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Rossi ([personal profile] deathpixie) wrote2005-07-15 07:35 pm
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And now for something completely not-fun

My co-worker Sarah was just telling me how the back office staff used to grade families' reactions when they saw their loved ones in the identification room. With cards numbered 1-10. I just got a 9 - there was an industrial accident this afternoon where a welder was hit and killed by a falling metal plate. HIs defacto aife is English, out here without family, pregnant and with a two year old. She's devestated. And I have to say, there's few things harder in this world than to sit at your desk and pretend to type whilst a grief striken woman is keening just around the corner. Luckily his family was with her, holding her together since there was bugger all I could do.

I really hate this part.
ext_6373: A swan and a ballerina from an old children's book about ballet, captioned SWAN! (Eleanor Rigby)

[identity profile] annlarimer.livejournal.com 2005-07-15 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy moley.

I'd hate to think what a 10 would be.