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Airport Security Worker Fired For Giving Passenger Note Saying 'You Ugly'

Airport Security Worker Fired For Giving Passenger Note Saying 'You Ugly'

Neal Strassner was the unlucky fella on the receiving end of the note

Rebecca Shepherd

Rebecca Shepherd

You've heard the saying 'if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all', haven't you? Well apparently, this airport security worker didn't get the memo.

As Neal Strassner was walking through Greater Rochester International Airport in Monroe County, New York, in late June the anonymous employee passed him a note on a brown scrap of paper.

Mr Strassner looked at the airport worker confused and walked away before she shouted to him: "You going to open the note?"

When he opened the note, he saw the words 'You ugly!!!' And I think I speak for everyone when I say that we'd like to think airport security have more pressing matters to deal with than playing pranks.

The moment Mr Strassner was passed the note.
ABC7

According to the MailOnline, the airport worker has now been fired following an investigation by Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Speaking to WROC, Mr Strassner said that he didn't know what to make of the incident, explaining: "I got handed a note, I didn't really think too much of it. I just kept going. I had 10 minutes to get to my gate.

"That's what I was focused on and I kept going, the woman called back to me are you going to open that? Are you going to look or something like that?"

Mr Strassner reported the incident to a security supervisor in the airport and also made a Freedom of Information request to the airport in a bid to obtain the CCTV footage, which was successful.

The worker writing a note.
ABC7

Strassner highlighted what happened because he is worried that other people could be offended if they received a similar note.

He said: "I'm assuming it was meant to be a joke I don't think she was maliciously trying to insult people, but you really don't know if somebody was in that mindset, and they received that piece of paper. It would throw them back to a dark mental place.

"You never don't know where somebody is in their head. They really could be in the worst spot ever and it's like a smile would be great for that person, honestly you don't have to throw insults like that."

The MailOnline reported that the woman was not an official employee of TSA or Rochester airport and she was working through VMD Corp, a Virginia-based security company.

In a statement to WROC, TSA said: "TSA holds contractors to the highest ethical standards and has zero tolerance for this type of behaviour.

"This instance, which involved a contract employee, was investigated immediately upon receiving the complaint by the traveller. The employee has since been terminated by the contractor."

Featured Image Credit: ABC7

Topics: Airport, News, US News, US