Let Them Eat Cake

So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

!!!!!!!!!!! ATTENTION !!!!!!!!!!!

IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY HEARD YOU NEED TO READ THIS NOW

Firefighter Tells 911 Caller To ‘Deal With It Yourself’& Hangs Up, Victim Dies

An investigation is underway after a New Mexico firefighter dismissively hung up on a caller reporting a shooting that led to the death of a local teenager.

Firefighter Matthew Sanchez was on dispatch duty last month when he got a call about the shooting of Albuquerque high schooler Jaydon Chavez-Silver, 17. The teen was at a house with around 10 other people when someone shot at the house five times, striking and eventually killing Chavez-Silver.

In audio first obtained by KRQE last Monday (Warning: Very Angering), a 911 caller, clearly distraught, can be heard saying she is trying to give the victim CPR.

Sanchez asks if the boy is breathing. The caller says “barely,” and can be heard encouraging Chavez-Silver to “stay with me.”

“Is he breathing?” Sanchez asks again.

“He’s barely breathing,“ the caller replies. “How many times do I have to fucking tell you?”

“OK, you know what, ma’am?” Sanchez responds. “You can deal with it yourself. I’m not gonna deal with this, OK?”

“No, my friend is dying!” the caller says before Sanchez hangs up.

A spokeswoman for the Albuquerque Fire Department told HuffPost that the department will not be commenting until it concludes its investigation of the incident. It is unclear when that will be. In the meantime, Sanchez has been placed on administrative desk duty, the spokeswoman said.

Albuquerque Fire Chief David Downe told KRQE that the investigation was initiated once the department learned of the “alleged misconduct.”

Alleged….we have a video recording, his job address and his name but it’s still “alleged”

The family is beyond themselves, and they say in the meantime, they’re trying to focus on catching the person who initially shot him.

A reward of up to $4,000 is being offered to anyone with information on Chavez-Silver’s killer, according to a Facebook remembrance page for the teen. Anyone with information is urged to call 505-242-COPS.

If you want to help These are the numbers to the two Albuquerque Fire stations, Call and Get his ass Fired:

(505) 848-1312 or (505) 291-6242

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