social media - because of her unique name.

The girl's mother says the agent made fun of the name and even posted a photo of her boarding pass on social media for others to chime in.

Five-year-old Abcde Redford pronounces her name "ab-city."

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You can go read the rest if you want.

 

[Omega]

My daughter, works in a mental health clinic, out of Charlotte NC, told me about one named KMNOP, pronounced Noel.  If you name your kid different, you better have thick skin, and teach your kid to do the same.  I put this squarely on the parent, though the employee should have been more discreet. 

[Chucktshoes]

I’m not condoning the actions of the gate agent as they were thoughtless, indiscreet, and reflect badly upon her employer. 

But....

"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.'"

The real answer to this poor child’s question is “because your mother is an idiot who gave you a stupid name that is likely indicative of her poor parental decision making skills. You’ll need years of therapy and a court’s assistance to undo what she’s doing to you. Good luck kid, you’re gonna need it.”

Edited November 29, 2018 by Chucktshoes

[GlockSpock]

28 minutes ago, Chucktshoes said:

I’m not condoning the actions of the gate agent as they were thoughtless, indiscreet, and reflect badly upon her employer. 

But....

"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.'"

The real answer to this poor child’s question is “because your mother is an idiot who gave you a stupid name that is likely indicative of her poor parental decision making skills. You’ll need years of therapy and a court’s assistance to undo what she’s doing to you. Good luck kid, you’re gonna need it.”

But she is in a safe space.

[peejman]

Wow on both accounts. 

A friend's wife is a nurse in a birthing unit. She says it's pretty routine to see paperwork for babies with rather odd names. They've questioned a few and given the parents an extra day to think about whether that "unusual" name is really a good idea. Sometimes they reconsider, sometimes not. 

[Raoul]

Irregardless of the stupidity of the mother, anyone that would do that to a child needs a good beating.

[Erik88]

My friend swears there was a kid at our local elementary school named Sh*thead...pronounced Shetheed... Some people really shouldn't reproduce.

[bubbiesdad]

2 hours ago, Ronald_55 said:

 

This is usually a story I would pass over, but it shows so much bad judgement on both sides. The gate agent was highly disrespectful and unprofessional and posts it for the world to see. The mom..what did she think people were gonna say? ABCDE, Really?

https://abc7.com/amp/travel/oc-southwest-gate-agent-mocks-5-year-old-girls-name/4784236/

 

A Southwest Airlines gate agent at John Wayne Airport is accused of being awful in front of a five-year old girl - and on social media - because of her unique name.

The girl's mother says the agent made fun of the name and even posted a photo of her boarding pass on social media for others to chime in.

Five-year-old Abcde Redford pronounces her name "ab-city."

...

You can go read the rest if you want.

 

Shouldn't it be pronounced ab-cidy?

[peejman]

1 hour ago, Erik88 said:

My friend swears there was a kid at our local elementary school named Sh*thead...pronounced Shetheed... Some people really shouldn't reproduce.

My aunt taught brothers named lemonjello and orangejello. 

[Raoul]

4 minutes ago, peejman said:

My aunt taught brothers named lemonjello and orangejello. 

Was this in Kingsport?

[KahrMan]

This seems to fit right in with this thread.

 

[peejman]

6 minutes ago, Raoul said:

Was this in Kingsport?

South Carolina, many years ago. 

[Ronald_55]

4 minutes ago, bubbiesdad said:

Shouldn't it be pronounced ab-cidy?

No "Stu-pidy"

[bersaguy]

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For those of ya'll that have not seen it, I think it was South West that had a commercial on TV that did exactly that to people with odd names................

Edited November 29, 2018 by bersaguy

[Raoul]

53 minutes ago, peejman said:

South Carolina, many years ago. 

There was a lemonjello in the Kingsport system some years back.

[RED333]

2 hours ago, Erik88 said:

Some people really shouldn't reproduce.

This about 100 times, and not just for names!!!

[Steelharp]

3 hours ago, Raoul said:

Regardless of the stupidity of the mother, anyone that would do that to a child needs a good beating.

Grammar nazi. Sorry. 

[KahrMan]

3 hours ago, Raoul said:

Irregardless of the stupidity of the mother, anyone that would do that to a child needs a good beating.

 

23 minutes ago, Steelharp said:

Grammar nazi. Sorry. 

I was going to point that out but I am not as rude as Steelharp...

[bersaguy]

My next to oldest brother didn't like his name even though he was named after a famous President and a famous train company so he told every one to call him Joe. His name was Dwight Lionel which was after Dwight Eisenhower and the great toy maker of trains, Lionel. He was called Joe so much that many people thought that was his real name. It made his teachers mad when they would use his real name when they called on him  in class and he didn't reply back. After a while the teachers began calling him Joe also........................

[Trekbike]

6 hours ago, Omega said:

one named KMNOP, pronounced Noel. 

I gave up on trying to sound that one out.    Can someone help me figure how you can remotely get Noel out of those letters?   

[Erik88]

6 minutes ago, Trekbike said:

I gave up on trying to sound that one out.    Can someone help me figure how you can remotely get Noel out of those letters?   

It took me a minute but I got It. They were trying to be funny by leaving the L out. So there is no L in the name.

L should have been after the K per the alphabet.