An airport security worker in New York has been fired for handing a passenger a handwritten note that said "You ugly!!!"
The June incident came to light this week after passenger Neal Strassner obtained security video through a public records request and posted it to YouTube .
The video from Greater Rochester International Airport shows the worker handing Strassner the note after he passes through a metal detector.
Strassner says he didn't think much of it and continued toward his gate. That's when he says the woman yelled out: "You gonna open the note?"
![The worker laughed when Strassner read the note. Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MC2HODVZ7U26V7WHNXVRRF6F2A.jpg?auth=431838630da82f4ad89d0475a36d5f79a37670eb3b996850cb2d5d9aaaafd16a&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)