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To feel sorry for the Australian DJs?

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andapartridgeinaRowantree · 08/12/2012 00:38

Obviously more sorry for the nurse's family. I wonder how long she was having suicidal thoughts for? I can't think this could have been the only cause,

But these pranks have been going on for such a long time and those DJs could not have predicted such a result and are going to have to live with it for the rest of their lives.

It's such a tragedy and I feel very sad for all concerned.

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Catsdontcare · 08/12/2012 17:42

I agree though that the dj's are not solely at fault here, there are plenty of people who could have and should intervened and put a halt to it all.

traipsingalong · 08/12/2012 17:46

I know the hospital have said they were supportive, but I'm not entirely sure that is true. Something makes me wonder if the two nurses (Jacintha and the one she put the call through to) were called to task over it, and maybe nurse number 2 tried to pass the 'blame' (although I don't actually think either of them were to 'blame') by saying that she only gave out the details because Jacintha had put the call through, and she would have expected Jacintha to have vetted the call first.... Maybe the hospital wasn't supportive and, as Totallymum says, it would have been considered a very serious offence. And Jacintha was obviously very, very proud of her role at the hospital, nursing Royals, and when you've been brought up to have the very highest respect for the Royal Family, without recent training, how could the hospital have expected her to question 'the Queen' before putting her through? Her automatic reaction would have been to say exactly what she did say - yes ma'am.

Sadly for this poor lady, Kate's admission to hospital was very sudden. Had it been a planned admission, such as for the birth of the baby, then the hospital would have had prior notice and put all sorts of security and training measures in place to stop exactly these kind of things from happening.

I don't blame anyone in this actually. I do think the Australian DJs are a couple of thoughtless vulgar twats, but I don't suppose they imagined they would cause the death of anyone.

I think it's just terribly, terribly sad and someone, somewhere, has not been kind to this lady.

Catsdontcare · 08/12/2012 17:46

Indeed kunfupanda. There was a recent incident locally where teens were pratting about putting nails under people's car wheels. The end result was one woman's tyre bursting whilst she was driving at speed and she died.

I don't expect for one moment those teens understood the implications of what they were actually doing but were they responsible for a strangers death? Yes they were.

KarlosKKrinkelbeim · 08/12/2012 17:48

I rather think the whole sorry episode demonstrates that the public and media obsession with the cambridges is reaching unhealthy levels. The fact is she isn't even 12 weeks' pregnant - what woman in that position wouldn't prefer to keep it confidential, but of course that isn;t possible for her. Then we have this intrusive and tasteless prank - and horrors, the sainted Kate has had her privacy violated! and this poor lady feels so responsible she's pushed over the edge. It's time to get a grip - these are ordinary, not very interesting people who are essentially there to perfom a certain constitutional function. we don;t need to be this interested in them. We all have far more intersting things and people in our lives I'm sure.

Whistlingwaves · 08/12/2012 17:53

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SetPhasersTaeMalkie · 08/12/2012 17:59

I thought it was a reasonable response given the circumstances.

rhondajean · 08/12/2012 18:06

Oh for heavens sake is someone actually comparing placing nails under cars to this?

Has the world lost all sense of proportion when it comes to Kate and Wills?

PumpkinPositive · 08/12/2012 18:09

I have just found it to watch it, I do not honestly feel he was struggling to get through it because he was upset, I think he is absoloutley crapping himself for the future of the station/his career and what possible charges he could face.

I'm sure there was an element of that as well. Wink

I actually found the content of the Andrew Sachs-gate call more distasteful than this one, although the consequences were obviously less severe (I do seem to remember Sachs became estranged from his daughter and granddaughter as a result?)

PumpkinPositive · 08/12/2012 18:13

we don;t need to be this interested in them. We all have far more intersting things and people in our lives I'm sure.

A straw poll of family, friends and work colleagues has so far failed to reveal anyone who gives a Castlemaine XXXX about the Royal family. But then, I live in Scotland...

clam · 08/12/2012 18:14

I don't feel sorry for them, no, as anyone who seriously thinks "pranks" like these are remotely funny is a twat.

BegoniaBampot · 08/12/2012 18:30

I think the media are obsessed with the royals, not the public.

BoneyBackJefferson · 08/12/2012 18:35

I wonder how many people excuse bullies in the same way.

Its just a bit of fun etc.

besides they must have known that there was a good chance of the nurses being severely disciplined

midnightinmoscow · 08/12/2012 19:02

The fact that we have a thread here where some posters think the DJ's deserve sympathy speaks volumes given there was a thread a day or so ago calling for the nurses sacking.

I think this is a good example of the disdain and lack of respect for front line health care staff.

People were shouting for her to be sacked, but yet now offering the DJ's sympathy?

farandawaysheran · 08/12/2012 19:18

midnight you beat me to it, there was indeed a thread calling for the poor woman to be sacked.

Let's hope she never read it or... Oh no, that's right the judge and jury have changed their minds and now the Pantomime Baddy is All Practical Jokers.

Not station management or legal team or all the millions of people who actually listened to it. Many more than once.

I hope that none of the frightening judges in this thread never watch you've been framed, pretty much all shite on YouTube or chuckle at anyone who unwittingly makes a public twit of themselves.

I read this and all I can hear is 'burn them, burn them.'

Do any of you really believe this was more sinister than a silly prank that had unforeseen and horrific consequences?

Catsdontcare · 08/12/2012 19:19

Rhondajean your missing my point and I am possibly the least interested person in the world when it comes to the royals.

I think if the media wants to make jabs at the royals that's one thing but shitting over other people to do it is another.

Chandon · 08/12/2012 19:27

Don t feel sorry for them.

They are famous now, they will make some tv appearance showing their caring sensitive side. They may do some stuff for charitee.

Then they will start cashing in on being household names, go to the jungle, or something.

Then an exclusive interview about " my guilt" for lots of money.

Then they will lose weight or gain weight.

Then they will start launching books, diet books and a perfume called "notorious".

Etc.

Bet you

lovelyladuree · 08/12/2012 19:30

She wasn't 'working a switchboard'- the phones were diverted as it was during the night and she was the unlucky person to pick the phone up. YABU - unless you yourself are an Australian DJ - in which case YABVU. They were out to get an easy, cheap laugh and I hate that kind of thing. I hope they both rot in hell, just for making the call.

KarlosKKrinkelbeim · 08/12/2012 19:31

Heh heh Pumpkin. Do something about your lousy climate and I may move there.

rhondajean · 08/12/2012 19:32

But don't you see the breach of confidentiality happened to Kate and if anyone has a right to be annoyed about it it is her.

She has made no formal complaint.

So actually the whole fiasco is down to other people tweeting gossiping etc about it and I'm actually starting to think there are a lot of people who are guilty of being involved in this poor woman's death.

I have never thought she should have been sacked, I was a bit surprised though that a nurse was working switchboard?

rhondajean · 08/12/2012 19:32

Sorry lovely has answered my query about Thr switchboard while I was typing.

KarlosKKrinkelbeim · 08/12/2012 19:38

"I hope they both rot in hell, just for making the call."
I really think there are enough people out there who set out wilfully to cause harm to make this statement insanely disproportionate. If people whose stupid pranks go awry have to rot in hell, what punishment do you reserve for those who intend to take life?

PumpkinPositive · 08/12/2012 19:40

I hope they both rot in hell, just for making the call.

Would you like some coffee to go with all that froth?

pigletmania · 08/12/2012 19:41

If those two idiots had not played that prank this lady would probably be alive. She probably felt a deep shame, tat she has dishonoured her profession and it probably knocked her self esteem for six. No they did not kill her but they were indirectly involved

farandawaysheran · 08/12/2012 19:44

Karlos!

Exactly, like they really wanted this to happen?

I wish you could all hear yourselves, it is terrifying.

That could be anyone's daft brother or daughter doing what people do every single day, with no worse consequence than an unamused sniff.

Two days ago half of you wanted her sacked and suddenly there are RIP threads like people actually knew the poor lady.

It's not unlike the Diana hysteria on a smaller scale.

pigletmania · 08/12/2012 19:44

As tere was a member of the Royal family security sould have been much tighter, it exposed a massive hole in the security tbh.

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