Notified that my cousin died by "Text".

[JOERM]

I guess technology has come to a head....I was told that my best friend and closest cousin had died...by a text message. I will not forward that text to notify other family members, in fact,,,,I deleted it.

 

[bamabiker]

Sometimes I hate cell phones.
I'm sorry for your loss. Prayers for all.

 

[pawncop]

Please accept my condolences. We do seem to be losing the art of personal communication.

I heard of one of our staff texting his resignation. Not good.

 

[Damocles]

Sorry for your loss, Joerm my thoughts and prayers with you.

I think Pawncop said it well about the art of personal communication. My condolences.

 

[NFrameFred]

Sigh . . . . I understand the reasons for it but I still think it's one of the biggest curses on the planet as far as personal communication and relationships.

It's like many other modern marvels - the good it provides doesn't always outweigh the bad in my book. I'm sure the originator of the idea never thought brain dead zombified idgits would be driving cars into fatal accidents and pedestrians would be killed walking into traffic while 'texting'.

 

[Sprefix]

Wow, That suxx on many levels...............Too many things are so very impersonal these days. I'm very sorry for your loss and for the sorry way you found out. I'll pray and hope you can salvage some goodness from the season at hand and enjoy the loved-ones in your life. Try to find a way to honor his memory and hopefully it will ease your pain. Blessings to you and yours.........

 

[yeti]

The texter is low class. Is a phone call too much to ask if a family member dies? What the heck is wrong with some people?

I am sorry about your cousin, JOERM.

 

[LVSteve]

JOERM, very sorry to hear of your loss and the way the news was delivered.

When my Dad passed in England, the neighbour lady looking after things on my behalf would have had an excuse for texting me, the 8 hour time difference. I came home latish to a message on my phone to call her when I could. I left it until the next morning which put it at 4pm her time. Found out she had stayed up until O Dark 30 in case I called her. I felt pretty guilty about that, but the thing is I knew what she had to tell me. We always know in our family.

 

[A10]

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. Would you do me a favor and, when you next see the person that sent the text, punch them square in the nose for me? There is NO EXCUSE for that unfeeling, uncaring, and unthinkable approach. If you give me their address.....

 

[thndrchiken]

My deepest sympathies for your loss, like it would have been to hard to just dial the # and tell you personally.

 

[sgt.207]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Sorry for your loss. I suppose some people see it as a perefctly acceptable means of communication, no different than a telephone call,
perhaps not much different than a casualty telegram of years gone by.

 

[kamloops67]

sorry you lost your best friend man ,thats a hard deal.
the way you found out was a little cold, at least to you and most of us .
as stated above this has become a regular form of communication for a lot of people .you might be a little angry right now ,but try not to judge the sender too harshly .maybe you could calmly tell them how it made you feel and they could in turn show more compassion if they are ever again put in that position.

 

[Pointshoot]

Sorry for your loss.

Sometimes people are very insensitive without meaning to be so. That was not the way to tell someone such important news.

 

[wuluf]

OMG Tht sux.

Sorry for your loss my friend...

 

[DCWilson]

Joerm, my condolences to you on the loss of your close cousin and friend.

And to all of us my condolences for the loss of common standards of propriety in communicating necessary but potentially distressing information. We are all going be seeing more of this, and I can't imagine it will become more acceptable to any of us with repeat exposure.

 

[kennyb]

so sorry to hear of your loss...seems pretty callous as to method of notification but....lets hope the sender simply wasn't thinking when he sent it

 

[sipowicz]

Callous and thoughtless. I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[Raidah]

Prayers sent, sorry for your loss

 

[vatchunter]

Prayers for you and your family during this time.

Unfortunately technology is like owning a gun. Everyone should have the right, but if common sense is lacking, people wil get hurt by it...