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No, I do not think anyone should eat on the underground public transport in a city full of rats.

This author was not in the wrong in calling an employee out.

I do not know the reason for the publication cancellation, but if the tweet is really the reason, then it's deplorable. And really weird.

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If the employee was a White man then the author would have been lauded.  I think the author was correct in tweeting this as a metro customer.   She got dinged because the employee was a black female.

If using social media was overreaction, then so was publishing it in WaPo.

What did the Black employee or Metro lose? Nothing.  What did the whistleblower lose - quite a lot.   She should sue the Metro and her publisher. [/quote]

That’s the risk you take when you CHOOSE to post someone’s picture without permission. If you did something that reflects poorly on the reputation of your employers, they would have the option to fire you. Why is the relationship between the writer and publisher any different? I’m sure her contract had terms regarding this.[/quote]

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