Found out today that a Work colleague 41 yrs old & his Son 14 yrs, were both wiped out in a fatal Motorcycle accident on Friday 20th April 2007. Just imagine the DEVASTATION of that for the nearest & dearest, TWO Generations killed in an instant. As a work colleague/ associate, how would you react & what if anything would you say & do???
2007-04-23 09:39:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Do not make personal contact - they will only want to speak to those closest to them at the moment. Send a sympathy with a personal message about what your work colleague meant to you.
Management at your workplace should make enquiries as to whether they want colleagues or just close family at the funeral, respect their wishes.
What a tragedy.
2007-04-24 00:22:54 · answer #1 · answered by Poppy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is very sad, that would surely fill my eyes wether i was close to my colleague or not. no one knows what is around the corner. i would send condolences to the family. no matter what u do nothing will console the grieving family. make sure anything that needs handling in the office on his behalf u try to take care of it. just be there for the family n see if they need any help with the arrangements. how r u feeling after such a news?
2007-04-23 22:20:10 · answer #2 · answered by Butterfly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's so sad.
It's a very difficult situation. The best thing you can do is offer your condolances - tea and sympathy, and any other help you can. If you are at all friendly with the family you could help with funeral arrangements or organise a tribute of some kind at work. I know when my mum died, seemingly hundreds of people descended upon the house and my father and I were in complete shock. Luckily a couple of very kind friends stepped in and made tea, cooked, cleaned up etc, that was a huge help.
2007-04-23 10:03:04 · answer #3 · answered by ~ Arwen ~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd be shocked and stunned. I would do what I could to send condolences to the family and let them know that is they needed anything that they could count on my assistance. Also, I would do what I could to make sure than any arrangements on behalf of my colleague through work were handled with care and expedited so as not to leave the bereaving family with any more than they need to think about. Let them have time to mourn.
2007-04-23 09:45:11 · answer #4 · answered by Hot Coco Puff 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you can do is send your condolances . Nothing you can say or do will bring them back and that is all their famillies want, to have them back.
When my friends parents died I just let her know that I would be there whenever she needed me. One thing that did seem to help her was that I talked about them. She said it was painfull but nice to talk about them with me as everyone else avoided mentioning them for fear of upsetting her.
2007-04-23 10:27:31 · answer #5 · answered by bluegirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I would be in tears and all u can do is say how sorry are to hea the sad news and if the family need anything you are there for them thats what i would do
2007-04-23 09:49:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-28 19:02:12 · answer #7 · answered by anthiathia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋