An author reported a Metro worker for eating on a train. Now she might lose her book deal.
Author Natasha Tynes sparked outrage on social media after she tweeted a photo of a black Metro employee eating on the train and reported the woman to officials. Now, Tynes may lose her book deal.
"When you’re on your morning commute & see @wmata employee in UNIFORM eating on the train," Tynes wrote in the tweet, which she has since deleted. “I thought we were not allowed to eat on the train. This is unacceptable. Hope @wmata responds. When I asked the employee about this, her response was, ‘worry about yourself.'"
The response said:"Can you confirm the time you were on the train, the direction you were headed and what line you were on?”Eating, drinking, smoking and litteringBut the backlash began immediately. University of New Hampshire professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein"That’s literally someone’s life. That’s their job you’re messing with," Prescod-Weinstein said in a tweet."She was eating. Trying to live. She was commuting.", “We all complain on social media but you...
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