Southwest Airlines employee mocks and laughs at five-year-old with epilepsy for her unique name, Abcde
A mother who was traveling back home via Southwest Airlines with her five-year-old epileptic daughter claims a gate agent for the airline mocked her daughter's unique name and then snapped a photo of her boarding pass before posting it on social media.
According to ABC, the incident unfolded a few weeks ago when Traci Redford was catching a flight home to El Paso, Texas, via the John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. Redford says the mean-spirited gate agent saw her daughter's name, Abcde Redford — pronounced "ab-city" — and made fun of it before uploading the boarding pass on social media so others could mock her as well.
Name shaming? This Texas woman claims a @SouthwestAir agent made fun of her 5-year-old daughter's name as they were preparing to board their flight at @JohnWayneAir in Orange County.
— Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) 28 November 2018
Her daughter's name is Abcde (pronounced Ab-city). @ABC7 pic.twitter.com/iHpBPoakYI