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<p>Stephen Paddock, the mass murderer who <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/jason-aldean-las-vegas-shooting/">shot and killed 59 people </a>and injured hundreds of others, apparently has a history of being a dick. How fitting.</p><p>The <em><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-las-vegas-shooting-live-updates-at-his-local-starbucks-vegas-shooter-1507060195-htmlstory.html">Los Angeles Times</a> </em>spoke with Esperanza Mendoza, supervisor of the Starbucks inside the Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, Nevada. Paddock and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, frequented the location.</p><p>&ldquo;It happened a lot,&rdquo; Mendoza told the <em>LA Times</em>, referring to Paddock publicly &quot;berating&quot; Danley. It would usually happen after she would ask to use his casino card to buy something at the Starbucks. &ldquo;He would glare down at her and say &mdash; with a mean attitude &mdash; &lsquo;You don&rsquo;t need my casino card for this. I&rsquo;m paying for your drink, just like I&rsquo;m paying for you.&rsquo; Then she would softly say, &lsquo;OK&rsquo; and step back behind him. He was so rude to her in front of us.&rdquo;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Mendoza added that Paddock had a large bags under his eyes, making it look like &quot;he never slept.&quot; She and the other Starbucks employees were stunned to find out he was the terrorist behind the attack Sunday night. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s because of what he&rsquo;d done and because we have been face to face with this man so many times,&rdquo; she said.</p><p>As <a href="http://mashable.com/2017/10/02/stephen-paddock-terrorist-euphemism/#p3OkJbg70qqh">Mashable</a> explains, many news outlets chose to call Paddock by undeservedly kind euphemisms such as a &quot;lone wolf,&quot; &quot;a typical Vegas guy,&quot; and &quot;a friendly gambler&quot; instead of labeling him a terrorist. He likely got this walking-on-eggshells treatment because he was a white man. But Mendoza&#39;s recollection of Paddock&#39;s day-to-day behavior reminds us that there&#39;s no need to remember him as any of those way-too-kind things&ndash;especially considering he was apparently such a dick in real life.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Starbucks barista remembers Las Vegas shooter treating his girlfriend like an a**hole.

Stephen Paddock, the mass murderer who shot and killed 59 people and injured hundreds of others, apparently has a history of being a dick. How fitting.The Los Angeles Times spoke with Esperanza Mendoza, supervisor of the Starbucks inside the Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, Nevada. Paddock and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, frequented the location.&ldquo;It happened a lot,&rdquo; Mendoza told the LA Times, referring to Paddock publicly &quot;berating&quot; Danley. It would usually happen after she would ask to use his casino card to buy something at the Starbucks. &ldquo;He would glare down at her and say &mdash; with a mean attitude &mdash; &lsquo;You don&rsquo;t need my casino card for this. I&rsquo;m paying for your drink, just like I&rsquo;m paying for you.&rsquo; Then she would softly say, &lsquo;OK&rsquo; and step back behind him. He was so rude to her in front of us.&rdquo;Mendoza added that Paddock had a large bags under his eyes, making it look like &quot;he never slept.&quot; She and the other Starbucks employees were stunned to find out he was the terrorist behind the attack Sunday night. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s because of what he&rsquo;d done and because we have been face to face with this man so many times,&rdquo; she said.As Mashable explains, many news outlets chose to call Paddock by undeservedly kind euphemisms such as a &quot;lone wolf,&quot; &quot;a typical Vegas guy,&quot; and &quot;a friendly gambler&quot; instead of labeling him a terrorist. He likely got this walking-on-eggshells treatment because he was a white man. But Mendoza&#39;s recollection of Paddock&#39;s day-to-day behavior reminds us that there&#39;s no need to remember him as any of those way-too-kind things&ndash;especially considering he was apparently such a dick in real life.

Stephen Paddock has a history of treating his girlfriend with disrespect in public.