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She should've been fired, but she only got a 1 week suspension.

ESPN suspends Britt McHenry one week over leaked parking lot video - More Sports - SI.com (http://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/04/16/britt-mchenry-espn-under-review-tow-lot-employee)

That employee held it together better than I would have....

Never heard of her. Guess she's not as important as she thought.

Never heard of her. Guess she's not as important as she thought.

I second that. What a perfect example of society today. Cheers to the attendant.

Never heard of her. Guess she's not as important as she thought.

People know her name now. For reasons she never wanted!

Ha!

oh man... stuck up reporter or towing company... it's kind of hard to root for anybody in this story. -M

Hot girl entitlement syndrome. Nothing worse than some girl who know she is attractive and will use it to put down other people. I had the (dis)pleasure of dealing with someone like this recently. She was a 10 and she knew it, and she thought the world owed her something. She also ripped other people for being "too lazy to take care of themselves like I do." And she was lazy as hell and knew her perverted old superiors would tolerate it because they liked to ogle at her chest and butt.

I do find it interesting Mrs. McHenry was suspended a week by ESPN for ripping an average American while Bill Simmons was suspended for 3 for calling Roger Goddell a liar. Hmm.....

For girls like this the joke is on them, because eventually that beauty fades. But dumb is forever!

Like, I'm smart cause I'm on television

buy her books, send her to school, ... apparently for naught.

Pretty blonde woman acts like a bitch. Film at 11:00.

Never heard of her. Guess she's not as important as she thought.

I think she was well known in the DC area where she reported for a local station and then for ESPN.

She should've been fired, but she only got a 1 week suspension.

Really? What would be the reasoning behind her losing her job? She's not committing a crime of any kind, and I highly doubt there are any stipulations in her contract that says she's not allowed to be a ragging bitch in public.

If I were to lose my job, every time I was a condescending prick to someone that I felt was slightly beneath me...I would probably spend a lot of time in the unemployment line..........being condescending to all those around me in line. It would be very counterproductive for sure.

People need to learn to have thick skin, and not let someone else's personality bother them so much.

Not that most of you care. But this is not close to the entire story First off the video is edited and not the entire video so all comments are not in context.

Second her car was towed from a restaurant parking lot while she was inside eating. The company advanced towing does this type of thing all the time. Ie started to tow a car at cvs parking lot while the driver was inside until they relieved that a 17 year old and 6 year old were still in the car.


So with that context. I would have had a pretty darn short fuse with whom ever I found at the tow truck lot

To me, it's not that she's an ass that merits her receiving a harsher punishment.

To me, it's the fact that knowing a camera was right there, looking at it directly, and proceeding to berate the employee anyway is a complete disregard of the the media. She knows how things work and he knew there was a possibility that the event would become national news because she works in the national news and knows how stories develop…but she did it anyway, to the detriment of her own image and the image of her employer.

Fired? Maybe going a little too far. Demoted to another, off-camera position for x period of time. Probably closer.

In either case, Martin is the one who hit the nail on the head.

Really? What would be the reasoning behind her losing her job? She's not committing a crime of any kind, and I highly doubt there are any stipulations in her contract that says she's not allowed to be a ragging bitch in public.

If I were to lose my job, every time I was a condescending prick to someone that I felt was slightly beneath me...I would probably spend a lot of time in the unemployment line..........being condescending to all those around me in line. It would be very counterproductive for sure.

People need to learn to have thick skin, and not let someone else's personality bother them so much.

She occupies a position in which she is at the mercy of viewers. While some sports analysts employ an air of condescension as a part of their shtick, the attitude is held in restraint and is done for the purpose of entertainment. Most other analysts on the air need to come off as charismatic and likeable as well as knowledgeable.

A large segment of viewers aren't going to respond well to Britt McHenry from this point forward. Her words were extremely venomous and hurtful, and they went far beyond what most people would be willing to tolerate. She came off as entitled and holier than thou - traits which are not received well by most of the population who don't enjoy stunningly good looks and a six-figure+ income. I'm not advocating for her termination. I'm just conveying why I could see her employment with ESPN wither over the next few months. Let's face it: almost everyone on TV is acting. Sometimes the TV audience is not well prepared to see a person's true colors, especially when they're as extreme as what was portrayed in the video.

She occupies a position in which she is at the mercy of viewers. While some sports analysts employ an air of condescension as a part of their shtick, the attitude is held in restraint and is done for the purpose of entertainment. Most other analysts on the air need to come off as charismatic and likeable as well as knowledgeable.

A large segment of viewers aren't going to respond well to Britt McHenry from this point forward. Her words were extremely venomous and hurtful, and they went far beyond what most people would be willing to tolerate. She came off as entitled and holier than thou - traits which are not received well by most of the population who don't enjoy stunningly good looks and a six-figure+ income. I'm not advocating for her termination. I'm just conveying why I could see her employment with ESPN wither over the next few months. Let's face it: almost everyone on TV is acting. Sometimes the TV audience is not well prepared to see a person's true colors, especially when they're as extreme as what was portrayed in the video.


Understood. I guess I was trying to look at it too much from an analytical standpoint, in that "legally"...........ESPN would not have grounds to dismiss her. However, much like you pointed out...because of this "rant," she has forever damaged her public perception, and at the end of the day...her career path will now probably take a less than favorable path, more than likely on the decline. Ultimately, leading to her to no longer be employed by ESPN.

But then there's always reality TV, or porn. She might be able to make a dollar or two with either of those two angles.

I like that she prances around like an academic elite thinking her degree got her that job. She's delusional.

I think she should be fired. It's one thing to be venomous towards a company, an institution. It's a completely and totally different thing to berate an employee not just professionally but also on a personal level. That's sickening. No one cares if she's ripping the company itself, but to rip the employee's (who is just trying to earn a living btw) background, salary, looks etc is crossing the line. Guess that's something her fancy diploma didn't teach her. I hope they fire her, the sweet sweet irony would be Brit would then make less then the tow truck employee while unemployed.

This is also going to hit a nerve with a key espn demographic. The middle aged non college educated blue collar male who hates and I means hates people who think they are better simply because they got a degree.

blonde, reasonably attractive, in their homes on their big screen tellys.
Somehow, I find myself imagining the typical blue collar worker is not going to be terribly enraged at the well groomed reporter when her eyes go all sparkly directly at them through the screen.

Let's face it. Many, many men, irrespective of educational pursuits, have an attention span that could make a goldfish feel superior.


- snipping a corner off the man card, just to save others any need to arm wrestle for the honor.

I like that she prances around like an academic elite thinking her degree got her that job. She's delusional.

I think she should be fired. It's one thing to be venomous towards a company, an institution. It's a completely and totally different thing to berate an employee not just professionally but also on a personal level. That's sickening. No one cares if she's ripping the company itself, but to rip the employee's (who is just trying to earn a living btw) background, salary, looks etc is crossing the line. Guess that's something her fancy diploma didn't teach her. I hope they fire her, the sweet sweet irony would be Brit would then make less then the tow truck employee while unemployed.

This is also going to hit a nerve with a key espn demographic. The middle aged non college educated blue collar male who hates and I means hates people who think they are better simply because they got a degree.

Fired? For that? Please.

Somebody is rude on camera and suddenly people on the internet are out for blood. Big deal. People are rude every single day. And now this woman should be fired just because of the blind luck that the internet happened to see it?

I'm not sure she should be fired but I have no problem with her being suspended.

None of us know if this is behavior that is SOP for her or is completely out of character. If this behavior is out of character for her, she'll probably learn her lesson and behave differently in the future. If this behavior is SOP for her, she'll eventually dig a hole for herself that she can't climb out of and lose her job.

I'm not sure she should be fired but I have no problem with her being suspended.

None of us know if this is behavior that is SOP for her or is completely out of character. If this behavior is out of character for her, she'll probably learn her lesson and behave differently in the future. If this behavior is SOP for her, she'll eventually dig a hole for herself that she can't climb out of and lose her job.

I agree but I think two weeks, without pay, would have been more appropriate.

Fired? For that? Please.

Somebody is rude on camera and suddenly people on the internet are out for blood. Big deal. People are rude every single day. And now this woman should be fired just because of the blind luck that the internet happened to see it?

I would ordinarily agree with you 100% on this generally, but the thing that is hard for me to get around is the fact that she went out of her way to be repulsive. It wasn't just a tacky, offhand comment, said flippantly or in passing. She took time to calculate a vicious, personally humiliating response after being told she was being recorded.

I'm totally on board with the idea that I've had my share of angry customer service responses, so I, too would not want to be judged on a wholesale basis in response to any single one of them. However, this person seemed rather entreated by the idea that it would go "viral" in some way, and she almost acts as though she thinks she's doing some public service or "exposing" the tow company. Don't know.

All I'm offering is that the issue isn't just about a regrettable offhanded comment. This was a calculated, deliberate attempt to be vicious and personal. I just have a really difficult time justifying it. If ESPN wanted to show her the door, I wouldn't blame them. Let's not forget there's a 99.999% probability they have a fairly standard/generic "moral terpitude" clause they could probably invoke and show her the door. Whether she'd choose to fight it would be a matter of her own calculation regarding the desire to have this issue any more public than it has already become.

Just hate the ugliness, all the way around.

The best part about s that 99% of us and those leaving comments about her didn't even know her name, but we all want a say in what happens to her. She represents her employer's brand. If their customer base (people who actually pay their bills) respond by not watching the show she is on, then I think firing her would be the right thing to do. If her ratings are unaffected then I don't see the logic in firing her.

The reason I'd lead towards a suspension being appropriate, and not termination like people keep seeming to be wanting, is that the video was HEAVILY edited by the towing company. I can't see any reason for all the edits unless there was some pretty bad behavior on both sides. It doesn't relieve Britt McHenry of her part in this, which is why the suspension makes sense, but if the new standard is to be fired for rudeness while off the clock, I think most of America is about to be unemployed.

On my list of "people not to be rude to", towing company employees come in somewhere near the bottom.

On my list of "people not to be rude to", towing company employees come in somewhere near the bottom.

Especially if I had to deal with the tactics of the towing companies in some areas. I'm just floored how aggressive they are in some cities. To me it crosses the line of crooked. If I park in a CVS parking lot, and shopped there, then wanted to step into the subway next door to pick up lunch, I wouldn't expect to move my car. I'd just walk next door.

I certainly understand needing to protect your parking spots, but if cars are being towed within minutes of being parked, there's something shady going on.