“One Moment, One Decision: Heartbreaking Tales of Lives Forever Altered”
I have an acquaintance that was always overconfident, approaching arrogance.
I could tolerate him as he was charismatic and not far into arrogant territory.
One day he thought he could keep something he found at work. Cameras everywhere. The owner knew where it was and was able to track the item to him.
Fired when the investigation showed him carrying it out. 30+ years with the company.
Sadly it wasn’t the first time his ego got him in trouble.
Friend was having a beer in a tavern. Some guys came in and started messing with my friend. He moved seats twice and then got up to leave when one of the guys threw a punch. My friend threw ONE punch back and the guy he hit landed in the ICU and wasnt expected to live. Friend was sitting in jail waiting just waiting for the guy he punched to either die or recover.
Turns out the guy he punched recovered. Friend took a reduced charge of aggravated assault…a felony. One punch.
My dad once saw a patient who was a seemingly normal, well-adjusted family man in his early 40s with no major health issues and in good physical shape. He was in town for a business trip and had suddenly gone blind. Come to find out, while out with his colleagues, he had tried coke for the first time in his life. It was cut with a something that created a blockage in his optic nerve and now he’s blind forever. This caused him to lose his job. He had a wife and kids and was the sole bread winner.
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