Today I heard a disturbing story regarding how people are harsh in delivering bad news. Ripping the band aid off as fast as you can doesn’t seem an appropriate approach in every situation. A while back there was a car accident and it ended up killing three young boys all at once (allah yir7amhoom). It came time to deliver the news to the parents of one of these boys. You would expect that the cops might take a trip down to the house and deliver the news in person, or even make a call telling the parents to come to the station because their son has been in an accident. Do you know what they did instead they called the moms cell phone and asked for the dad the following is the conversation took place:
Cop: Are you the parent of ……
Dad: Yeah
Cop: Your son died, we need u to come down to the station.
Just like that!! From what I heard the dad threw the phone in a window and broke it. Seriously what are people thinking, is there no sense of compassion anymore. The man could have died on the spot, is there no consideration.
2 comments:
that is sad!
Put yourself in the cop's shoes for a minute. What would you do if you dealt with hundred such cases all within the mere span of one week, perhaps even less?
It is a sad fact, yet a true one...ultimately, their compassionate side crumbles away. Only to be replaced by a wall of indifference. They need that to survive. There is only so much sorrow one can take. Harsh, but true.
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