Tale from the Faulkner Files: Welfare Check

[Golddollar]

I have an aunt and uncle who live about 4 blocks from me. One of the reasons I made the choice to live here as opposed to another area was because they were here. The day I retired, my uncle said that we should call or text each other every morning. And there have been a couple mornings where my uncle thought I was a little late in contacting him and he sent a text message to see that I was awake and OK.

My aunt is now disabled so now our daily contacts have become a more mutual checking on each other. It's good to know on a daily basis that someone is watching out for you.

 

[johngalt]

My youngest sister has a tendency to isolate herself from the rest of the family. She feels like she doesn't fit in. We try to stay in contact but sometimes it seems like she wants nothing to do with us. Heartbreaking.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Cynthia sounds like a few of my brothers in law. I remember mourning in front of my father's casket and my sister's husband walked up (drooling in my memory) and asked how much my sister was getting. My father's body was not more than three feet away. I remember thinking this guy cannot be real. Thankfully that sister is now divorced.

 

[Cobroller]

Great report with fine and interesting details Faulkner, but where's the snake picture?

 

[jscheck]

Faulkner I've been to a number of unattended deaths before I retired. I worked in a beach area of south eastern North Carolina with a lot of retirees who moved there from other areas. More than once I've been to homes with mummies or decomposing bodies. The family often times was not the reason we'd gotten called- it was the neighbors who couldn't stand the smell!

 

[Biggfoot44]

In this or similar situations we'll never know the backstory .

The father could have been uncaring/ abusive/ alcoholic / etc , and once the kids could escape they moved on and tried to put it behind them . Or the parents could have been caring and living , but the offsp2 just went to the bad regardless . Or Both .

 

[WR Moore]

I worked my way through college in the security business. One day I got a call from an attorney who wanted a guard for the reading of a will. While I was digging for the rates for a quote, he added that he wanted a large guard, and then amended it further with a large armed guard.

I got curious and made some remark about splitting up the gold & jewels and was told no. He wanted the guard there to make sure he got out of the room after he read the will. Don't know if the deceased or the family was the problem.

 

[Kanewpadle]

I worked my way through college in the security business. One day I got a call from an attorney who wanted a guard for the reading of a will. While I was digging for the rates for a quote, he added that he wanted a large guard, and then amended it further with a large armed guard.

I got curious and made some remark about splitting up the gold & jewels and was told no. He wanted the guard there to make sure he got out of the room after he read the will. Don't know if the deceased or the family was the problem.

When I was much younger and much more stupid I took a job as a bouncer in a Northern California nightclub. A regular approached me one night asking if I would be his bodyguard at a fund raiser he was hosting. I declined be cause I knew nothing about body guards. Then he told me how much he was willing to pay.

I then inquired about why he needed a bodyguard and how many people would attend. He said about a hundred people and his ex wife would probably try to crash the party.

At least I was smart enough to insist in having another “bodyguard “. Because guess who showed up? With her boyfriend.

It got interesting very quickly. Last time I ever did that.