"He ain't [expletive] coming' down, and I ain't waitin' all day for him . . . I mean, what the [expletive], this ain't no cab service."
"How about that (10 fruitless calls in 30 hours)? He can wait."
"Oh, well, he'll be fine. Go back to sleep."
Those are the words of people who should expand their employment horizons beyond the paramedic field.
Huss also deserves credit for speaking directly with Sharon Edge, Mr. Mitchell's girlfriend, about the city's failures, investigation and response. It may be counterintuitive to many observers, but Mr. Huss may be limiting the city's eventual liability exposure by communicating forthrightly with Ms. Edge and the public.
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Huss should smile a little bit more. I mean his younger girlfriend must be keeping him happy. Right?
Who was the highest ranking official in the City in charge on the scene, able to peek in on public safety, public works and 911 operations? I honestly don't know. Someone might have noticed the lack of "compassion" by some employees earlier, before it became habit.
A perspective that makes the age of Huss' companion worthy of comment in the context of life-and-in-this-case-death failures of government performance is a strange perspective indeed.
The first clause -- "system flaws might merit questions aimed higher along the command structure" -- was intended to acknowledge Bram's point.
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