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<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 1287552" data-attributes="member: 11476"><p><span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"><span style="color: #660066">Thanks Dave. I could not let this pass without sharing. It is truly sad and the regular driver was deeply affected by what happened. We constantly complain about this particular driver. Here are 2 more events that have happened recently. Both happened on my route. </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">A few months ago a young man that lived on my route committed suicide. In the note he left he was despondant over not having any money and that no one loved him.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">"The Rest of the Story"- The young man's parents had sent him a letter via UPS NDA. It was missorted and ended up back east somewhere. In that letter the father had sent a word of encouragement. "Hang in there, things will get better and we love you." There was also money. The young man never got it.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">This next one that happened, also in the past few months directly affected me. It was both scary and eye opening. I will never look at this situation the same again.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">I had a VA med delivery to a customer that lives in a less populated area. There are only 4 residents that live beyond where this customer lives and their road is not a frequently travelled one. I pulled into the driveway to find that my elderly customer had fallen in the yard and was unable to get up. I have no idea how long he had been out there and can only guess that it might have been hours more if I had not gotten there when I did. I helped him up which was not an easy chore. I made sure he got back to the house and got him settled. I asked him to call his wife (I know her well because I deliver to her nearly everyday). After I left the house the first thing I did was go talk to his wife to make sure she knew.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">"The Rest of the Story" - The following week when I was delivering to his wife's work I found out that he had passed away during the night not to long after I found him in the yard. The news shook me to the core. I was so afraid that I had done something to cause his death. Not afraid because of the repercussions something like that might have but afraid because I might have caused her to lose her husband of many many years.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">It was weeks before I saw the wife again, though I did pass on my condolences. The next time I saw her, we hugged and she assured me that I had done nothing wrong. It still brings me to tears just thinking about it.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">I can assure you this, the next time I find a customer (and I am sure it will happen again - this was the 2nd time something like this has happened to me) I will be calling my guys at the fire dept to come and help. They are trained professionals.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">What we do affects peoples lives. We may never know it outright. In the case of these stories I am sharing, we have an opportunity to learn and maybe change some bad habits. One never knows when a smile or an extra step out of our way can make all the difference in the world.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p><p> <span style="color: #660066"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 1287552, member: 11476"] [COLOR=#660066] [COLOR=#660066]Thanks Dave. I could not let this pass without sharing. It is truly sad and the regular driver was deeply affected by what happened. We constantly complain about this particular driver. Here are 2 more events that have happened recently. Both happened on my route. [/COLOR] A few months ago a young man that lived on my route committed suicide. In the note he left he was despondant over not having any money and that no one loved him. "The Rest of the Story"- The young man's parents had sent him a letter via UPS NDA. It was missorted and ended up back east somewhere. In that letter the father had sent a word of encouragement. "Hang in there, things will get better and we love you." There was also money. The young man never got it. This next one that happened, also in the past few months directly affected me. It was both scary and eye opening. I will never look at this situation the same again. I had a VA med delivery to a customer that lives in a less populated area. There are only 4 residents that live beyond where this customer lives and their road is not a frequently travelled one. I pulled into the driveway to find that my elderly customer had fallen in the yard and was unable to get up. I have no idea how long he had been out there and can only guess that it might have been hours more if I had not gotten there when I did. I helped him up which was not an easy chore. I made sure he got back to the house and got him settled. I asked him to call his wife (I know her well because I deliver to her nearly everyday). After I left the house the first thing I did was go talk to his wife to make sure she knew. "The Rest of the Story" - The following week when I was delivering to his wife's work I found out that he had passed away during the night not to long after I found him in the yard. The news shook me to the core. I was so afraid that I had done something to cause his death. Not afraid because of the repercussions something like that might have but afraid because I might have caused her to lose her husband of many many years. It was weeks before I saw the wife again, though I did pass on my condolences. The next time I saw her, we hugged and she assured me that I had done nothing wrong. It still brings me to tears just thinking about it. I can assure you this, the next time I find a customer (and I am sure it will happen again - this was the 2nd time something like this has happened to me) I will be calling my guys at the fire dept to come and help. They are trained professionals. What we do affects peoples lives. We may never know it outright. In the case of these stories I am sharing, we have an opportunity to learn and maybe change some bad habits. One never knows when a smile or an extra step out of our way can make all the difference in the world. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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