To think some people are completely lacking in compassion?

[SirBoobAlot]

I was in London yesterday. Got to Victoria for the train home around 6.30pm. Heard the following announcement; "Southern are sorry to announce delays on service due to a person being hit by a train". This was repeated every minute with various destinations. Basically, no trains going South.

I finally got on a train about quarter to ten.

I was disgusted by what I heard, both waiting at the station, and then when on the train. People complaining about wanting to get home, about how 'inconvenient' it was. Several comments of "fucking jumpers" - one woman even said "Why can't they just go to Beachy Head if that's how they're feeling?".

It made me feel sick. Yes, everyone was tired. Yes, everyone wanted to get home. But someone had fucking DIED. And with it being announced every ten fucking seconds, there was no way you could not know what the delays were caused by.

I was disgusted with people. Either it was a horrific accident, and someone lost their life, or it wasn't an accident, and someone felt horrific enough to end their life. Either way, someone died. What is a few hours at a train station if you get home?

I don't get it.

Duchess: Several posters have pointed out the serious, distressing consequences of being delayed by someone jumping under a train (being too late to see your dying grandma, frantically trying to get someone to collect your DC from nursery, being late for work when other lives depend on you arriving on time etc). I find that people who get all catsbumfaced about black humour are actually the ones with no real empathy - they just favour blatant snivelling sentimentality.