Scum

I’m not sure why this is playing on my mind so much or why im so angry but I am still simmering under with righteous fury at the present time.

On Friday, at about mid day someone jumped top their death form a multi story car park about 5 minutes from my place. This car park is right opposite the jobcentre, place that would suck the life out of even the brightest person so it is surprising it’s taken this long for someone to off themselves in such a way. I know I’m drawing conclusion there but hey,  I’m pretty sure I’m right.

I found out about this when I got back to town after work. I get along quite well with the woman that works in the delicatessen and I usually pop in there for chat and to bagsy freebies to take home (olives stuffed with jalapeños are the dogs bollocks!). She told me of the suicide and said that the mall security had told her the jumper had landed within a few feet of an old lady who was rushed to hospital for shock. They also said they and the emergency services had to push back the crowds of people that were taking pictures of the scene.

I cannot express enough my contempt for the vultures that did that. How on earth can they find the scene of a sad demise entertaining? Have we, as a society become so bereft of common decency that it’s deemed socially acceptable to whip out your phone and start snapping away? I feel for the person that felt so hopeless that they took the only option they felt they had left. I feel for the old lady that saw that happen right in front of her, a horror that I cant begin to imagine and I also feel fore the first responders, that have to deal with the aftermath and the for those that loved the deceased.

The crowd of people that gaggled at the site of gore? I can’t feel anything for them except contempt and hate.