Oh dear Steve,not nice.
Something that you have to think about most days in our job these days.
Originally Posted by
maria
Guys - i dont agree with what you are saingabout people taking their own lives... its not selfish at all. To get to the point where you simply dont want to exist anymore, is the lowest point you could ever imagine. Youre not thinking rationally, and you are in a very dark place, but you are being far from selfish.
I tried to take my own life when i was younger, paracetamol, co-codamol, asprin, anything i could get my hands on..... fortunately for me i woke up the next day..... in hospital with a tube down my throat and covedred in heart monitors. I had my stomach pumped and a charcoal substance lining my throat and stomach to help absorbtion of the tablets.
So please believe me whn i say, if you are feeling THAT low, you really arent being selfish.
Its jumping in front of a train/lorry/car thats selfish.
Fair enough people do sink that low that they want to commit suicide,but involving other people out there earning a living/driving there vehicle is unacceptable IMO.
A driver at my depot had a bloke jump in front of him when he was travelling at 90 mph through a station,the bloke hit the drivers windcscreen,nice at 90 mph.
The kids that were standing at the level crossing on there way home from school all got splattered in blood and gutts.
The signal man in his signal box had months off work after the blood and gutts splatered the windows of the signal box.