E's not smiling
3 August - There's this guy I got hired for my project. I originally met him and thought he'd be perfect, and my colleague interviewed him. Every day he pops into our office at least once, sometimes two or three times. He just wants to say hi, and tease us and chill out for a minute or two away from his class or the call center floor.
Nothing bothers him -- E smiles even when he's ticked off about something. He cracked jokes when his brother was in Gaza as the beginning of the newest war started. As he was in our office using the phone, he casually mentioned that a soldier in Gaza had been killed, and he couldn't get ahold of his brother. I, of course, was very upset... but his way of dealing with it was to joke about it and wait and see. Thank G-d, his brother was fine.
On Tuesday, E got a call from the army. See, he was listed as being the emergency contact person for one of his best friends. The army was calling to inform him that his friend had been killed in Lebanon earlier Wednesday.
E then had to call his friend's family to inform them.
Yesterday, E was in limbo. He knew it had happened, but he couldn't believe it. He was in shock, sort of wandering around our offices simply because he didn't want to be at home alone. I saw E's red eyes, and it was all I could do to keep from crying in front of him.
E talked about his friend a bit, saying he was one of those smiley guys who laughed a lot. He seems like it, just from the picture published in the Jpost.
I keep going into weeping fits.
Israel's such a small country... it's impossible to not know someone, or know someone who knows someone who's been killed because of people who hate Jews.
You can read about "Mikey" here: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1153292058280&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Nothing bothers him -- E smiles even when he's ticked off about something. He cracked jokes when his brother was in Gaza as the beginning of the newest war started. As he was in our office using the phone, he casually mentioned that a soldier in Gaza had been killed, and he couldn't get ahold of his brother. I, of course, was very upset... but his way of dealing with it was to joke about it and wait and see. Thank G-d, his brother was fine.
On Tuesday, E got a call from the army. See, he was listed as being the emergency contact person for one of his best friends. The army was calling to inform him that his friend had been killed in Lebanon earlier Wednesday.
E then had to call his friend's family to inform them.
Yesterday, E was in limbo. He knew it had happened, but he couldn't believe it. He was in shock, sort of wandering around our offices simply because he didn't want to be at home alone. I saw E's red eyes, and it was all I could do to keep from crying in front of him.
E talked about his friend a bit, saying he was one of those smiley guys who laughed a lot. He seems like it, just from the picture published in the Jpost.
I keep going into weeping fits.
Israel's such a small country... it's impossible to not know someone, or know someone who knows someone who's been killed because of people who hate Jews.
You can read about "Mikey" here: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1153292058280&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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