Awkward

[moogman13]

Today had a few awkward moments. The mortuary that did our service called today. They just wanted to do a survey and know how they could improve things, which was odd, but understandable. I'll be meeting one of them tomorrow afternoon to see about how things were. I was glad that he waited a while to contact me and was quite polite about it.

Today

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[psycho_mandy]

I always felt bad when I had to give people the "Thank you for asking. I appreciate your concern but he/she/they passed away...." speech. Of course it brought back the pain of losing my loved one/s but it always seemed so much worse for the one who had asked because it left them feeling awkward, uncomfortable, heartbroken, or any combination of the three.

[moogman13]

Yeah, that happened at work when I came back. A guy didn't know what happened and said "I noticed you took a little vacation". I told him I was away on bereavement, then he asked "Why? Who died?". I told him and he kind of got flustered, apologized and went off. I think he felt like an asshole for his comment, though it wasn't his fault that no one shared info with him.