Sorry for a pretty not positive post
I see a lot of drunks lately. Well dressed ones. Not the shabby drunkards, not the marginalized unqualified workers. People, who look well, dress well, probably have a home, a job, a family.
The last 2 weeks:
Drunk people at work.
My father came home drunk (alcohol was promptly banned at home).
A drunk man laying motionless by the traffic on the crossing. I was dialing police when ambulance came for him.
A man, not far from here, for whom the ambulance came too late. He died in a hospital, according to the local news.
A man at the street crossing near my house. Filthily drunk, but still moving. Falling on the ground, shakily getting up. Swaying, not steady on his feet, falling under the traffic. A woman (wife?) catching his sleeve, pulling him back. He is swaying again. (The light changes. People cross. They stay.)
I'm easily scared, and scared of this. Disgusted as well.
The last 2 weeks:
Drunk people at work.
My father came home drunk (alcohol was promptly banned at home).
A drunk man laying motionless by the traffic on the crossing. I was dialing police when ambulance came for him.
A man, not far from here, for whom the ambulance came too late. He died in a hospital, according to the local news.
A man at the street crossing near my house. Filthily drunk, but still moving. Falling on the ground, shakily getting up. Swaying, not steady on his feet, falling under the traffic. A woman (wife?) catching his sleeve, pulling him back. He is swaying again. (The light changes. People cross. They stay.)
I'm easily scared, and scared of this. Disgusted as well.