Unpopular opinion: Feel a bit sorry for Trump over soldiers' relatives thing. If you lack "emotional intelligence", it's easy to fuck it up.
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I remember an incident from when I worked in nursing. A relatively young patient had just died from alcohol induced liver failure.
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Not unexpected, and it was job of Staff Nurse (let's call her Sarah) to look after the family in the immediate aftermath. So I ushered...
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the relatives into a family room, and then went off to find Sarah to let her know she should do her thing. People were always dying - it was
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an acute medical ward - so this wasn't unusual. But it was always a bit unnerving for the staff nurse. So off went Sarah, and I busied with
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trying not to cause any trouble while she was gone. About 10 minutes later, she came back looking very flustered & somewhat mortified.
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Turned out her opening gambit when she got to relatives had been to say, "God, I'm sure we could all do with a stiff drink right about now!"
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Apparently, the family just stared back at her with open-mouthed incredulity. So, you know, these things do happen,& Sarah was a good nurse.
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