My father is the most laid back man I know. He never swears, or loses his temper, but he did both to me today. Perhaps he is right, and I did wrong.
To cut a long story short I needed to get my laptop repaired. Dropped it off, told to come back in two hours, went for walk, then ended up with a half hour to spare so went into a pub for a cappuccino.
I was in the beer garden drinking my cappo when some bloke engages me in conversation.
Turns out he was suicidal because his girlfriend had died. It’s very disturbing to have a grown man break down in tears in front of you. His tears were genuine – I’m convinced of that – and I offered to walk him back to his care home (intending to let his carers know about the suicide) as he was very drunk.
He disappeared before I could do anything.
When I told my dad about this he went ballistic.
He raved about me being held at knife point, and god knows what else. I just think the poor sod wanted a bit of human reaction.
Am I an idiot?
To cut a long story short I needed to get my laptop repaired. Dropped it off, told to come back in two hours, went for walk, then ended up with a half hour to spare so went into a pub for a cappuccino.
I was in the beer garden drinking my cappo when some bloke engages me in conversation.
Turns out he was suicidal because his girlfriend had died. It’s very disturbing to have a grown man break down in tears in front of you. His tears were genuine – I’m convinced of that – and I offered to walk him back to his care home (intending to let his carers know about the suicide) as he was very drunk.
He disappeared before I could do anything.
When I told my dad about this he went ballistic.
He raved about me being held at knife point, and god knows what else. I just think the poor sod wanted a bit of human reaction.
Am I an idiot?