WN GA mocks 5 y.o. girl’s name, posts photo of BP on Facebook
Nov 30, 2018, 4:51 pm
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Yeah, that's a thing I'll admit I do at times; sometimes I'll also edit-in-place quoted text that has apostrophe abuse, or other issues:
Nov 30, 2018, 5:34 pm
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Whether the mother named her Jane Smith or ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ you dont deserve to be mocked. When I first saw this article on CNN i thought it would just be here say but for the GA to actually take a picture of and then post this boarding pass is stupid and honestly WN is proud to have an employee "Show the LUV" who acts like that?
This GA is way beyond "retraining"
This GA is way beyond "retraining"
Dec 1, 2018, 5:09 am
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I can see the GA laughing at the name (that's a natural human reaction that poor little Abcde will have to deal with her whole life) but mocking it out loud and posting it online are unprofessional and should have serious consequences. I wouldn't be surprised if the child starts using the name Abby by the time she is in junior high.
Dec 1, 2018, 7:46 am
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I’m sorry, the notion of establishing a Federal Bureau of What You Can Name Your Kid and funding it with a bunch more money we don’t have is asinine.
Dec 1, 2018, 12:17 pm
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Dec 1, 2018, 2:11 pm
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Mexico bans names that are considered "derogatory, pejorative, discriminatory or lacking in meaning." The goal is to protect children from being bullied in the future.
We had a neighbor who named his daughters "Cookie" and "Cracker." The Crumb girls were pitied more than bullied.
We had a neighbor who named his daughters "Cookie" and "Cracker." The Crumb girls were pitied more than bullied.
Dec 1, 2018, 2:24 pm
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The underreported part of the story is the girl's brother HIJAK. He wasn't even allowed to board. For compensation, SWA named 5 seats in each row after the girl-on every single plane. I think that's fair.
Dec 1, 2018, 2:32 pm
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Some countries that have the list of allowed names base it on religious names or names that have appeared in religious literature.
Dec 3, 2018, 2:45 pm
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