She's in the news, sweetheart.
We've all had one of those days from time to time. You know what I'm talking about. Those difficult afternoons when we allow minor inconveniences in our lives to put us into a rage and then we take out all of our frustrations on the random people in our path by trying to reduce them to subhuman puddles of emotional goo. Those days!
Oh, are you unfamiliar with those days? That probably because you're not an important person who works in television and went to college. Here, let ESPN reporter Britt McHenry show you what a bad day looks like. It all started when some dumb people from a towing company dragged her illegally parked car away to some filthy hole in Arlington, Virginia. And then it got even worse when she was forced to debase herself by interacting with them. Take a look:
To be fair, McHenry did issue a heartfelt apology when she discovered that the foul-smelling apes who frequent the Internet were waving their hairy fists around and making angry grunting noises about her:
"In an intense and stressful moment, I allowed my emotions to get the best of me and said some insulting and regrettable things. As frustrated as I was, I should always choose to be respectful and take the high road. I am so sorry for my actions and will learn from this mistake."
Aw, that's nice. Her press agent seems so remorseful.
Even so, ESPN officials need to show people who enjoy being outraged that they are capable of making an empty gesture of humanity, so they have decided to give McHenry one week's vacation so that she can think about what she did while lazing in her backyard in the temperate spring weather.
Update from ESPN: Britt McHenry has been suspended for 1 week effectively immediately.
— Josh Krulewitz (@jksports) April 16, 2015
Justice, as they say, is a dish best served obligatorily.
I'm not a million percent sure why ESPN actually had to intervene in the first place. It's not like she was berating commoners in the capacity of her job. Aren't people allowed to be asshole scumbags in their own private time?
Isn't this still America?