The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Firefighters Stop At Chick Fil A Instead Of Responding To Emergency Call

Episode Date: October 27, 2023

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And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence. And we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkeys of the day, I'm Sean LeMay.

I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed place. So like a donkey. Keyhole. Donkey of the Day. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Now, I've been called a lot in my 23 years, but Donkey of the Day is a new one. Yes, Donkey of the Day for Friday, October 27th goes to two Washington, D.C. firefighters. Now, they haven't put out these D.C. firefighters names, but I just need y'all to know that they love Chick-fil-A like the rest of us. Drop on the clues box for Chick-fil-A.

I don't know what it is about that boneless breast chicken seasoned to perfection, freshly breaded, pressure cooked in 100 percent refined peanut oil and serves on a toasted buttery bun with a dill pickle. But man, Chick-fil-a really has a chokehold on society doesn't it so y'all not old enough to remember when chick-fil-a was only down south i remind y'all at least twice a week that i was born in the 1900s 1978 to be a zach and when i first moved to new york from south carolina in 2006 wasn't no chick-fil-a up here chick-fil-a didn't come to new york until 2015 right? Right, 2015, I think, around that time? Around there, yep. Yeah.

I don't even know why I told y'all that fun fact just now. I just need to discuss how great Chick-fil-A is for a second. Salute to everybody in line at Chick-fil-A right now ordering that number one. Blow your horns, damn it. All right. Chick-fil-A chicken biscuit seasoned to perfection, hand-breaded, pressure-cooked in 100% refined peanut oil, and served on a buttermilk biscuit baked fresh at each and every restaurant. You put some egg on that thing?

Man, I would do cheese, but I'm lactose intolerant with some grape jelly? Look at God. And please don't forget the hash browns. I'm just painting a picture of the goodness of Chick-fil-A because even though these two firefighters absolutely have earned donkey of the day, I can slightly understand why they did what they did i had to look at my peripheral because the president of the fat lives matter committee is just standing in the window drooling just now that description just did something to him let's go to news for dc for the report please news for has learned a dc

firefighter who along with his partner stopped for fast food while on a call was fired. A spokesman for D.C. Fire and EMS confirms he is no longer with the department. Back in March, our Paul Wagner reported the two firefighter EMTs assigned to Ambulance 3 stopped at a Chick-fil-A in northwest D.C. instead of responding to a call for a woman suffering from chest pains. A government source familiar with the investigation tells News 4 a trial board heard the terminated firefighter's case. The second firefighter has yet to face her own trial board. Now, look, these guys made a decision. They made a choice.

Either, you know, do their job and put other people's lives before their own hunger or go pick up their order from Chick-fil-A that they already purchased via the Chick-fil-A app, which is very responsible. OK, when you're in a rush. Now, I understand this woman was suffering from chest pain. She was suffering from chest pains at a Kaiser Permanente, though. Got to look at the context. Kaiser Permanente is a health care company. I'm saying this with no facts to back it up. No knowledge of what goes on at Kaiser Permanente. But if you have a chest pains at a health care company, it feels like it's kind of like being dehydrated at a Poland Spring Factory.

That's just the way I see it. You call the EMTs because Casa Pimenta don't specialize in chest pains, but somebody at the health care company can hold it down for a few minutes while I stop and get these chicken minis. Now, I know Casa Pimenta doesn't specialize in heart problems and chest pain, but that doesn't mean they're not capable of handling a patient with chest pains they just called the emt to double check that's how they handled it you know i mean they wanted to call they actually called the emt probably to double check to see if how they handled it was good you know i'm saying it's

like when you have a diy project at home you can do it yourself but you call a specialist just to make sure that what you did was solid that That's why I feel like they were called. Now, I'm not saying there shouldn't be consequences to these firefighters' actions. All I'm saying is there's a lot more irresponsible ways this could have went down. If they didn't already pre-order via the app and got into a Chick-fil-A line at 4 p.m. in D.C., then they truly don't care about the lives of others. But they already called it in via the app. They knew it would only take a few minutes.

There was a sense of urgency to their order. Plus, do you want, you know, firefighters, EMT workers that are hungry coming to help you? They might be hangry, not focused because they thinking about eating. The report written by one of the firefighters said there was no delay in patient care or response. Translation, but did she die though? Okay. Now, I'm going to ask the room before i confirm this hee-haw were the dc firefighters wrong for stopping that chick-fil-a before they got to this person with

chest pains envy let's start with you they were starving man ain't ate all day yeah yes they were wrong damn lauren hell yes they were wrong they were wrong yeah that's what i thought i'm with you it don't sound like it. It don't sound like it. It sound like you with the biscuit and the chicken. Okay. All right. The president of the Fat Lives Matter committee just texted me and said,

this one was suffering from chest pains. Oh, this is a very good point. He said the woman was suffering from chest pains, but they were suffering from stomach pains. To the Fat Lives Matter community, a number one, no pickles, extra Polynesian sauce, large waffle fry and large half and half can fix both chest and stomach pains. That's just what the president of the Fat Lives Matter committee said. I agree with y'all. Polynesian, not the Chick-fil-A sauce?

Is Polynesian the Chick-fil-A sauce? No. No. No, no. They got Chick-fil-A sauce? Is Polynesian the Chick-fil-A sauce? No. No. No, no. They got Chick-fil-A in Delaware. First of all, they do have Chick-fil-A in Delaware. I'm just making sure that I heard that right because you want somebody to risk their life and you're not even getting the right sauce. You probably don't even drink half and half. Is that Polynesian sauce the one, though?

No, the Chick-fil-A sauce is the one. But first of all, they're completely wrong. Chest pain sounds like a heart attack. Please give the D Firefighters the biggest hee-haw. That's number one. You ain't going to sit here and tell me. I love Chick-fil-A sauce, but you ain't going to tell me Chick-fil-A sauce is better than Polynesian sauce. Chick-fil-A sauce is better.

You got to stop, Lord. No. Give Long the roast a donkey today, please. Nobody believes that. I've never heard that in my life. I ain't never heard nobody put Chick-fil-A sauce before Polynesian sauce. Some people do like the Chick-fil-A sauce. I like the Chick-fil-A sauce, but I'm not putting it before the Polynesian.

I might even mix the Polynesian with the Chick-fil-A. We have a beautiful young lady in here from Southern. Come here, young queen from Southern University. Southern University, right? Shout out to the HBCUs. He don't know nothing about that anyway. Karen Rainwater. Come on, come over here.

Which sauce do you get at Chick-fil-A? I get Polynesian. Go back here. You go to PWI. You're going to lose this every time. I think she goes to the PWI. I think she's at the PWI. Big Nyla in here.

Big Nyla. It's no way, y'all. Nyla. Big Nyla. I'm not on an island by myself. Polynesian to Chick-fil-A sauce. Man, I ain't going to lie. I'm cringing over there.

It's definitely Polynesian over Chick-fil-A. But even before that, it's barbecue, then Polynesian, then Chick-fil-A. I would never get barbecue sauce at Chick-fil-A. Let me put you on game. Y'all are tripping here. Let me put you on game. Chick-fil-A out. Barbecue sauce is specifically for the fries.

Fries plus barbecue sauce at Chick-fil-A, top tier. Then if you want to get crazy with a drink, y'all going to thank me for this. Half and half. That's how you go to Chick-fil-A? No. Well, yes, but it's half lemonade, half fruit half fruit punch okay i just got another text from the president of the fat lives matter committee he said the views and opinions from the skinny mini communities of the fat lives matter community none of y'all know what y'all talking about

red big red puerto rican big red Big Red. He gonna go hot sauce. Big Red. Sasson. Red. Sasson. Sasson. Now I'm going with Polynesian sauce too. Easy money, man. Easy call.

You wanna ask Nick the camera guy? You wanna ask Nick the camera guy? Nick is Italian. I think Brandon put you up to this. Come on, get on the mic, Nick.

He just wants y'all against black on the mic. Nick, Nick, Nick. Get on the mic. I'm gonna have to go with Lauren on this one, actually. What? Look at you.

Go ahead. You better go, boy. He's Italian. Don't listen to him. He's Italian. We can't listen to him. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. Now, when we come back.

The president of the Fat Lives Matter committee said, that's like me trying to tell y'all squats are better than jumping jacks. Now, let's open up the phone line. 800-585-1051. Now, Jay-Z was doing an interview with gail and they were talking about is he a cool dad and this is what he said do your kids think you're cool uh blue she's she'd be fronting on me a little bit but she she's she i'll catch her i'll catch her in the corner you know now she asked me you know if this cool if you know her sneakers or whatever she wants your advice yeah

yeah she's come back but there was a time where she was like dad yeah i was like i'm i'm cool i don't know what you're saying yeah at your house your parents is cool all right so the question is 800-585-1051 where y'all want to go with that y'all want to go with all y'all the cool parent or what's the uh uncool moment you have with your kids will you embarrass your kids which way y'all want to go this morning i'm not a parent so i mean your mom could have did some uncool ish to you before i mean you think like mom that's just not it do you want to be do you want your kids to think you cool is that what we want as parents not like that it's just more so like you i mean it's an ego thing a little bit because like he's jay-z like how his daughter not going to know he's cool yeah but it's

I'm going to be honest with you it's hard to look cool to your kids because even the things that I might enjoy in my spare time when I say it to my daughter I feel stupid

like well your daughter doesn't think you're cool well like even last night I was in the kitchen and I said you're about to cry

I don't care about you fake assholes she was like why are you quoting the city girls and I had to was like, why are you quoting the city girls? And I had to think to myself, why am I quoting the city girls at 10 something that night in the kitchen? Like, why? So what is the question? What is the question?

Your uncoolest moment, because that was really bad. To me, the question is, do you even care if your kids think you're cool? Like, it's cool what you're going for? Were you dancing with it, too? Probably. He probably was. I was coming out the pantry She could text her group chat

And say I can't wait To get to college Oh no I was driving yesterday And I did scream I'm looking for the hole But that's only because When we was at Scissors Show And that song came on

My daughter and her friends Started wiling to it Then they caught themselves Because we was sitting there I'm like you ain't gotta Hold that in for us Alright Well 800-585-1051

The question is Do you want to be cool to your kids? Do you want your kids to think that you're cool? Let's talk about it. I don't care about being cool. Well, because you're not.

Let's discuss when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, everyone. This is Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga.

On July 8th, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, and every single wig removal together. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. On Thanksgiving Day, 1999, five-year-old Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez was found off the coast of Florida. And the question was, should the boy go back to his father in Cuba? Mr. Gonzalez wanted to go home and he wanted to take his son with him. Or stay with his relatives in Miami. Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom. Listen to Chess Peace, the Elian Gonzalez story, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me.

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George Foreman was champion of the world. Ali was smart and he was handsome. The story behind The Rumble in the Jungle is like a Hollywood movie. But that is only half the story. There's also James Brown, Bill Withers, B.B. King, Miriam Akiba. All the biggest black artists on the planet. Together in Africa. It was a big deal.

Listen to Rumble, Ali, Foreman, and the Soul of 74 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name QWAR. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.