As most of you already know I run a very small one man computer consulting business outside of my full time job at Apple. Usually the work comes in small batches, and I typically have only four customers that I deal with on any kind of a regular basis. Saturday I was picking up a computer to fix for Maudie's, and was headed over to another client's house for a scheduled appointment. I was about 15 minutes away from their house and decided I should call to make sure they were expecting me. These particular customer had a history of being drunk when they made appointments, and a lot of times didn't even remember setting them up. It goes without saying that they were usually drunk when I arrived as well. I may have even blogged about my past experiences with them in the past, I don't recall, but this was my conversation with Sue on Saturday.
"Hey Sue, it's Ben. How's it going? You guys ready for me to come by?"
"Doug's dead. I found him 45 minutes ago in his bed, he has no pulse and he's dead. EMS is here right now working on him, but he's gone, that's why they won't tell me anything."
"Oh my God, Susan, I'm so sorry! What can I do, can I bring you anything?"
"No, no, I don't know what to do, I mean, he's dead, they can't bring him back, I have to go."
"Ok, I'm so sorry. Call me if I can do anything for you."
Suffice to say, I'm glad I called before going over there. I haven't heard anything since then, but as you can imagine, that pretty much set the tone for the rest of my weekend, not to mention Susan's. If you're into that sort of thing, say a quick prayer for their families.
10/23*UPDATED*
Just found out a little while that Doug is indeed alive, but remains unconscious. He appears to be brain dead, but they are putting him through a brain scan today to see if there is any activity.
10/25 Update
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