"In our increasingly digital world, the likelihood that a difficult moment in someone’s day could be broadcast for all to see is higher than ever.
A heartbreaking video recently circulated on Twitter with the caption, “A white Holiday Inn Express worker has a nervous breakdown after he got scolded by a Black customer because of a mistake in the reservation system.”
In the heart-wrenching footage, the employee — who it was later revealed suffered from numerous mental disorders — becomes increasingly upset, punching himself repeatedly and slamming his head into a computer, as he’s continually berated by the man filming.
“So this is the type of people they have working here?” the person behind the camera is heard saying.
The employee leaves the room and starts crying loudly while the customer continues to film, disapprovingly saying, “Wow.”
...While the idea of people receiving consequences for their actions might be enticing, it is not for the masses to decide when someone should be punished.
There’s no way to tell when the crowd will turn on someone, even its own members.
No one is safe from the cancellations of a “consequence culture” unless they stay silent or repeat the acceptable sayings of that community.
Anyone who decries such an unspoken club as a good thing in society should reconsider to whom they are giving the moral scepter...Must read all!
