A Toronto Blue Jays pitcher caused a huge stir online, and not for a reason you would expect.
Anthony Bass, who has pitched in the majors since 2011, sent a tweet on Sunday that included a photo. His tweet featured a complaint about a United Airlines flight attendant forcing his wife to clean up a mess of popcorn off the ground of the plane despite his wife being pregnant and having to look after two young children.
Many were blown away over the perceived entitlement of the pitcher and his family, who think that someone else should be cleaning after them.
When asked via Twitter whom he expected to clean up the mess, Bass said the cleaning crew the airline hired.
United Airlines saw the tweet and asked Bass to reach out to them.
Bass shared a followup tweet saying that the airlines was going to address matters with the flight attendant internally.
Bass was “ratio’d” for that tweet and many others detailing his complaints.
Many people felt it was his family’s responsibility to clean up after themselves and not the airline’s, and that the flight attendant was not wrong. Further, Bass’ tweet expressing outrage just added to the feeling of entitlement and a lack of consideration that he might be wrong.
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