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so the other day i'm in someones house and the phone rings.. i reluctantly answer.
other person: hello is * there?
me: no she's out... she'll be back in about an hour if you want to call back.
other person: can you pass on a message for her?
me: sure
other person: this is (someone) can you tell her that daddy died?
me: who was that again?
other person: (says her name which i've forgotten)
short pause as i write it down
other person: can you make sure she gets it as i don't want to phone back?
me (quite chirpily): sure i'll pass it on, thanks.
me: bye
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'thanks'? hey thanks for telling me your dad died person who i've never spoken to before i'll pass it on with a smile on my face 😕... should i have said 'sorry'? why would i be sorry? is this one of these little things that 'you're supposed to do' that i don't get again?
Originally posted by trev33That's when you say, "Dude, I'm just breaking in and stealing stuff. You might want to call back".
so the other day i'm in someones house and the phone rings.. i reluctantly answer.
other person: hello is * there?
me: no she's out... she'll be back in about an hour if you want to call back.
other person: can you pass on a message for her?
me: sure
other person: this is (someone) can you tell her that daddy died?
me: who was that again?
...[text shortened]... one of these little things that 'you're supposed to do' that i don't get again?
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-Removed-not when many are suffering/dieing... natural disasters/general poverty etc. i'm very empathetic towards...
but when one old man dies (turns out he wasn't old, old i assumed by the ladies voice) who i didn't know, yeah i'm probably not going to care... one in billions right.
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-Removed-au... then it really depends if i know/care for the person who has lost. if i don't know then yes i will probably struggle showing empathy, especially if the one who has died is quite old.
it's hard to generalize... with the coldest of the phone and the fact that it was an older man who died, i'm not going to have any emotion over it... if however it was in person and the person was clearly seriously upset i could be comforting.
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Originally posted by Phlabibitit was a woman... does that matter?
Whoever the guy is who had to tell someone their father had dies is a total ass leaving the message with a third party stranger.
Total ass.
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oh... and it was her dad who died... not anyone who i had to tell... they were just friends... still an ass?
i didn't think so... i can see why she wouldn't want to call back to tell sometime their dad died a second time.
i wouldn't... saying that i'd gets someone else to do it the first time.
Originally posted by PhlabibitMY GOD, would she have left that on the phone as a message?
No... even if she's a doctor or nurse or something and not related she shouldn't be leaving an important message like that with a stranger...
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"This is blah blah, sorry to say your dad is dead. Got to run".
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Originally posted by trev33EDIT
it was a woman... does that matter?
oh... and it was her dad who died... not anyone who i had to tell... they were just friends... still an ass?
i didn't think so... i can see why she wouldn't want to call back to tell sometime their dad died a second time.
i wouldn't... saying that i'd gets someone else to do it the first time.
You had to tell a girl her dad died, right?
If I'm confused, I don't see it.
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