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

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

It would be sweet justice if the publisher goes bankrupt for their stupidity and hate.

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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

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+1 again.

She will win, too. There was nothing racist about her tweet.

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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.

She's been punished at her job, and hospitalized due to the stress. I am sure that's NOT what she wanted.

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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.

She did not have to explain herself to that woman. Who are you people. You do not own service workers. They are not your servants and slaves. Geese, the entitlement of some of our people. It’s crazy.

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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.

She did not have to explain herself to that woman. Who are you people. You do not own service workers. They are not your servants and slaves. Geese, the entitlement of some of our people. It’s crazy.

So you think breaking a rule is fine, especially if done by an employee of that company? Do you eat on the Metro? Do you have problems with more cockroaches and rodents in the system, and do you care that some people may end up with deadly allergic reactions in the depth of the subway where medical care might take a long time to reach them?

Stop being ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

She did not have to explain herself to that woman. Who are you people. You do not own service workers. They are not your servants and slaves. Geese, the entitlement of some of our people. It’s crazy.

So you think breaking a rule is fine, especially if done by an employee of that company? Do you eat on the Metro? Do you have problems with more cockroaches and rodents in the system, and do you care that some people may end up with deadly allergic reactions in the depth of the subway where medical care might take a long time to reach them?

Stop being ridiculous.

+1 She was wearing a WMATA uniform while breaking a law. You can disagree over whether the twitter lady was being obnoxious to out her, but the WMATA lady was definitely wrong in breaking a law while wearing her uniform.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

She did not have to explain herself to that woman. Who are you people. You do not own service workers. They are not your servants and slaves. Geese, the entitlement of some of our people. It’s crazy.

So you think breaking a rule is fine, especially if done by an employee of that company? Do you eat on the Metro? Do you have problems with more cockroaches and rodents in the system, and do you care that some people may end up with deadly allergic reactions in the depth of the subway where medical care might take a long time to reach them?

Stop being ridiculous.

I repeat, she did not have to explain anything to that woman. The worker would have been better, had she simply ignored Tynes and said nothing.

As for the roaches and rats, metro has always had them beginning in 1976 with its first opening. Metro unearthed their nests of the rats and roaches during construction and they never left. Such hyperbole, deadly reactions! DC Metro May be one of the only subway systems in the world that has that stupid food prohibition. By the way, I’m allergic to your perfume, maybe people should not be allowed to wear such deadly allergens on th subways of DC.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

She did not have to explain herself to that woman. Who are you people. You do not own service workers. They are not your servants and slaves. Geese, the entitlement of some of our people. It’s crazy.

So you think breaking a rule is fine, especially if done by an employee of that company? Do you eat on the Metro? Do you have problems with more cockroaches and rodents in the system, and do you care that some people may end up with deadly allergic reactions in the depth of the subway where medical care might take a long time to reach them?

Stop being ridiculous.

+1 She was wearing a WMATA uniform while breaking a law. You can disagree over whether t

he twitter lady was being obnoxious to out her, but the WMATA lady was definitely wrong in breaking a law while wearing her uniform.

Doesn’t look like metro disciplined her, so NO.

[Anonymous]

Even if she wins, she will need to self publish her work. She is too much of a risk for a publisher. This whole lawsuit kills her career as a published writer. Its Instagram for her forever. Pictures and Twitter blurbs.

[Anonymous]

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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.

+1 again.

She will win, too. There was nothing racist about her tweet.

She won't win. All publishers contracts come with morality clauses which covers basically anything that would get a public figure in trouble.

She signed it and so they had the right to terminate her when broken. The question is can the publisher counter-sue and demand her advance back. They usually pay out on acceptance of a book and delivery...but without it being published there's a grey area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

She did not have to explain herself to that woman. Who are you people. You do not own service workers. They are not your servants and slaves. Geese, the entitlement of some of our people. It’s crazy.

So you think breaking a rule is fine, especially if done by an employee of that company? Do you eat on the Metro? Do you have problems with more cockroaches and rodents in the system, and do you care that some people may end up with deadly allergic reactions in the depth of the subway where medical care might take a long time to reach them?

Stop being ridiculous.

+1 She was wearing a WMATA uniform while breaking a law. You can disagree over whether t

he twitter lady was being obnoxious to out her, but the WMATA lady was definitely wrong in breaking a law while wearing her uniform.

Doesn’t look like metro disciplined her, so NO.

So she wasn't wrong to eat on the Metro? Great-I'm going to bring my eggs and bacon on the metro tomorrow morning, so everyone else should too. (P.S. Just because Metro didn't discipline her, doesn't mean she didn't break the rules.)

[Anonymous]

Holy shit - an even bigger deal than that lawsuit, the World Bank asked her to step down. Guess you can't say something stupid on social media and still be a communications person.

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:Even if she wins, she will need to self publish her work. She is too much of a risk for a publisher. This whole lawsuit kills her career as a published writer. Its Instagram for her forever. Pictures and Twitter blurbs.

I’m disappointed that she took the lawsuit way out. 13 million? Her book was never going to net her that. Plus she didn’t get fired at the WB. Unless she’s a contractor there, it’s difficult to get fired from the World Bank.

[Anonymous]

LOL - that publisher is taking no sass. She's going to get wiped out in court.

(Publisher's attorney) Eisen says Tynes has simply suffered the consequences of her tweet: "It is ironic that, having taken advantage of her First Amendment rights with an ill-advised tweet, Ms. Tynes now seeks to stifle and punish use of those very same rights of a respected book publisher who legitimately expressed its opinions of her conduct, rather than take responsibility for her own actions."

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Anonymous wrote:Even if she wins, she will need to self publish her work. She is too much of a risk for a publisher. This whole lawsuit kills her career as a published writer. Its Instagram for her forever. Pictures and Twitter blurbs.

I’m disappointed that she took the lawsuit way out. 13 million? Her book was never going to net her that. Plus she didn’t get fired at the WB. Unless she’s a contractor there, it’s difficult to get fired from the World Bank.

They put her on indefinite leave. Sounds like they're looking for a way to terminate her.