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A high-ranking Washington, DC, transit official is receiving hate for posting a photo of a subway rider 'manspreading' - sharing a photo of the man's crotch to get her point across.
Now being slammed as a 'creeper' for the pointed post, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Chief Experience Officer Sarah Meyer, 39, has since apologized - claiming the comment was made in jest.
Fresh off a failed stint as the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) first 'chief customer officer,' Manhattan native Meyer acknowledged she made mistake by posting the image Tuesday - less than 24 hours after tweeting it.
Now deleted, the image showed a man - presumably on his way home from work on the DC Metro - in a shirt, tie and khakis sitting while taking up two seats.
His legs wide apart - hence the 'manspreading' claim - his face can’t be seen with the photo, which serves as only the latest attempt from Meyer to connect with the public before falling flat.
A high-ranking Washington, DC, transit official who resigned from the MTA last year is receiving hate for posting a photo of a subway rider 'manspreading' - and sharing a photo of the man's crotch to get her point across
Now being slammed as a 'creeper' for the pointed post, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Chief Experience Officer Sarah Meyer, 39, has since apologized - claiming the comment was made in jest
'It was meant in jest, but I understand how it might have offended some,' Meyer tweeted Tuesday after facing a storm of backlash less than three months into her new gig.
She added: 'I will do better and keep focused on what matters, better service, communications and wayfinding.'
A few hours earlier, Meyer - who was raking in an annual salary of $221,517 when she resigned from the MTA last summer - tweeted out a picture of
