Woman Sues Airline Over Adult Toy Incident

www.mycfnow.com ^ | 07.26.02 | AP

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Agent Allegedly Asks Woman To Hold Up Vibrator

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A lawsuit filed in Clearwater seeks unspecified damages of more than $15,000 from Delta Airlines for asking a woman returning from a Las Vegas vacation to hold up a vibrator that she had in her travel bag.

The suit accuses Delta of negligence, gender discrimination and the intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The plaintiff, Renee Koutsouradis, said that the agent took her to the bag on the tarmac and forced her to open it 'and remove the adult toy and hold it up for visible view.''

She claims three men employed by Delta "began laughing hysterically'' and offered "obnoxious and sexually harrasing comments.''

Michael Boyd, an airline planning and security consultant from Colorado, said embarrassing incidents have become more common with increased security by all airlines since Sept. 11.

He said his guideline would be to leave anything embarrassing at home, just in case.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Ya never know...it may increase their integrity.

[BradyLS]

I hope the judge tells the woman that they actually did her a favor. If she had had any sense, she'd have simply left the batteries out until she "needed" it. Imagine the scene in her hotel room when she finally figured out that it had been on since she left for the airport!

[BradyLS]

Jeeez. I know it's America, but, what tells a person, "I gotta make that if I want dinner on the table." Or worse, "I gotta HAVE that!"

[BradyLS]

If I were on that island, Wilson would've been Wilma.

Sure, but then you lose the product placement!

[MozarkDawg]

And besides, I just check the Constitution again and couldn't find where it says people are guaranteed not to be ridiculed, laughed at and made fun of. However, it does guarantee the right of those employees to laugh their balls off if they wish.

Courts have held that your right to Free Speech cannot infringe on MY right to be left alone -- look up libel and slander cases.

[csvset]

..junk-type catalogs (Lillian Carter

There's Lillian Vernon and Harriet Carter. Lillian Carter was Jimmy Carter's mother.

Perhaps the woman should have packed these instead.

[connectthedots]

I'm wondering if it smiles at you.

[BlueLancer]

"There's Lillian Vernon and Harriet Carter. Lillian Carter was Jimmy Carter's mother."

Ah, but didn't you know that she was, in actuality, both Lillian Vernon and Harriet Carter? I mean, the first name of one and the last name of the other? C'mon ...

Coincidence? I don't think so! 8')

[Between the Lines]

Did you happen to notice the wheelchair listed? They do not specifiy batteries in there, but they are supposed to be removed.

Wheelchair batteries are wet-cell type batteries (like you would have in your car) which must be removed because of the risk of high altitude explosion. All dry cell batteries are permitted.