Viral News Fact | Because its All About News You Should Know that: Mom accuses Southwest Airlines of 'name-shaming' her daughter. Internet finishes the job.

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A mom from El Paso, Texas is accusing a Southwest Airlines Gate Agent of "name-shaming" her daughter at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California.

Traci Redford is the mother of 5-year-old Abcde, which is pronounced "Ab-city," and hilarious to some people.

Name shaming? This Texas woman claims a @SouthwestAir agent made fun of her 5-year-old daughter's name as they were preparing to board their flight at @JohnWayneAir in Orange County.

Her daughter's name is Abcde (pronounced Ab-city). @ABC7 pic.twitter.com/iHpBPoakYI
— Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) November 28, 2018

She notes that Abcde has epilepsy, so they often board first.

"The gate agent started laughing, pointing at me and my daughter, talking to other employees. So I turned around and said, 'Hey if I can hear you, my daughter can hear you, so I'd appreciate if you'd just stop,'" Redford told ABC 7.

Redford adds, "While I was sitting there, she took a picture of my boarding pass and chose to post it on social media, mocking my daughter. It was actually brought to my attention by somebody who had seen it on Facebook and reported it to Southwest Airlines."

The airline didn't do anything for two weeks, but ultimately disciplined the mocker and apologized.

Southwest said in a statement that they reprimanded the agent. They also said that they do not condone such mockery, but Twitter certainly does.

Commenters picked up where the gate agent left off.

pic.twitter.com/CQ7fvekV2C
— Peter Slattery (@PeterSlattery3) November 29, 2018

How ironic that she is also named after the entire row of seats
— Todd Kling (@toddo67) November 29, 2018

So let's name our kid a ridiculous name like ABCDE, and then pronounce it basically like Obesity, but expect no backlash.
Nope, The parents clearly to blame here for doing that to their child.
— Kat Marie (@K8t_is_awesome) November 29, 2018