Horrible Ending To An Awesome Night

Cocaine_Nosejob

So I went to the Neil Young show tonight at the ACC...and it was an awesome show, but unforunately it's not a night that I will remember fondly.

I was on the GO train from Union station to Burlington, but when the train got to the Oakville stop (for those non-Ontarians: Oakville is about midway between Toronto and Burlington) we were informed that the train would not be going any further and that bus connections would be provided for the rest of the route.

People bitched and complained, which is to be expected.

BUT, when everyone was in the line waiting to get on the bus, we were told that the reason for the transfer was that someone had jumped infront of the bus that was on the route prior to ours.

People continued to bitch and complain. About how it's too cold to get off the train and wait outside for the bus....the bus is too crowded...the bus is too slow...

Fuck people...someone committed suicide! Spare me your sob story about minor inconveniences.

LONGRD

that's frightening and sad

CHANGEinWAVES

OMG! did the person die??? :( that's horrible.

Cocaine_Nosejob

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

OMG! did the person die??? :( that's horrible.

Yeah, unfortunately that happens all the time on this route.
It's the Canadian equivalent of the Golden Gate Bridge.
There's even one part in TO where the train goes under a road and it's known as the suicide bridge because people jump from there so often.

CHANGEinWAVES

Cocaine_Nosejob wrote:

Yeah, unfortunately that happens all the time on this route.
It's the Canadian equivalent of the Golden Gate Bridge.
There's even one part in TO where the train goes under a road and it's known as the suicide bridge because people jump from there so often.

oh good lord, that is so sad:(
their poor family...

Cocaine_Nosejob

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

oh good lord, that is so sad:(
their poor family...

That's the worst part. It had JUST happened...the family probably didn't even know yet...and these people are mad that they had to leave the comfort of their train.

It was definitely one of those moments where I lost all faith in humanity.

Although I'm one of those people who empathize A LOT. At funerals I cry because I think of what the family must be going through, not necessarily because of the deceased person. Maybe I'm just over emotional.

CHANGEinWAVES

Cocaine_Nosejob wrote:

That's the worst part. It had JUST happened...the family probably didn't even know yet...and these people are mad that they had to leave the comfort of their train.

It was definitely one of those moments where I lost all faith in humanity.

Although I'm one of those people who empathize A LOT. At funerals I cry because I think of what the family must be going through, not necessarily because of the deceased person. Maybe I'm just over emotional.

I do the same thing.

actually I get too into it.... in an art history class we were learning about the painting 'The Bath' by Mary Cassatt
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/a/a0/180px-Cassatt_the_bath.jpg

and everyone was commenting on the cute child....
the first words outta my mouth were:

"it's hard to imagine that that small child has grown up and lived and now is dead, imagine all the family she left behind..."

they all looked at me like I had said something Satanic!

I guess I overly think of death.

wolfbear

Cocaine_Nosejob wrote:

So I went to the Neil Young show tonight at the ACC...and it was an awesome show, but unforunately it's not a night that I will remember fondly.

I was on the GO train from Union station to Burlington, but when the train got to the Oakville stop (for those non-Ontarians: Oakville is about midway between Toronto and Burlington) we were informed that the train would not be going any further and that bus connections would be provided for the rest of the route.

People bitched and complained, which is to be expected.

BUT, when everyone was in the line waiting to get on the bus, we were told that the reason for the transfer was that someone had jumped infront of the bus that was on the route prior to ours.

People continued to bitch and complain. About how it's too cold to get off the train and wait outside for the bus....the bus is too crowded...the bus is too slow...

Fuck people...someone committed suicide! Spare me your sob story about minor inconveniences.

I'm glad you enjoyed the concert. I'm sad you had to endure the idiots. :(

i like matt.c

Some people are so self involved.:(

phillyfan

that is terrible

fuck

people have always been selfish and inconsiderate. this is only a minor example of that.

unifiedscene

I'd have been annoyed too. Shovel them off the tracks and get things moving again. They got the peace they wanted, we should all have the same.

Nothingman54

Cocaine_Nosejob wrote:

So I went to the Neil Young show tonight at the ACC...and it was an awesome show, but unforunately it's not a night that I will remember fondly.

I was on the GO train from Union station to Burlington, but when the train got to the Oakville stop (for those non-Ontarians: Oakville is about midway between Toronto and Burlington) we were informed that the train would not be going any further and that bus connections would be provided for the rest of the route.

People bitched and complained, which is to be expected.

BUT, when everyone was in the line waiting to get on the bus, we were told that the reason for the transfer was that someone had jumped infront of the bus that was on the route prior to ours.

People continued to bitch and complain. About how it's too cold to get off the train and wait outside for the bus....the bus is too crowded...the bus is too slow...

Fuck people...someone committed suicide! Spare me your sob story about minor inconveniences.

I find it pretty funny. Its not like it was a murder. This person knew what he was doing. He wanted to kill himself and he did. I feel sorry for the people that have to clean up the mess but not sorry for the dumb fuck that did it.

Rhinocerous Surprise

Nothingman54 wrote:

I find it pretty funny. Its not like it was a murder. This person knew what he was doing. He wanted to kill himself and he did. I feel sorry for the people that have to clean up the mess but not sorry for the dumb fuck that did it.

You find it funny?

Cocaine_Nosejob

Nothingman54 wrote:

I find it pretty funny. Its not like it was a murder. This person knew what he was doing. He wanted to kill himself and he did. I feel sorry for the people that have to clean up the mess but not sorry for the dumb fuck that did it.

It's not that I feel sorry for the person who did it, but I think it does warrant people understanding and not flipping out on the bus drivers.
The bus drivers were pulled out of bed at 1:30am so that you don't have to walk home...they didn't push the guy infront of the bus...they have nothing to do with the weather. Stop yelling at them.

The Champ

So many say killing yourself is a very selfish thing to do being that the ones who truly suffer are the family left behind, which is truly sad..now the route he/she chose to go is even more of a selfish act as it involved many innocent bystanders..fuck that, I'd be annoyed/pissed as well and rightfully so..

The Champ

Cocaine_Nosejob wrote:

It's not that I feel sorry for the person who did it, but I think it does warrant people understanding and not flipping out on the bus drivers.
The bus drivers were pulled out of bed at 1:30am so that you don't have to walk home...they didn't push the guy infront of the bus...they have nothing to do with the weather. Stop yelling at them.

Well yeah, that's fucked up and the situation was beyond the bus drivers control..why were people yelling at them?

Cocaine_Nosejob

The Champ wrote:

Well yeah, that's fucked up and the situation was beyond the bus drivers control..why were people yelling at them?

Because they were the easiest source to vent their frustrations too...which happens all too often.
Granted, I might be over-sensitive to stuff like that. I worked in retail all through high school.

The whole problem for me was that these people were mad that their plans were slightly changed...which is not a big problem.
Obviously the person who killed themselves had a problem much worse than a route change.

Get over yourself.

Stop yelling at people who are doing their best to help you.

I just wish that people would think of someone other than themselves once in a while.

Cocaine_Nosejob

The Champ wrote:

So many say killing yourself is a very selfish thing to do being that the ones who truly suffer are the family left behind, which is truly sad..now the route he/she chose to go is even more of a selfish act as it involved many innocent bystanders..fuck that, I'd be annoyed/pissed as well and rightfully so..

As sad as it is, something like this is a risk you take when you take the GO train.
It seems like just by stepping on you agree to being inconvenienced by suicide. It's a constant presence.

fuck

People are so quick to judge those who commit suicide.

florence151

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

I do the same thing.

actually I get too into it.... in an art history class we were learning about the painting 'The Bath' by Mary Cassatt
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/a/a0/180px-Cassatt_the_bath.jpg

and everyone was commenting on the cute child....
the first words outta my mouth were:

"it's hard to imagine that that small child has grown up and lived and now is dead, imagine all the family she left behind..."

they all looked at me like I had said something Satanic!

I guess I overly think of death.

Very insightful!
It is good to acknowledge that we all will die. (What was that Flaming Lips song about this topic?) Kind of like a reminder to keep in the moment and pay attention to life.