I've read a number of post recently on social media regarding people being saddened by recent suicides by their friends.  The comments always seem to say the same thing; "why didn't he/she talk to someone", "he/she should have told us something was wrong" and also includes a post recommending people call the suicide hotline if they feel suicidal.  Now while I agree it's a sad situation when a person commits suicide but at the same time, I feel like the tone of these posts blame the person who committed suicide for making everyone feel sad about it; like they were trying to get attention in a bad way.  The cold hard truth is, a person commits suicide because they have lost all hope and they feel it is the only way out of the situation they are in.

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Oh my goodness, I am so sick and tired of hearing the phrase, "That's Not My Job" or "We don't get involved in that"; especially when those words are coming from Information Technology personnel.  It just boggles my mind why anyone who works for an organization and actually cares about their job, would even think to state something like that.  Maybe it's just my work mentality but I have always lived by the philosophy that whatever needs to be done to get the job done, that's what you do and it's absolutely crazy when you get roadblocked by your own organization that you are trying to help succeed.

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In my rummaging around the internet yesterday, I came across a great graphical representation of people in regards to knowledge.  It broke them down into 3 essential groups:  the beginning, hazard, and expert.  What I love and see all the time are the Hazards.  These are people that think they know everything when in fact they know very little.  These will be the first people to take credit for other people's ideas or will boast about how much they know and then cause way more problems that they might actually solve.

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So yesterday was quite an interesting day to say the least.  My step-son works as a sales rep through a 3rd party company selling AT&T and DirecTV services.  Most days he is working in some of the less fortunate areas of town with high crime rates.  So it stands to reason it was only a matter of time and yesterday was the day he was held up a gun point.  The robber took his wallet and cell phone (even demanding the lock code).  You would think that would be enough but to make matters worse, we were on our way to him to make sure he was okay when my truck decided to die on the expressway.  I was able to pull over off the road but had to wait almost 2 hours for a tow truck.  I've been told today that apparently the fuel system failed and all had to be replaced; at a cost of $1100.

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