This is exactly why lewd behavior has been normalized.
On Wednesday, Randi Zuckerberg penned a powerful letter to Alaska Airlines after an infuriating experience that left her feeling “disgusted” and “degraded.” Despite informing flight attendants of a male passenger’s extremely lewd comments toward her, the airline chose his money over her safety.
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So, in summary, here’s what went down.
This guy had the audacity to make explicit and highly-inappropriate remarks directed to the tech entrepreneur and other women on the plane — and when Zuckerberg spoke up to flight personnel, she was told he was a frequent flier whose behavior has been a problem in the past, but that’s just the way it is. AND THEN, they offered HER a middle seat in the BACK OF THE PLANE if she was uncomfortable enough to move.
Whew, child.
Understandably, the 35-year-old used her platform to write the company a letter and blast it on social media. Bless.
Read her full account (below)!
And it seems she got their attention, as they’re supposedly looking into the situation:
We have GOT to stop accepting this behavior, bbs! Speak up!
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