no place to die...but death does not come with a happy ending

Last night a man went shopping. He may have been purchasing a gift for a love one...or simply purchasing something for himself. But, as he looked through videos in the electronics department...he took his last breath. The man had a fatal heart attack...in the aisle of our store.

The attempts by paramedics failed to restart the heart that simply gave way. But what was most disturbing was the crowd of on-lookers. The man was stripped naked...by the paramedics...and the crowd of people shopped and stood by watching as the attempts to save what life was left...would fail. My coworker Jim...closed the department...He was shocked. He said.."Diana...they continued to shop around him...My God..what is wrong with people.." I know what he was saying...this was not an animal...this was a human being...with family, and history....and dignity.

He didn't choose the time...it chose him. And it that moment...he was alone...among strangers...dying on a department store floor...as people moved around him...without a pause...no inconvenience to stop their shopping.

I write this because we all will meet this fate...let's hope that our time is met with more dignity...and never to be witnessed by such shallow people.

God bless this man's soul...and I do hope that his family never learns of just how inappropriate the people who would witnessed his passing were.

Sadly,
The Lass