ESPN Reporter shows her true inner beauty

Please, please, please let her lose her job over this.

https://youtu.be/qHo1cYjnsU0

Holy sense of entitlement and superiority complex, Batman. What a piece of work.

So how do I embed that video?

Not a clue. I'm not sure you can yet. I'm just excited that now the links work.

My my! Now follow this..she is my son's ex-grilfriends former roommate. I feel personally mortified (but a little giddy that  GF and said son broke up  and than she  had her as a roomie) Bad choice!!

Now we want the goss!!!

Can't believe she got off so lightly.  Very rude comments indeed.

BubbaTerp said:

Can't believe she got off so lightly.  Very rude comments indeed.

 I don't think this is over.  Too much horrible press. 

ESPN suspended her - but only for a week.

Why should she lose her livelihood for being inexcusably rude? Where should public shaming stop?

i expected more of a rant given the volume of hype - quite frankly its pretty consistent with the many "Ugly Beautiful" out there 

Kudoos to the person working there for not "taking the bait" and retaining her composure 

Are you talking about the public shaming of the parking lot attendant, or current public shaming of the reporter who behaved so badly?

I think we are seeing another of those situations where an employee does something that embarrasses their employer in a big way, and you get into the argument about whether an employer has the right to terminate because of that, free speech, etc.

I have a feeling the station that employs her is meeting behind closed doors with their legal and PR teams to figure out how they have to proceed on this.

Any way you look at it, her behavior was abominable, and I would kind of enjoy seeing her punished. Of all people, a reporter should know there are ALWAYS cameras around these days.

PeggyC said:

Are you talking about the public shaming of the parking lot attendant, or current public shaming of the reporter who behaved so badly?

I think we are seeing another of those situations where an employee does something that embarrasses their employer in a big way, and you get into the argument about whether an employer has the right to terminate because of that, free speech, etc.

I have a feeling the station that employs her is meeting behind closed doors with their legal and PR teams to figure out how they have to proceed on this.

Any way you look at it, her behavior was abominable, and I would kind of enjoy seeing her punished. Of all people, a reporter should know there are ALWAYS cameras around these days.

 The attendant TOLD her that she was being videotaped!  She was too arrogant to think of the consequences.  

Let me start by saying I find this behavior to be despicable. But I'm with j_r. I have no doubt that ESPN has the right to fire her for this. But really? Lose her job because of a rant? If she should truly lose her job, then why should anyone else hire her? I could see a longer suspension. Perhaps requiring some type of community service as a condition for returning. But lose your ability to make a living because of a rant?

Wow. I simply read the story, since it had a lot of the language the reporter used against the attendant, but I didn't watch the video. I really, really hate getting my news via video. I much prefer reading. I have no idea why.

Apparently the woman's temper is so bad she couldn't even slow down when she was told she was being recorded. Ouch. Terrible judgment, among her other stunning attributes.

ParticleMan said:

Let me start by saying I find this behavior to be despicable. But I'm with j_r. I have no doubt that ESPN has the right to fire her for this. But really? Lose her job because of a rant? If she should truly lose her job, then why should anyone else hire her? I could see a longer suspension. Perhaps requiring some type of community service as a condition for returning. But lose your ability to make a living because of a rant?

 I imagine this is exactly the kind of conversation that's going on at the network.

Seriously? What, the reporter should have just been allowed to make that person feel THAT small and walk away unscathed, probably to do the same thing to other people who piss her off by doing their jobs? I don't see that at all.

Without thinking about the HR and legal aspects of this thing, it's a nice story book ending if this prom queen who was probably a mean girl, finally gets her cummupence. 

I think that any attempt to regulate rudeness takes us down a dangerous path. 

The attendant wasn't publicly "shamed" until she made the video public. 
Would it alter your opinion if you knew money changed hands for the video?

jeffl said:

Without thinking about the HR and legal aspects of this thing, it's a nice story book ending if this prom queen who was probably a mean girl, finally gets her cummupence. 

 Well, yes, that aspect of it is very appealing to me, and I'm not proud of it. And I think there is a certain justice to it. If the reporter has the right to say whatever she wants to people, then the people who suffer from her bad temper and lack of filters should equally be entitled to "out" her for doing so.

j_r said:

Would it alter your opinion if you knew money changed hands for the video?

 That's a good question. I don't have an answer. It would probably make me feel a little disgusted. But I would still think the attendant had every right to expose that reporter for her actions.

Another question: Do you think the reporter has a right to shame the attendant privately, without any repercussions?

Again, I'm not defending the reporter's behavior. Making the video public was disproportionate retaliation, and reflects poorly on the person who did it. Calling for the reporter's dismissal is excessive. 

What would have been an appropriate response? Genuine question. I don't have an answer to it, either.

There's no requirement that rudeness be answered in kind. An appropriate response would have been to ignore her and carry on with one's day. That way, only one person looks bad.

j_r said:

Again, I'm not defending the reporter's behavior. Making the video public was disproportionate retaliation, and reflects poorly on the person who did it. Calling for the reporter's dismissal is excessive. 

 Making the video public was disproportionate? I disagree. I do agree calling for her head is uncalled for, but this is someone who spends her professional life in front of a camera. She knew she was being recorded. She also should have known this would go public.

j_r said:

There's no requirement that rudeness be answered in kind. An appropriate response would have been to ignore her and carry on with one's day. That way, only one person looks bad.

 I disagree.  She deserved to be punished.  Probably has had it coming for many years.  If she treats this woman this way, I'm sure she's had the holier than thou attitude since she was a pretty little girl.

This seems like outrage for the sake of it. It's gross behavior, but what about politicians who do far worse and get away with it? How many times has our Governor spoken to constituents like this? Why does that get a pass, yet everyone is demanding that a private sector employee lose her job for being a jerk?

Everyone will forget about it by Monday, anyway.