We take too much for granted

How do I say this, IDK, someone I knew, not necessarily well, but enough, has been potentiality murdered... crushed in a garbage truck after being dumped...

"They" say no foul play is suspected, but this is a man that could not on his best day climb into that bin.

It's sickening really, the whole neighborhood is at aww 😢

He always looked out for me. A diamond in the rock for sure! He was one of the homeless in my neighborhood. Everyone knew him and thought the world of him. Never would do any of us wrong and we all looked after him.

I don't know how to feel!

He was a great man... had his problems for sure, but that didn't make him any less of a good man!!

I cared for this man in multiple ways, I'm just floored! He was part of the community, we're all floored. And, everyone in the neighborhood had the same thought I had upon hearing what happened: this was NOT an accident!

I don't feel in general, so how am I supposed to feel? IDK, IDK how to deal with this...

I just lost someone who was a intricate part of my life...

I guess I'm going to have to adopt another homeless person... :/


*sigh*

*crying*

They say he was alive to being crushed...

The thought, I can't imagine

I saw it in the paper this morning and knew... but, it wasn't until I saw my neighbor this afternoon that I was absolutely sure. I asked him "Was that OUR Eric in the paper?" Yeah, it was "OUR" Eric.

my heart goes out to you.

Thanks!

Rumor has it they know who did it... there is a bounty. Does that make me feel any better? NO!

I'm not sure if I want to see whoever did it go to prison or die, I really don't know at this point! I just don't know. Yeah, damn straight, I want someone to be held accountable, and if he's shot on the street so be it! IF we put him in prison, I see nothing coming out of that, as far as he's concerned he killed a homeless man and it means nothing to him. But, you know what, it mean's something to ME! ROT IN HELL!

M, save it, don't do the PC thing just because!

Sorry M, I just know that we, as Caps, often say things just to be PC. Yes, we do feel it, at the same time to say it is more PC than anything and often feels awkward (at least for me).

STOP! M knows where I was coming from!! The PC thing often comes off as disingenuous, not that it is by no means, that's not what I'm saying, it's just people don't know what to say so they say the PC thing. I apologized for snapping at him. Leave it at that!

oh, sweetie 😢

you have a big heart. maybe something positive will come of this.

Thanks nimbue.

I believe that people come into our lives for a reason, why he became part of my life I'm not sure. Maybe it was actually me coming into his life at a time he somehow needed me that is what is most important. Maybe I somehow made a difference, I would like to hope I did.

And people are so stupid and ignorant, they're making jokes in the newspaper online about a homeless man being discarded as trash. It's sad the way people think! It's sickening really...

If this person was homeless, maybe you could shape your sadness into action by volunteering at your local soup kitchen. I'm sorry for you loss

I am the local soup kitchen in a sense. We have a whole community of homeless in my area. And, no, I don't live in the city, I live in suburbia. These are the homeless that won't go into the city to the soup kitchen. Some of them feel that they are too good for that, some it's too far and others just feel it's too dangerous.

Funny how people think of the homeless as beggars, not a single one has ever asked me for anything. Yeah, they panhandle, but from myself, they ask nothing (ok, one has asked for sex once, but that's about it LOL).

I'm the one that sits down with those I don't know and asks, "So, what's your story?". That's all they want, is someone to listen, someone to care. And then I often give them unsolicited advice - which, I might add, has resulted in at least one turning his life around. He came by one day and credited me for putting him in his place and getting his life straight. I haven't seen him for a couple of years now.

Last year, one of the homeless came to my door and asked what he could give me for Christmas, I shook my head and told him that I don't need anything, his response was that he always goes to mass on Christmas eve and he would say a prayer for me. That was his gift to me and touched my heart. This is the same gentleman that, when in the hospital, requested I come to visit.

As for Eric, I did for him what I could. As I said, he looked out for me in turn. He was my neighborhood watch dog so to speak. He was a good man. Made some bad choices, but they were his choices and he was well intuned to what those choices were. I just wish I could have done more.

I was at a conference this past year in San Diego, and anyone living in/visiting San Diego know what the homeless population is like. My interactions with my local community of homeless prompted action on my part. Some colleagues and I went to dinner and had some food left over. We didn't have a means to keep the food, so I set out to find someone who needed it. I'm sure they thought I was crazy, but I was set on making sure the food did not go to waste. On our way to the train we came across a couple, a woman pushing a man in a wheelchair, who looked as though they could use it. Upon offering the food, they were grateful and the woman commented to the man that they had dinner for the night. Made my day!

Finally the detective contacted us (myself and the neighbors), I missed the call but did return it, haven't heard back. I spoke w/ my neighbor who spoke with the detective, they actually found him with a bag over his head, so it was exactly what we thought: he WAS murdered!

i was thinking about this last night...the thing i think we take most for granted, is the beauty of nature and the earth in general. in a couple of billion years the earth will decrepitate into a molten wasteland, and the humans that are forced to live on pluto will never know the beauty that was once earth.

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How do I say this, IDK, someone I knew, not necessarily well, but enough, has been potentiality murdered... crushed in a garbage truck after being dumped...

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