We Are Not Pushovers: Shilpa Shetty Alleges Australian Airline Of Racism
Mahnoor Sheikh (@mahnoorsheikh03) Published September 24, 2018 | 03:06 PM
Says people's tone must not change with preference to colour.
Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 24th September, 2018) Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty on Sunday alleged that she faced an unpleasant experience for being "brown" at the Sydney airport over her cabin luggage.
Upset by an official who was curt, she said that people's tone must not change with preference to colour.
The 43-year-old took to her social media to share the ordeal with a Qantas Airways lady staff member over a cabin luggage, which was deemed as 'oversized' at the check-in counter.
Narrating the incident, she wrote, “Travelling from Sydney to Melbourne and at the check in counter met a grumpy #Mel (that’s her name) who decided it was “OK” to speak curtly to “US” ( Brown people!!) travelling together, I was flying business and had 2 bags (my allowance) and she insisted and decided my half empty Duffel bag was oversized (to check in!!) So she sent us to check it in at the other counter dealing with “Oversized luggage” ..there a Polite lady(yes this one was) said ..”this ISN’T an oversized bag, pls check this in manually if u can at another counter” (all this happening while the counter is going to shut in 5 mins).”
She continued, “As the manual check in wasn’t going thru for 5 mins (we tried) I went upto #Mel and requested her to put the bag thru as her colleague said it wasn’t an oversized bag.
. She refused again.. Just being adamant especially when I told her this is causing a lot of inconvenience .. We had no time to waste so we ran to the oversized baggage counter and requested her to put the bag through which she did after I told her that #Rude #Mel had issues !!!.... to which another colleague joined in an reiterated my duffle wasn’t oversized and could’ve easily been checked in.
The point is .. This piece is only for #qantasairlines to know and take cognisance .. that their staff must be taught to be helpful and TONE can’t change with preference to #COLOUR .”WE” are NOT #pushovers and they MUST know that being #callous and #Rude will NOT BE TOLERATED 🙏✋🏼💔. Ps: Please tell me if that bag in the picture is oversized??”
Responding to this, the airline responded on Twitter, “We're sorry to hear that you have had a negative experience with us today Shilpa. We have passed your feedback on to the relevant team and we hope that you have a great experience with us onboard!”
While few were in support of her voicing her opinion against the airline staff, many also trolled Shilpa for expecting 'celebrity privilege' outside India.
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