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Hey guys, welcome to the episode 183 of Hillbilly Horror Stories. I'm Jerry.

I'm Tracy.

I'm a fan of the American firefighters that were killed earlier this week.

I'm not criticizing the post that just made me think of how many of us don't think about the people that are in need.

The post that was in our group was basically complaining that it's tough to do their job because a co-worker is going through a divorce and she's struggling and she goes home for lunch every day.

Nobody really gets a chance to talk to her but she's not showing up for work like she should and all that.

There was frustration and trust me. I know how that goes to have co-workers that aren't pulling their own weight.

That's basically all it was saying is this co-worker is not pulling their own weight and they know she's going through some stuff but basically she needs to get her stuff together.

My response to that was, I'm hearing how much of an aggravation she is and I'm hearing that everybody knows she's going through trouble but I'm not hearing anybody say we've reached out to her to say what can we do to help?

Oh yeah.

That's an issue just because I think a lot of people think that way. They know somebody's going through something but the immediate response is how it affects me.

Not what that person is actually going through and as I responded, you know, when I was going through my divorce, I was devastated. I couldn't give a damn about work.

I mean, I quit the job I was in because it was a commission only job and I couldn't focus on what I was doing.

I literally walked away from that job and got something that was more of a guarantee pay because my head was an end of game.

I guarantee I was a horrible co-worker back then at that moment but I didn't care.

I mean, I was going through something devastating to the point where I ended up attempting suicide and that was my question to them is if this person did something to harm themselves, everybody in that place will be thinking,

I wonder if there was something I could have done to help.

Yeah, there's something you could do to help. If you know somebody struggling, reach out to them.

Don't wait for them to reach out to you.

Yeah, or what, like you just said, it's too late.

Yeah, it'd be too late.

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