Crash
I guy I used to work with died in a horrible car crash last week. I have very mixed feelings about the whole situation. Maybe I shouldn't say anything until I know all the facts. The assumption is that he had a sugar-fit. He was a diabetic. When your blood sugar runs low it makes you crazy and irrational. If you were diabetic you would take every precaution you could to make sure you don't hurt yourself or anyone right? Years ago he had an episode at work, which, until recently was remembered as being a pretty humorous event. I would have hoped that alone would have woken him up a bit. So, ok, fast forward. He was driving on a fast road/highway and crossed the median crashing head on into a semi-truck, not before clipping other innocent people. He did this without even slowing down. Thank goodness nobody else was seriously hurt. I guess what I have a problem with is why the fuck someone would be so damn careless. What if it was my family driving instead of the semi-truck? All because some stupid ass can't take care of himself? Ok, Jesus, he died. I don't know why I can't forgive him. I'm really pissed about it for some reason. I feel like I shouldn't vent to people at work because they would think I'm cold. A bunch of people are going to his wake I hear. Some of them people that haven't seen him in a while either. My feeling is why should I waste gas to pay my respects to this guy? Why can't I get over this? How is this any different than drunk driving? Someone set me straight.
9 Comments:
At 3:23 PM, August 22, 2006,
Pepsiqueen! said…
I think it is the equivalent of driving drunk. And while I have done that, these days I try to be pretty responsible. Not to say that I won't drive after having some drinks, but I don't get loaded and drive. To me, what he did is close to that, getting loaded and driving. Not very responsible, and I don't know if he ever gave any thought to what would happen if he got into trouble on the road. I don't know him that well. He was always nice to me though. And I guess since I have taken some risks, that could have affected others I don't really have too much room to talk about that.
At 5:34 PM, August 22, 2006,
Anonymous said…
All I can say is Wow!
At 2:50 PM, August 23, 2006,
Scratch said…
I feel much more relaxed about the whole thing. I was just pissed how he could be so wreckless with his and others lives.
At 8:21 AM, August 25, 2006,
Scratch said…
Yea, I'm not really sure what they would do. Maybe they would take driving privileges away for a while?
At 9:27 PM, August 27, 2006,
Anonymous said…
I actually find your anger to be displaced. Diabetes is fairly controlable, but there are instances where your body will do things that it cannot cope with. Are you going to chastise someone with Tourettes for screaming obscenities while in earshot of your children even though he or she couldn't control it? Of course not - even though Tourettes is HIGHLY treatable with anti-anxiety drugs now.
If anything, I think people who have fits like this shouldn't be allowed to drive and the fault lies with the State. If there is any possibility that your body will cease to be controllable, you should not have a license to drive - period.
At 9:23 AM, August 28, 2006,
Scratch said…
You make an excellent point. Nobody will know exactly what happened there. I know a few people with diabetes, some are in my family. If something starts going wrong, usually you can feel it before it gets dangerous. Usually. Most people I know test their sugar on a regular basis too.
A few years ago when he had a problem at work and was bear hugging people and knocking over garbage cans, it was fixed easily with a candy bar. I say, stock up with candy in the truck, damnit! I'm definatly over any anger I had over the whole thing, and I feel really bad for his family and friends.
At 10:14 AM, August 29, 2006,
Pepsiqueen! said…
And to those who don't know him, he used to do a poor job managing it. Maybe that is no longer true, but I think based on that prior knowledge one tends to assume that this could've been prevented. Who knows.
V. controversial thread here...
At 11:52 PM, August 30, 2006,
Scratch said…
Did I come across as an a-hole?
At 6:30 PM, September 18, 2006,
Anonymous said…
YEAH, the fault lies with the State!!!
Why should any of us take any personal responsibility for ANYTHING? We should always blame somebody else, or the state.
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