An air hostess who posted a picture of herself giving her passengers the
finger has been sacked by Aeroflot airline bosses in Russia after it ended up
on Twitter.
Flight attendant Tatiana Kozlenko put the snap up on her
personal page on Vkontakte,
one of Russia’s most popular Facebook-style social networks.
finger has been sacked by Aeroflot airline bosses in Russia after it ended up
on Twitter.
Flight attendant Tatiana Kozlenko put the snap up on her
personal page on Vkontakte,
one of Russia’s most popular Facebook-style social networks.
Within hours the snap – which appears to show the arm of an
air hostess giving the finger to an airplane cabin full of passengers – had
clocked up dozens of ‘likes’
But the image then went viral after it was posted on Twitter
and reTweeted by hundreds of users.
Aeroflot airline bosses soon found out about the photo and
fired Ms Kozlenko.
Aeroflot – who announced the sacking on their
Twitter account – said: ‘Posting this photo shows Tatiana’s attitude towards
passengers and her duties. She acknowledged her fault when she spoke to her
managers.’
But Ms Kozlenko claims it isn’t her arm in the
snap – or even one of her her airline’s planes.
She admitted that she tagged herself in the
photo, which doesn’t show anyone’s face – but claims it isn’t her.
‘I don’t consider myself guilty! The photo was
added to my page, I only tagged myself on it!!! The hand isn’t mine, the plane
is not my company’s!!! I don’t understand what they spoil my life for!!! I’m
asking you for help and support!!’ she said on her Vkontakte page.
Twitter account – said: ‘Posting this photo shows Tatiana’s attitude towards
passengers and her duties. She acknowledged her fault when she spoke to her
managers.’
But Ms Kozlenko claims it isn’t her arm in the
snap – or even one of her her airline’s planes.
She admitted that she tagged herself in the
photo, which doesn’t show anyone’s face – but claims it isn’t her.
‘I don’t consider myself guilty! The photo was
added to my page, I only tagged myself on it!!! The hand isn’t mine, the plane
is not my company’s!!! I don’t understand what they spoil my life for!!! I’m
asking you for help and support!!’ she said on her Vkontakte page.
Ms Kozlenko is not the first to get in trouble over making the
gesture.
Teenager Penelope Soto was jailed for thirty days after sticking her finger up
at a judge during sentencing yesterday.
Soto – who was in court after being arrested for drug possession – made the
gesture after Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat doubled the
amount of her bond.
As a result she was hauled back in front of the judge and given a jail sentence
for contempt of court.
Another woman was forced to apologise after an image of her flashing her middle
finger at Arlington National Cemetery sparked widespread disgust across the web
and prompted an online petition to get the woman fired from her job.
Lindsey Stone posted the picture of herself making the obscene gesture at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, next to a sign at the military cemetery that asks
for ‘Silence and Respect,’ in October and the snapshot quickly went viral.
Stone issued an apology for the picture calling her gesture a ‘visual pun’ and
saying she now realizes the picture ‘was in incredibly poor taste’.
gesture.
Teenager Penelope Soto was jailed for thirty days after sticking her finger up
at a judge during sentencing yesterday.
Soto – who was in court after being arrested for drug possession – made the
gesture after Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat doubled the
amount of her bond.
As a result she was hauled back in front of the judge and given a jail sentence
for contempt of court.
Another woman was forced to apologise after an image of her flashing her middle
finger at Arlington National Cemetery sparked widespread disgust across the web
and prompted an online petition to get the woman fired from her job.
Lindsey Stone posted the picture of herself making the obscene gesture at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, next to a sign at the military cemetery that asks
for ‘Silence and Respect,’ in October and the snapshot quickly went viral.
Stone issued an apology for the picture calling her gesture a ‘visual pun’ and
saying she now realizes the picture ‘was in incredibly poor taste’.
