Well, it does seem to be a week for “I can’t believe it was suicide” stories. There’s a big difference, though, between the Serbian diplomat who took a header over a railing in a parking garage and the nurse in England who turned up dead this morning.
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In the first case, there’s enough about the story that doesn’t add up that it makes perfect sense to say “I can’t believe that was suicide. I suspect he was actually murdered in a way that it would look like suicide, like British scientist David Kelly or the late, great Marilyn Monroe.” (I believe the Kennedy’s did it).
In the second case, it’s more like “I can’t believe she committed suicide over something like that.” The other day, a couple of Australian funny radio types called the hospital where she worked, pretending to be Queen Elizabeth and her husband, the crazy old racist guy with a bit of the old Tourette’s syndrome.
That’s because Kate Middleton, prince William’s wife, the Queen’s granddaughter-in-law, is a patient there. Something to do with her being pregnant. Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who later killed herself, put the call through to Kate’s nurse, who also was fooled.
So, I can understand her being sort of mortified by her mistake, but she wasn’t the only one who was fooled, so she shouldn’t have felt bad. And nobody got hurt, so she had no reason to feel guilty. Maybe she was depressed over other things but everybody that knew her said she was popular and good at her job, and she had 2 sons and a steady guy.
So, it just seems off but on the other hand, I can’t think of why anyone would have a motive to do her in. I’m not a huge fan of the royals, but they wouldn’t do anything like that. (No, the Queen did not have Diana murdered. That’s just silly.) Also, no motive.
The two radio personalities have resigned. Personally, I see them as blameless. It sort of reminds me of Jeff Bridges’ character in The Fisher King. That was a really incredible movie. If you’ve never seen it, you should.
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I wonder if there is a missing piece of the puzzle here. What if the nurses accepted money for their involvment in the phone calls and they were never fooled at all? I didn’t understand how they could be fooled. What if the “queen” side of the conversation over the phone was different from what was aired on the radio? I guess it’s more likely a combination of irrational blame coupled with irrational guilt piled on top of depression and insecurity.
Yeah, I think there is probably more to it, too (problems at home?), but I never thought of that angle. You could be right.
Most non-Indians probably wouldn’t make much of it, but working with a number of Indians at Siemens, I learned that “face” is king. If you make a mistake that mars your credibility, and it becomes known, it’s huge. Saving face was more important than a quality product. There were never any problems and we were always on schedule, even if it wasn’t true. We just worked like hell, all the time, to make up for it. Looking better than your co-workers – so you were in a better position for a promotion – was all-consuming. After hearing about her death and that the woman came from India, I’m not surprised she’s dead. I don’t support such extremity, but I’m not surprised.