It Could Happen to You!

[BoardBoss]

In February, 2002 Renee Koutsouradis was on a Delta Air Lines jet awaiting takeoff from Dallas when her name was called over the loudspeaker and she was pulled from the plane. Something was buzzing in her luggage.

When taken to the taxiway, she told a Delta security agent that the buzzing was likely coming from a sex toy she and her husband had just purchased during their trip to Las Vegas.

Koutsouradis, 38, says she was then ordered to remove the toy from her luggage, hold it up and remove its batteries in full view of several Delta employees, as well as other passengers on her flight. She claims a baggage handler then licked his lips and made sexually inappropriate comments such as, "Doesn't your husband satisfy you?" as the other Delta employees laughed hysterically.

She brought suit against Delta for discrimination by an air carrier on the basis of sex. Koutsouradis, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., argues that the Atlanta-based airline's employees publicly humiliated her as she waited for her flight from Dallas to Tampa, Fla.

The lawsuit says Koutsouradis has suffered nightmares and panic attacks and has been treated for post-traumatic stress disorder because of the incident. It says she was most disturbed by the "offensive and outrageous" comments made by the Delta baggage handler about her sex life.

Now, put yourself in her shoes. Okay, so you don't travel with a vibrator. What about tampons? What if you were ordered off the plane, escorted to the tarmac, and made to display your personal items in front of several Delta employees and total strangers you had to face when you returned to the plane? I don't think you'd enjoy it either.

A few thoughts came to mind when I first read this story. I already knew Delta sucked. Big time. My larger concern is that an employee of ANY company would even think they are somehow entitled to behave or treat a paying customer like this. As I gave it a little more thought, however, it sort of started to make sense.

The baggage handler that made such comments, and even licked his lips at one point, must either have envy for the size of the device compared to his manhood, or was salivating at the very thought of wrapping his lips around something that big. I'm willing to bet he was extremely disappointed to learn that he couldn't confiscate it for personal use.

Of course it could simply be that he wanted to interview the sex toy for a possible position at Delta. From personal experience I know Delta seems to be hiring a lot of dicks lately, and with seemingly constant reports of Delta employee pay being cut, maybe he thought he would be eligible for a recruitment bonus.