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

[Anonymous]

PSA:
The worker is a union employee and can’t be fired over a silly tweet. She has protection from that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So she tried to shame and get a WMATA employee fired and instead got herself fired. I don’t get why ppl are upset she lost her book deal. Seems like karma/justice/ironic to me. Her new phrase needs to be, “stay in your own lane.”

WMATA folks are paid by taxpayers.

We can all expose their sh!tty work habits.

So you’re the kind of person who pays for a service and belittles the employee? I mean technically you are paying their wage when you pay for the service.

[Anonymous]

For those of you who think the employee was the problem:

Barry Hobson, the chief of staff for the Metro workers union — Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 — said in a statement the Metro employee was taking her meal break while in transit from one assignment to another. The statement notes operators have "an average of 20 minutes to consume a meal and get to their next access point to ensure all buses and trains are on time, safe, and ready to serve the riding public.”

From the article posted by OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So she tried to shame and get a WMATA employee fired and instead got herself fired. I don’t get why ppl are upset she lost her book deal. Seems like karma/justice/ironic to me. Her new phrase needs to be, “stay in your own lane.”

WMATA folks are paid by taxpayers.

We can all expose their sh!tty work habits.

So you’re the kind of person who pays for a service and belittles the employee? I mean technically you are paying their wage when you pay for the service.

I suspect they are the kind of person that expects the service they’ve paid for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think the employee was the problem:

Barry Hobson, the chief of staff for the Metro workers union — Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 — said in a statement the Metro employee was taking her meal break while in transit from one assignment to another. The statement notes operators have "an average of 20 minutes to consume a meal and get to their next access point to ensure all buses and trains are on time, safe, and ready to serve the riding public.”

From the article posted by OP.

Well then that needs to be addressed in the CBA.
But as a union worker, I can smell the typical BS a mile away. It’s his job to cover for his people. It makes them all look bad when a member is called out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think the employee was the problem:

Barry Hobson, the chief of staff for the Metro workers union — Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 — said in a statement the Metro employee was taking her meal break while in transit from one assignment to another. The statement notes operators have "an average of 20 minutes to consume a meal and get to their next access point to ensure all buses and trains are on time, safe, and ready to serve the riding public.”

From the article posted by OP.

Oh, if the metro UNION says so, we all must be wrong! I don't see how this is an issue outside of the culture now where everyone has to be offended all the time. Metro worker breaking Metro rules, rules which metro enforces (or used to enforce) arbitrarily anyway. Rather than hold metro employees to a higher standard, the internets seem to think a-ok here and the person pointing out the double-standard is the problem. Race wasn't an issue until the offended parties (including WaPo) made it one - it wasn't an issue for the woman pointing out the rule breaking.

[Anonymous]

Oh but they’ve given the author a nickname

Metro Molly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So she tried to shame and get a WMATA employee fired and instead got herself fired. I don’t get why ppl are upset she lost her book deal. Seems like karma/justice/ironic to me. Her new phrase needs to be, “stay in your own lane.”

WMATA folks are paid by taxpayers.

We can all expose their sh!tty work habits.

So you’re the kind of person who pays for a service and belittles the employee? I mean technically you are paying their wage when you pay for the service.

Sounds like PP has a chip on her shoulder. Being a taxpayer doesn’t give you the right to be sh€tty. The employee in this case politely told the writer to mind her own business and she still went ahead and took her picture. I can’t fathom that someone would DO something so juvenile. She’s probably critized Trump for his tweets, but she’s no better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Just to clarify:

If the employee wasn't black, would this still be an issue for the publisher?

The answer to this question will tell you what it's really about.

Of course it wouldn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think the employee was the problem:

Barry Hobson, the chief of staff for the Metro workers union — Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 — said in a statement the Metro employee was taking her meal break while in transit from one assignment to another. The statement notes operators have "an average of 20 minutes to consume a meal and get to their next access point to ensure all buses and trains are on time, safe, and ready to serve the riding public.”

From the article posted by OP.

Well then that needs to be addressed in the CBA.
But as a union worker, I can smell the typical BS a mile away. It’s his job to cover for his people. It makes them all look bad when a member is called out.

Give me a break there are a lot of rules that are rules for the public but are different for employees.
Cops can run red lights on the way to A service call
And ambulance can run a red light on the way to device call
I’ve been in lots of doctors offices in which the public is not allowed to use their cell phones but the employees are allowed to use their phones
Been to plenty of public buildings where it says restrooms for employees only
There are plenty of circumstances, contexts, environments in which there are separate rules for those who work there and those who patronize there
if you don’t know the difference, if you don’t get it that’s on you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think the employee was the problem:

Barry Hobson, the chief of staff for the Metro workers union — Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 — said in a statement the Metro employee was taking her meal break while in transit from one assignment to another. The statement notes operators have "an average of 20 minutes to consume a meal and get to their next access point to ensure all buses and trains are on time, safe, and ready to serve the riding public.”

From the article posted by OP.

Oh, if the metro UNION says so, we all must be wrong! I don't see how this is an issue outside of the culture now where everyone has to be offended all the time. Metro worker breaking Metro rules, rules which metro enforces (or used to enforce) arbitrarily anyway. Rather than hold metro employees to a higher standard, the internets seem to think a-ok here and the person pointing out the double-standard is the problem. Race wasn't an issue until the offended parties (including WaPo) made it one - it wasn't an issue for the woman pointing out the rule breaking.

If you don’t like the way an employee is behaving, you contact the company. You don’t take that person’s picture without permission and then post it for all the world to see. I don’t know if it was racially motivated or not, but Ms. Tynes’ behavior was unethical, and I don’t blame the publisher for dropping her. She did this to herself. Her publisher is in the business of making money first and foremost, and no company wants to be associated with someone who will affect its profit margins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think the employee was the problem:

Barry Hobson, the chief of staff for the Metro workers union — Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 — said in a statement the Metro employee was taking her meal break while in transit from one assignment to another. The statement notes operators have "an average of 20 minutes to consume a meal and get to their next access point to ensure all buses and trains are on time, safe, and ready to serve the riding public.”

From the article posted by OP.

Then Metro should alter their rules so that all passengers who are in similar situations get to eat on Metro if they choose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Metro has a rule about not eating on trains. As a metro employee, one should be aware of this. The race does not matter, rules are rules and this applies to everyone.

Rules don't apply to black people, everyone knows that.

Welcome to America.

You mean welcome to the NEW America where white people are no longer superior to everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think the employee was the problem:

Barry Hobson, the chief of staff for the Metro workers union — Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 — said in a statement the Metro employee was taking her meal break while in transit from one assignment to another. The statement notes operators have "an average of 20 minutes to consume a meal and get to their next access point to ensure all buses and trains are on time, safe, and ready to serve the riding public.”

From the article posted by OP.

Oh, if the metro UNION says so, we all must be wrong! I don't see how this is an issue outside of the culture now where everyone has to be offended all the time. Metro worker breaking Metro rules, rules which metro enforces (or used to enforce) arbitrarily anyway. Rather than hold metro employees to a higher standard, the internets seem to think a-ok here and the person pointing out the double-standard is the problem. Race wasn't an issue until the offended parties (including WaPo) made it one - it wasn't an issue for the woman pointing out the rule breaking.

If you don’t like the way an employee is behaving, you contact the company. You don’t take that person’s picture without permission and then post it for all the world to see. I don’t know if it was racially motivated or not, but Ms. Tynes’ behavior was unethical, and I don’t blame the publisher for dropping her. She did this to herself. Her publisher is in the business of making money first and foremost, and no company wants to be associated with someone who will affect its profit margins.

Counterpoint - People have been posting pictures of metro employees behaving badly for years and there is zero results because the union has a stranglehold on protecting its members. Publicly identifying is the ONLY way to hold metro accountable.

I do agree with you on the publisher - they're out to make money so their decisions are motivated solely by what sells books. To that end I'm sure someone will step forward and publish this woman's work - she is much more famous now and will likely end up being significantly better known because of this. But it just might not be with the company that had signed her up first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think the employee was the problem:

Barry Hobson, the chief of staff for the Metro workers union — Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 — said in a statement the Metro employee was taking her meal break while in transit from one assignment to another. The statement notes operators have "an average of 20 minutes to consume a meal and get to their next access point to ensure all buses and trains are on time, safe, and ready to serve the riding public.”

From the article posted by OP.

Well then that needs to be addressed in the CBA.
But as a union worker, I can smell the typical BS a mile away. It’s his job to cover for his people. It makes them all look bad when a member is called out.

Give me a break there are a lot of rules that are rules for the public but are different for employees.
Cops can run red lights on the way to A service call
And ambulance can run a red light on the way to device call
I’ve been in lots of doctors offices in which the public is not allowed to use their cell phones but the employees are allowed to use their phones
Been to plenty of public buildings where it says restrooms for employees only
There are plenty of circumstances, contexts, environments in which there are separate rules for those who work there and those who patronize there
if you don’t know the difference, if you don’t get it that’s on you

A plate of spaghetti doesn’t know the difference between a union or non union rider, and can end up a over the train either way. If workers were allowed to eat on trains, it would be in the CBA, and it would have been the first statement from the union.
Yes, there are exceptions.