A lot of people believe that unforeseen forces are on their side, believing nothing will happen to them, nothing bad that is. It just happens to everyone else.
People hear "horror" stories every other day, but they do nothing for themselves. Horror stories like so-amd-so's cousin contracting breast/ lung/ liver cancer; a friend's friend got into an accident; someone's son got killed in an accident. C'est la vie!
People will just pass on the story from "so did you hear so and so contracted cancer..." to "so what's good to eat here!".
People view life like a take in the movie:
1) Hero never gets hurt despite all the violent fighting.
2) Hero gets hurt, ends up in hospital, and gets discharged the next day. No worries about hospital bills.
I see an accident almost everyday, not necessary fatal. Road accidents on highways or small roads, children falling and getting hurt.
How about airplane crashes?
Terrorists attacks?
H1N1 flu?
Accidents (along with poisoning and violence) is the top condition for hospitalisation in 2007.
However, people around me are still not taking their well-being seriously, and managing their risks, and I'm disappointed with friends who are such.
Someone had taught me something, and I'm going to apply this. From now on, I'm going to print declaration forms that discharges me from all responsibilities as an agent who had provided advice ,even as a friend, should anything happen to them, and get them to sign it.
YES!
No comments:
Post a Comment