Author's book publication cancelled after a tweet reporting on a WMATA employee eating on the metro

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ R u living in 1985? Is Breakin’ 3: Khokl8 City filming at your metro station?

Thank you
I was wondering the same thing.
I guess some racist time travelled just to post on here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the metro employee for this:

"You worry about yourself."

That is perfect advice.

I love this too. She could have said “F— off,” (I would have), but she handled it gracefully.

Telling someone to mind their own business is not "graceful". If she really thought that she had the right to eat on the train, she should have calmly explained that. But she was defensive, because she knew that she was wrong.

Let it go
Seriously
Let it go
You are a petty person .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Next time you make one bad decision,
let’s take away YOUR livelihood.

Happens to poor people all the time.

News Flash:
Indeed it often happens to poor people...
of EVERY color.

I agree that there's probably a correlation, but the causation goes the other way. The being poor is a product of poor decision making in the first place. You can't save people from themselves.

NP. You’re an idiot. And where did the poor decision making for AAs generate? When reading was illegal for my great-great grandmother? Was the poor decision making in the gerrymandered districts? The fair housing that was occurring in cost and right to ownership of property? The public investment in education and medical systems for people of color? And that’s just in the US — not even going into the details of the immigrants here who strive to make it.

Everyone didn’t get a fair start in this life, all from the same place on the track when the mark was set to go. People aren’t all poor because of their decisions. Do you know how hard it is to make the jump from the poverty line to lower class? Lower to middle? The bands are HUGE. Don’t be an ass.

Well I actually grew up poor. And believe it or not, there is a way out of poverty, ESPECIALLY in the US.

It starts with finishing school and trying to do the best you can, getting some sort of job as soon as you're legally able and then continuing to work throughout your schooling, following the rules, not getting involved in gangs, not getting pregnant before choosing a partner you actually intend to make a family with, not making stupid decisions that land you in prison or worse. I can promise you that I've worked plenty of minimum wage jobs in my life and gotten around on public transport and I've never once eaten a plate of food under a "no eating" sign, let alone told someone to shove it for pointing out that I shouldn't be doing that.

It sucks that some people start on third base and think they hit a home run. I get it. It annoys me too. I'm shocked again and again on this forum when I see how easy some people have it. But I'm so sick to death of people acting like there's just no way out of poverty unless someone buys you everything. And that being poor is somehow always an excuse to break rules. It isn't.

Thanks for answering my question: you’ve always been a dick.

Really? Not pp, but makes sense. Doesn’t matter what I earn or where I have to take my lunch break —I don’t eat food in a contained space where people may be allergic (and where it says not to). I especially don’t break rules as an employee of a company that sets them. I don’t care what race you are (and, I’m sorry to say, I feel if she were white we wouldn’t care). Many of us are lucky to have jobs and work our butts off — your skin color doesn’t give you an excuse to break protocol.

You are so small, petty and pitiful that you actually think someone is sitting around thinking, ‘I’m in a rush, been asked to do something out of the ordinary so let me go ahead and break a rule or two because I am black’ .
You are amazingly ignorant.
You never speed, come in late or leave a little early due exigent circumstances. Your boss never requires you to do something out of the ordinary.
You never work thru lunch . You never have anyone comment on anything you do and you say, or at least feel that they need to MYOB!!
You are a special kind of jerk.

[Anonymous]

I eat lunch at my desk, while working almost everyday, so I can actually get my ton of work done. But clients are not allowed to eat in my office or at my desk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next time you make one bad decision,
let’s take away YOUR livelihood.

Happens to poor people all the time.

News Flash:
Indeed it often happens to poor people...
of EVERY color.

I agree that there's probably a correlation, but the causation goes the other way. The being poor is a product of poor decision making in the first place. You can't save people from themselves.

NP. You’re an idiot. And where did the poor decision making for AAs generate? When reading was illegal for my great-great grandmother? Was the poor decision making in the gerrymandered districts? The fair housing that was occurring in cost and right to ownership of property? The public investment in education and medical systems for people of color? And that’s just in the US — not even going into the details of the immigrants here who strive to make it.

Everyone didn’t get a fair start in this life, all from the same place on the track when the mark was set to go. People aren’t all poor because of their decisions. Do you know how hard it is to make the jump from the poverty line to lower class? Lower to middle? The bands are HUGE. Don’t be an ass.

Well I actually grew up poor. And believe it or not, there is a way out of poverty, ESPECIALLY in the US.

It starts with finishing school and trying to do the best you can, getting some sort of job as soon as you're legally able and then continuing to work throughout your schooling, following the rules, not getting involved in gangs, not getting pregnant before choosing a partner you actually intend to make a family with, not making stupid decisions that land you in prison or worse. I can promise you that I've worked plenty of minimum wage jobs in my life and gotten around on public transport and I've never once eaten a plate of food under a "no eating" sign, let alone told someone to shove it for pointing out that I shouldn't be doing that.

It sucks that some people start on third base and think they hit a home run. I get it. It annoys me too. I'm shocked again and again on this forum when I see how easy some people have it. But I'm so sick to death of people acting like there's just no way out of poverty unless someone buys you everything. And that being poor is somehow always an excuse to break rules. It isn't.

Thanks for answering my question: you’ve always been a dick.

Really? Not pp, but makes sense. Doesn’t matter what I earn or where I have to take my lunch break —I don’t eat food in a contained space where people may be allergic (and where it says not to). I especially don’t break rules as an employee of a company that sets them. I don’t care what race you are (and, I’m sorry to say, I feel if she were white we wouldn’t care). Many of us are lucky to have jobs and work our butts off — your skin color doesn’t give you an excuse to break protocol.

Indeed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next time you make one bad decision,
let’s take away YOUR livelihood.

Happens to poor people all the time.

News Flash:
Indeed it often happens to poor people...
of EVERY color.

I agree that there's probably a correlation, but the causation goes the other way. The being poor is a product of poor decision making in the first place. You can't save people from themselves.

NP. You’re an idiot. And where did the poor decision making for AAs generate? When reading was illegal for my great-great grandmother? Was the poor decision making in the gerrymandered districts? The fair housing that was occurring in cost and right to ownership of property? The public investment in education and medical systems for people of color? And that’s just in the US — not even going into the details of the immigrants here who strive to make it.

Everyone didn’t get a fair start in this life, all from the same place on the track when the mark was set to go. People aren’t all poor because of their decisions. Do you know how hard it is to make the jump from the poverty line to lower class? Lower to middle? The bands are HUGE. Don’t be an ass.

Well I actually grew up poor. And believe it or not, there is a way out of poverty, ESPECIALLY in the US.

It starts with finishing school and trying to do the best you can, getting some sort of job as soon as you're legally able and then continuing to work throughout your schooling, following the rules, not getting involved in gangs, not getting pregnant before choosing a partner you actually intend to make a family with, not making stupid decisions that land you in prison or worse. I can promise you that I've worked plenty of minimum wage jobs in my life and gotten around on public transport and I've never once eaten a plate of food under a "no eating" sign, let alone told someone to shove it for pointing out that I shouldn't be doing that.

It sucks that some people start on third base and think they hit a home run. I get it. It annoys me too. I'm shocked again and again on this forum when I see how easy some people have it. But I'm so sick to death of people acting like there's just no way out of poverty unless someone buys you everything. And that being poor is somehow always an excuse to break rules. It isn't.

Thanks for answering my question: you’ve always been a dick.

Really? Not pp, but makes sense. Doesn’t matter what I earn or where I have to take my lunch break —I don’t eat food in a contained space where people may be allergic (and where it says not to). I especially don’t break rules as an employee of a company that sets them. I don’t care what race you are (and, I’m sorry to say, I feel if she were white we wouldn’t care). Many of us are lucky to have jobs and work our butts off — your skin color doesn’t give you an excuse to break protocol.

Indeed

Indeed no one said that people are allowed to break rules because you are black.
And dum-dum who mentioned contained spaces must eat out in the parking lot everyday for lunch.

[Anonymous]

Looks like Tynes is suing the publisher for defamation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/06/08/an-author-lost-her-book-deal-after-tweeting-about-metro-worker-shes-suing-million/?utm_term=.c12bd51f6c75

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Tynes is suing the publisher for defamation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/06/08/an-author-lost-her-book-deal-after-tweeting-about-metro-worker-shes-suing-million/?utm_term=.c12bd51f6c75

Good for her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Tynes is suing the publisher for defamation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/06/08/an-author-lost-her-book-deal-after-tweeting-about-metro-worker-shes-suing-million/?utm_term=.c12bd51f6c75

Good for her

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Tynes is suing the publisher for defamation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/06/08/an-author-lost-her-book-deal-after-tweeting-about-metro-worker-shes-suing-million/?utm_term=.c12bd51f6c75

Good for her

+1

Agreed, I didn't like all the aggressive reactions her comments got in the first place. There are plenty of situations where race and poverty are used to discriminate against people, but this was not it, and I felt the author was well within her rights to complain publicly.

Did her photo/video include the Metro employee's face? If so, that's too much identifying info. Just the uniform and the fact she was eating is sufficient.

[Anonymous]

Good for her. This was a ridiculous matter. It was never a race thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Tynes is suing the publisher for defamation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/06/08/an-author-lost-her-book-deal-after-tweeting-about-metro-worker-shes-suing-million/?utm_term=.c12bd51f6c75

Good for her

+1

+2.

[Anonymous]

The publisher actually made hay of the entire affair. It was pretty gross.
They saw an opportunity for publicity, and trumpeting their bona fides.

[Anonymous]

Poor lady. The twitterverse tried to make her life not worth living just because she pointed out (accurately) a public employee breaking a rule.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2019/06/08/natasha-tynes-sues-rare-bird-its-actions-metro-shaming-scandal/1395567001/

Jordanian-American author Natasha Tynes is suing book publisher Rare Bird Lit. Inc., for more than $13 million in damages, alleging the company defamed her and breached a publishing contract amid a social media shaming scandal in May.

The incident left Tynes essentially stripped of a book deal, placed on leave from her job and hospitalized for multiple conditions, including suicidal thoughts, a lawsuit filed this week in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles alleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poor lady. The twitterverse tried to make her life not worth living just because she pointed out (accurately) a public employee breaking a rule.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2019/06/08/natasha-tynes-sues-rare-bird-its-actions-metro-shaming-scandal/1395567001/

Jordanian-American author Natasha Tynes is suing book publisher Rare Bird Lit. Inc., for more than $13 million in damages, alleging the company defamed her and breached a publishing contract amid a social media shaming scandal in May.

The incident left Tynes essentially stripped of a book deal, placed on leave from her job and hospitalized for multiple conditions, including suicidal thoughts, a lawsuit filed this week in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles alleges.

She got exactly what she wanted. Don’t feel bad for her at all. I hope she loses her case and more money in the process.