Woman furious after Southwest employee mocks daughter's name, 'Abcde'

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Traci Redford was boarding a flight at with her daughter “Abcde,” who pronounces her name “Ab-city,”  when an employee mocked her daughter’s name.

“The gate agent started mocking my child’s name, laughing, pointing at me and my daughter, and then talking to other employees, so I turned around and just said like ‘Hey, I can hear you, so if I can hear you, my daughter can too, like I’d appreciate if you’d just stop.’” Redford told KABC-TV.

The employee took a picture of Abcde’s boarding pass and posted it on social media.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny-news-southwest-mock-name-20181129-story.html

[Evan Peters 10,776]

i would too 

[Earthling 3,701]

Abcde, Ab-city sounds like Obesity 

[Florian 20,017]

4 minutes ago, Rainbow1 said:

 Redford told KABC-TV.

Is that her sister ?

[Chic 20,830]

8 minutes ago, Florian said:

Is that her sister ?

I SCREAMED

[MonsterPaws 2,745]

9 minutes ago, Rainbow1 said:

“The gate agent started mocking my child’s name, laughing, pointing at me and my daughter, and then talking to other employees, so I turned around and just said like ‘Hey, I can hear you, so if I can hear you, my daughter can too, like I’d appreciate if you’d just stop.’”

 

Regardless of whether we find the name ridiculous or not, the fact that any child or adult should face ridicule for their name is disgusting. Just imagine what this kid deals with.

I don't care if we try to shift the blame on the mother. No decent human being should mock someone's name in the first place. Even "normal names" get mocked for being different (namely "Muslim-sounding" names, asian names etc.).

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16 minutes ago, Evan Peters said:

i would too 

Pathetic

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26 minutes ago, Earthling said:

Abcde, Ab-city sounds like Obesity 

dying omg

[JazzGa 14,652]

Very unprofessional to mock a client's child's name, and obviously the employee has no tact and should be terminated.

But Abcde is a hilarious Millennial mom name though. I've known a couple of redneck preschoolers with meth head moms who were unfortunately saddled with the name.

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35 minutes ago, Florian said:

Is that her sister ?

[Regina George 59,387]

No one is right in this situation. Employee was supposed to be polite and professional and he was extremely rude. Mother should be a bit smarter. Her kid will get mocked because of that name and it’s cruel reality. It shouldn’t happen but it will and we all know it. Like why the hell would you give your kid that name and make a “clown” of her? Kids are cruel and will find a way to bully her because of it.. Not to mention the situation in class when they’ll learn alphabet..

[GypsyBabe 22,836]

Not professional to make fun of a child but it’s honestly the mothers fault for naming her kid that. I’m all for unique names, but that is beyong ridiculous. Its like naming your kid 1234 and expecting people to take it seriously or pronounce it correctly.

This is what happens when you do clownery. 

[CyanLights 15,576]

51 minutes ago, Florian said:

Is that her sister ?

FLORIAN

 

[River 127,311]

How the f-ck Abcde is Ab-city? where is the T?

Reminds me of the story in my country of a girl named (after translation to English) "disappointment" because the parents wanted a boy

did they name her after this song?

 

K-Pop has gone too far!!!

 

[geopang 4,831]

I find it hilarious