Metro official Sarah Meyer apologizes for cringe tweet

A high-ranking Washington, DC transit official who used to work for the MTA apologized Tuesday after she posted a photo on Twitter of a commuter’s crotch to complain about manspreading.

Sarah Meyer, the chief experience officer at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) issued the mea culpa less than 24 hours after she posted the cringeworthy image online.

“My apologies for this tweet,” Meyer tweeted Tuesday. “It was meant in jest, but I understand how it might have offended some. I will do better and keep focused on what matters, better service, communications and wayfinding.”

Meyer’s original tweet that apparently got her in hot water included a photo of a man in a shirt, tie and khaki pants sitting on the Metro and taking up two seats with his legs wide apart, according to the Washington Examiner. His face can’t be seen with the photo cut off at his shoulders.

“DC, do we really need to do a manspreading campaign on our train?! I thought we were above this,” she joked in the since-removed tweet that was screenshot by the outlet.

The tweet was taken down because it violated Twitter’s rules, the social media giant noted on its site.

Meyer started working at the Metro in April after more than four years with the MTA as the chief customer officer.

“Sarah will focus on improving the delivery of timely and accurate information to customers at every touchpoint, through signage, search results, apps, and digital wallets,” Metro CEO Randy Clarke wrote in a press release about Meyer at the time.

“She will also work to help make the system simpler to plan and pay for trips, to find buses or trains, and by reassuring customers that they are being taken care of by an outstanding, customer-centric workforce.”