[Krelf]

from BBC:

Southwest Airlines has apologised after a member of its staff mocked a five-year-old girl's name.

Traci Redford and her daughter, Abcde (pronounced ab-si-dee), were en route home to El Paso, Texas, from California's John Wayne Airport when the incident occurred.

A gate agent allegedly began laughing and took a photo of the child's boarding pass and posted it online.

Airline spokesperson Chris Mainz offered the family a "sincere apology".

 

[capnjim]

Any idiot names their kid that gets what they deserve. What a bunch of morons.

 

[jdto]

The parents get what they deserve, but it was a dick move by the agent to make fun of the name right in front of the little girl. The parents are idiots, but the agent should still take some heat for being an asshole.

 

[butterknucket]

 

[Krelf]

The apology should be by the parents to the child for giving her a name that will cause decades of ridicule, embarrassment and confusion.

 

[Jim DaddyO]

Don't blame the parents, they used all of the alphabet they knew.

 

[Player99]

Dweezel Zappa and Moon Unit survived.

 

[LanceT]

A broad form of bullying by the airline I'd say. Doesn't matter what the little girl's name is, she's five years old. The idiot who shamed her should be canned. No more apology necessary.

 

[Steadfastly]

Unthinking parents and a mannerless airlines employee?

 

[Wardo]

Flyin ain’t what it used to be.

 

[Milkman]

Sometimes people just take it too far.

When I named my second daughter I took a little risk and did name her after a musical instrument, but it has always been a happy thing for her. She enjoys the positive attention.

Her name is Amanda Lynn.

 

[laristotle]

That's cool.

 

[Milkman]

That's cool.

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Like I said, I did have doubts when I named her, but I felt if it was embarrassing at all, she could simply not use her middle name.

As it turns out, she loves it and so do I. I'm a big fan of mandolins (I have quite a few) and they're happy, inspiring and positive elements in my life.

So is she.

 

[allthumbs56]

Yup - Set your child up for ridicule and then turn to the media when it happens. However it happened, I expect that the airline clerk suspected a misprint on the ticket. I can expect nothing but negative attention wherever this child goes through her life - some will do it cruelly to her face and everyone else behind her back. What an awful thing for a parent to do - life is hard enough as it is.

How long before we see a kid named "1" getting the same attention.

(and Milk, I think your example is not damaging at all - very clever of you)

 

[SaucyJack]

The parents are complete morons and both need a swift kick in the junk.

 

[laristotle]

There Are 328 Human People Named “Abcde” in the United States

 

[fretzel]

Actually, I heard that they were on their way to see a hearing specialist as she is losing her hearing. With that, they are thinking of changing her name to Abcdef.

 

[Milkman]

There Are 328 Human People Named “Abcde” in the United States

Wow

You're supposed to have a license for a dog.

Any Asshole can have a kid.

But is Abcde any worse than naming your kid magic, or sky or flower?

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[Jim DaddyO]

There Are 328 Human People Named “Abcde” in the United States

The title of that is quite odd. It would imply that there is such a thing as "non-human people" in the United States, which is perhaps more disturbing than the original premise of the thread.

 

[knight_yyz]

Homeland security does this all day long. I got stopped at the border once and was told to go and wait. All the guards did was make fun of everyones passport pictures.