A board favorite just got suspended

[OttoMets]

Parking and towing in Arlington and DC is a nightmare . I read a story about a woman who parked legally in dc only to find her car gone. No one had any record of her car being towed so she thought it was stolen. Days later it was found many blocks away where it had been moved by a towing company asked to clear the street for a function.

I had this happen when I lived in the District. It's an unethical way of raising revenue, for sure. My building had no off-street parking and my car had New York tags (but a D.C. visitor's pass on the dash, given to me at the local precinct). I came back after a long weekend to find no car in front of my building.

A thoroughly frustrating time at the DMV, a $40 cab ride to Blue Plains (truly the most far-flung and transit-inaccessible location within District boundaries), and something like a $400 impound fee later, I got my car back. And no infraction had taken place, but they still insisted on taking my money in exchange for my car.

I'm getting infuriated just remembering this. But I didn't call anyone "babygirl" or make disparaging comments about a service-industry employee's teeth or weight. (And I'm not even the nicest or most reasonable person...I just know that that'd be a rotten way to treat someone.)

 

[Fireball Jr.]

No comment on the thread, but I really love your avatar. Luke Easter was my favorite Red Wing.

A friend got me one of these off eBay for a birthday present. One of my prize possessions. L-u-u-u-u-k-e!!!!

 

[TOL22]

Everyone take a good look at who is on which side in this incident and then look at what things they support when it comes to SU basketball.

Please elaborate.

 

[senorpalmer]

It's hard to make people feel sympathetic towards a towing company but this girl did a fine job of it. She got caught being an elitist a-hole and now has caught some flack for it. Boo hoo for her. Her employer can do whatever they want, I mostly quit watching that garbage network anyway and have no interest in her work (games and the occasional 30 for 30 being the exceptions).

 

[Melancer46]

So nobody thinks that it's the media that edited the tape after this girl sent it to them? She pretty clearly wrote "I have the entire transaction on tape"...it seems to me that the media most likely snipped out the parts that they wanted because that's what the media does.

Anyways, this Britt chick deserves the suspension. Comes with the territory of being on TV.

 

[Shawn91111]

Yah, good post, "Shawn". lol.

Thanks "Reed"

 

[HOFCeluck]

Please elaborate.

Yeah I didn't get it either.

 

[OrangeDW]

1) So what. Don't park in someone else's parking lot and you won't get towed.

2) Who cares. She KNEW she was being taped and still acted like a spoiled little brat...Unreal.

3) She is a public figure! She should definitely know better and should of been fired.

1. Fair enough, but they still make the process as difficult, painful, and frustrating as possible.

2. I almost respect her more for not being phased by the video tape. It was an argument. The clerk clearly edited out her own comments. That's low. If you're both dishing it out, then chalk it up as an argument and leave it at that. Leaking the tape and editing it because your feelings were hurt? Cmon.

3. She screwed up with the "do you know who I am" garbage. Definitely a dumb and unnecessary move. Otherwise it wouldn't be news. Don't agree with shouldve been fired though. It will have absolutely zero effect on ESPN.

 

[tbonezone]

britt's toast. evidently her "degree" didn't explain that in today's social media world smile cuz you're on camera.

 

[Briancuse]

She should be suspended, it s not worthy of losing your job over. She should apologize and move on.

 

[Col. Bleep]

We can't hear what the person inside the booth is saying, but in one crucial sesne it doesn't matter.
When you're in the public eye you have to mind your manners or you get hammered.
Especially in today's social media world where everyone is a potential publisher.
The exceptions are the people who are big enough that they're the tail that wags the dog.
This woman isn't.

But there's very little you can do in television to disgrace yourself so badly that you won't work.
She'll have a week off and move on.

 

[kirbivore]

It is obvious to me she was provoked, and though she must take ownership of things she says, the tow company operator is clearly not owning her own comments, as evidenced by the editing of her own comments. if we were privy to the entire incident there would be some context.

Espn has been embarrassed before, it will be embarrassed again- because they hire humans. At least she's got a relatively low profile as compared to some of the other talent.

If it was an equal back and forth McHenry would have said something about in her defense.

 

[HOFCeluck]

If it was an equal back and forth McHenry would have said something about in her defense.

I think from a PR standpoint it's better that she just own it.

 

[A Clockwork Orange]

If everyone was judged by their worst moments, nobody would want to work with anybody.

I actually agree with your sentiment, but I would say that this was more than a "moment". To be that callous and harsh with someone you don't know is indicative of who that person actually is. I've had awful days, I've had my car towed, I've had multiple tickets on a given day and never not once did I ever think about berating someone I don't know to such an extent as she did. And I'm not even saying I'm a good person.

This was a light shining into who she really is. An unscripted moment that shows her character. I don't think it has anything to do with her being a news person. There are a$$ holes in all walks of life. She just happens to be a public figure who decided not to care that a camera was on her when she lambasted someone that wasn't as pretty as her or as smart as her.

I also think it shows a level of immaturity on her part that she resorts to a personal attack on someone she doesn't know as a means of verbal sparring. I think I stopped doing that in about 8th grade. Pretty bad all around for her. Hope she takes a long hard look in the mirror, and decides to truly change who she is. Not sure it's possible, but maybe it is.

One of the worst parts was the AWFUL P.R. statement that she made shortly after. You know how I know it's bad P.R.? When it is so shallowly done, it's obvious it is P.R. Just bad damage control there.

 

[OrangeDW]

I actually agree with your sentiment, but I would say that this was more than a "moment". To be that callous and harsh with someone you don't know is indicative of who that person actually is. I've had awful days, I've had my car towed, I've had multiple tickets on a given day and never not once did I ever think about berating someone I don't know to such an extent as she did. And I'm not even saying I'm a good person.

This was a light shining into who she really is. An unscripted moment that shows her character. I don't think it has anything to do with her being a news person. There are a$$ holes in all walks of life. She just happens to be a public figure who decided not to care that a camera was on her when she lambasted someone that wasn't as pretty as her or as smart as her.

I also think it shows a level of immaturity on her part that she resorts to a personal attack on someone she doesn't know as a means of verbal sparring. I think I stopped doing that in about 8th grade. Pretty bad all around for her. Hope she takes a long hard look in the mirror, and decides to truly change who she is. Not sure it's possible, but maybe it is.

One of the worst parts was the AWFUL P.R. statement that she made shortly after. You know how I know it's bad P.R.? When it is so shallowly done, it's obvious it is P.R. Just bad damage control there.

The footage was clearly edited, which makes it obvious that the other woman was dishing it out too. What is presented in the video as berating was more likely just one half of an ugly back and forth.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/source-espn-reporter-britt-mchenry-200100450.html

However, according to a source, the Advanced Towing employee was "rude, dismissive and taunting," and the tape released is "highly edited" to show only McHenry in an unflattering light. For example, her dig to "lose some weight, baby girl" was allegedly a response to the employee telling her to "fix your roots."

McHenry did tweet about the incident on April 6, writing in a now-deleted post, "Just got towed after eating dinner at an establishment in Arlington. How corrupt is Advanced Towing?"

Advanced Towing Company, LLC currently has an rating from the Better Business Bureau and there have been 40 complaints to the BBB about the company in the last three years. The company also made negative headlines earlier this month, when an Arlington father said his car -- with his two children inside -- were nearly towed away during a recent trip to a local CVS when an Advanced Towing driver didn't see the children initially.

 

[cmr27]

The footage was clearly edited, which makes it obvious that the other woman was dishing it out too. What is presented in the video as berating was more likely just one half of an ugly back and forth.

You're inventing a motive for her. It's a huge assumption, not a fact as of yet. Given that her career is hanging in the balance, Little Ms. Perfect is going to have to say directly if she was provoked. An anonymous source saying she was provoked by a remark about her roots isn't going to cut it considered she treated a single working mother-of-three as subhuman.

Also, people get their cards towed all the time. So, this behavior is always justified when someone gets their car towed?

 

[cmr27]

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/source-espn-reporter-britt-mchenry-200100450.html Advanced Towing Company, LLC currently has an rating from the Better Business Bureau and there have been 40 complaints to the BBB about the company in the last three years.

No one is going to give the company that towed their car an A rating.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

No one is going to give the company that towed their car an A rating.

Especially when your two kids were in the car.

This whole discussion is so odd to me. Clearly this company is a piece of crap, but so many folks are really pissed at this woman for being a human being.

 

[HOFCeluck]

No one is going to give the company that towed their car an A rating.

No, but I'm not complaining to the Better Business Bureau, either.

 

[OrangeDW]

You're inventing a motive for her. It's a huge assumption, not a fact as of yet. Given that her career is hanging in the balance, Little Ms. Perfect is going to have to say directly if she was provoked. An anonymous source saying she was provoked by a remark about her roots isn't going to cut it considered she treated a single working mother-of-three as subhuman.

Also, people get their cards towed all the time. So, this behavior is always justified when someone gets their car towed?

A huge assumption? It's 100% obvious the video is edited. Not even a question.

"Little Ms. Perfect" should just let it go and not say anything and it will fade away as the outraged dog-piling crowd will move onto the next thing that gets them all worked up.

I didn't say the behavior was justified. I'm just not a fan of the "outraged" dogpiling crowd, who seem to lack the sense to notice that it was an argument that they are only seeing one side of.

 

[reedny]

Thanks "Reed"

Would have thought that you were busy marketing ur SU ducats to the highest (rival) bidder, instead of posting on a fan forum.

 

[Shawn91111]

Would have thought that you were busy marketing ur SU ducats to the highest (rival) bidder, instead of posting on a fan forum.

I see you're still crying

 

[reedny]

I see you're still crying

Not at all. What separates us (well, one of the many things) is that I'm a fan, and you're not. And the vid. is exactly my reaction every time I see a (another) vacuous post from you.

 

[tbonezone]

it's almost comical seeing this blonde sideline fluff reporter talking about her brains and college degree.
she needs to fill each broadcast with barely 5 minutes of inane banter about players families and eccentricities and about 10 seconds of a zero depth interview with a head coach on game strategy. oh what a wizard she is !