"Gingers" Just Can't Get A Break!

You know what a "ginger" is, right? That's slang for someone with pale skin, freckles and bright red hair. Well 14-year-old Grace Wain of Cardross, Scotland was trying to get on a flight to the Maldives with her parents last week. And the staff wouldn't let her on the plane because they said she looked too pale and sickly to fly. But it turns out she's perfectly healthy, she's just a ginger, so pale and somewhat sickly is her natural complexion. Her parents tried to explain that to the staff, but they wouldn't let the family on the plane until a doctor came and checked her out. Eventually she did get cleared, and the family got on their flight . . . but the delays caused a mix-up with their luggage and two of their bags didn't make it. As far as we know, they're not planning to sue. But they say the incident at the airport turned, quote, "the [vacation] of a lifetime into a disaster." Frankly, I don't get why gingers get a bad rap. Some people even go so far as to say they're evil!

OK, do you gingers out there feel you get picked on? Why is that? Drop me an email at john@kicks1063.com.