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Metro Transit has apologized to the woman who was kicked off a bus because her little boy had a stinky diaper. (AP Photo/file)

Metro apologizes over smelly diaper, mother wants to sue

BY Tim Haeck  on October 19, 2012 @ 6:40 am (Updated: 9:08 am - 10/19/12 )

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Metro Transit has apologized to the woman who was kicked off a bus because her little boy had a stinky diaper, but the mother wants more.

An administrator with the King County bus agency made a phone call to the mother to offer the apology.

However, Nicole Hakimian tells KOMO TV she doesn't want an apology, she plans to hire a lawyer. She says she was unfairly told to get off the bus with a sick child in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood.

Hakimian had complained to Metro on Wednesday that the bus driver told her the smell was unbearable. She was asked to get off the bus, even though Hakimian says she told the driver she was taking her child to a doctor appointment.

Metro's operations manager Jim O'Rourke says the driver probably should have found out that the woman was getting off in just two more stops. But the driver will not face discipline. Metro rules allow a driver to remove passengers with hygiene problems.

Tim Haeck, KIRO Radio Reporter
Tim Haeck is a news reporter with KIRO Radio. While Tim is one of our go-to, no-nonsense reporters, he also has a sensationally dry sense of humor and it will surprise some to learn he is a weekend warrior.
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  • Ted Bundi wrote...
    I think she should sue
    October 19, 2012 8:13 am
    Award her 30 bucks for taxi money next time, and make sure she claims this on her tax return.
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  • shark75 wrote...
    Loser pays court and attorney costs
    October 19, 2012 9:01 am
    And when I say loser, I mean her...
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  • Sean wrote...
    Applause, applause, applause...
    October 19, 2012 11:49 am
    applause, applause, applause.
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  • Fuego wrote...
    So she didn't
    October 19, 2012 9:22 am
    tell the driver I'm getting off in 2 more stops? Life's unfair sometimes but it doesn't mean that you get to sue every time life takes a dump on your head.
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  • Bucket Dad wrote...
    OR
    October 19, 2012 12:03 pm
    If life takes a dump on the bus...
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  • Norse of Course wrote...
    Sue? Um no..
    October 19, 2012 9:50 am
    Do I think the bus driver was right? No. I ride these buses all over Seattle and have smelled some really awful stuff.. BUT.. It's public transportation so I deal with it. As for her suing, No.. I don't think she has a case.. Maybe Metro should give her an ORCA Card with some $$ on it for her next bus rides.. but that's it.
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  • RonJ wrote...
    Of course Nicole
    October 19, 2012 10:15 am
    is going to sue, after all this is America and it is her God-given right to blame the odor coming from her kids putrid arse on some else.
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  • bmaddy wrote...
    Isn't She
    October 19, 2012 10:35 am
    Fat? The walk couldn't hurt
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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    after this prego mom of 4 soon to be 5 sues us
    October 19, 2012 11:25 am
    do taxpayers get a refund for paying her daycare, medical costs, housing, food etc. for the past decade?
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  • irony wrote...
    bus company should sue her.
    October 19, 2012 11:29 am
    and bring a class action lawsuit with the rest of the riders against her from bringing fecal matter on the the seats.
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  • Sean wrote...
    I LOVE her statement on the radio today...
    October 19, 2012 11:52 am
    talking about "being bullied," "being discriminated against." What an ephing joke. She has no shame. And frankly her child's illness is HER problem, not Metro's or their other passengers'. Like she can afford children anyway. How many social programs will she end up applying for?
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  • allchik wrote...
    She doesn't want an apology?
    October 19, 2012 1:41 pm
    R U Friggin serious? I swear more and more people want to find the dumbest things to try to scam money out of. If any of you have had a 1yo you already know that their poop is STINKY! I wrote earlier as soon as my daughter went, I changed her right away, and took her diaper to the outside garbage can! It's STINKY! The mom should use her common sense sick or not her child needed to be changed. Is it an inconvenience? Yes! Does it change the fact? Absolutely not! Lazy is all she was and now on top of that trying to get her way by suing! Wow!
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