Woman Flips Out At The Airport
She screamed until she was JetBlue in the face but she still wasn’t allowed to board her flight.
A 26-year-old California woman unleashed a tirade at a JetBlue employee at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Sunday after being denied boarding because she appeared sloshed, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman, identified by police as Sabrina Rey Thomas of San Marcos, Calif., is seen and heard yelling at the man in video posted on Instagram by Dre London, rapper Post Malone’s manager.
According to an incident report obtained by The Post, a sheriff’s deputy responded to Terminal 3 about 5 p.m. Sunday.
“Thomas was screaming at help desk representative and jumping on the help desk counter, because she delayed after she missed her flight,” the deputy wrote in the report.
When the deputy accosted Thomas, she “threw a small duffel bag that she was carrying at a wall and her passport to the ground,” he wrote. “She then threw at me a boarding pass that she ripped into several pieces.”
The deputy placed the woman’s hands behind her back and ordered her to get on the ground – but she ignored his commands so he cuffed her as she continued to hurl profanities, he said.
The gate agent told police that he had noticed that Thomas “didn’t look right” and asked her if she had been drinking or was on any medication, according to the report.
She said she was OK and denied being either intoxicated or medicated. The agent then cleared her for boarding, the report said.
He had her wait for about five minutes as he boarded other passengers and then checked on Thomas to see if she was ready to fly.
Another sheriff’s deputy wrote in his report that Thomas appeared delusional and mentally unstable.
“She displayed erratic mood swings which went from crying to silent and still to very loud and aggressive without warning,” he wrote.
Finally, Thomas was taken to Broward General Hospital under the state’s Baker Act, which allows the involuntary institutionalization and examination of a person, police said.
In a statement to The Post, JetBlue said that airline employees “denied boarding to a customer for indications of intoxication.”
“The flight departed without further incident 16 minutes after scheduled departure time. Crew members later requested assistance from local law enforcement after the customer became disruptive in the airport,” the rep said.
Some passengers had been delayed for about 10 hours when technical issues forced JetBlue to wait for another plane – but Thomas was scheduled for a flight that did not have any major delays, the airline told Yahoo Lifestyle.
“While in Fort Lauderdale airport everyone remained calm apart from this woman who went crazy on #JetBlue staff and many crazy things in front of kids,” Dre London wrote in a caption with his video.
What causes anger issues?
Many things can trigger anger, including stress, family problems, and financial issues.
For some people, anger results from an underlying disorder, such as alcohol use disorder or depression. Anger itself isn’t considered a disorder, but anger is a known symptom of several mental health conditions.
The following are some of the possible causes of anger issues.
Depression
Anger can be a symptom of depression, which involves ongoing feelings of sadness and loss of interest lasting at least 2 weeks.
Anger can be suppressed or openly expressed. The intensity of the anger and how you express it varies from person to person.
If you have depression, you may experience other symptoms. These include:
irritability
loss of energy
feelings of hopelessness
thoughts of self-harm or suicide
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health disorder involving obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior. A person with OCD has unwanted, disturbing thoughts, urges, or images that drive them to do something repetitively.
For example, they may perform certain rituals, such as counting to a number or repeating a word or phrase, because of an irrational belief that something bad will happen if they don’t.
A 2011 studyTrusted Source found that anger is a common symptom of OCD. It affects approximately half of people with OCD.
Anger may come from frustration from not being able to prevent obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors or from having someone or something interfere with your ability to carry out a ritual.
