Depressing Sights At Work

In my job I frequently come into contact with Drug users, prostitutes, the homeless, the insane and other dregs of society. This is always depressing to see these sort of people who are down on their luck, sometimes it's scary like when you get threatened with a knife by a mentally ill person or if a angry pimp comes into a surgery looking for one of his girls pulls out a gun and starts firing. Not very nice things to happen to you I'm sure you'll agree. However the worst thing at the moment I think is actually seeing one of your friends checking into a drug rehabilitation clinic (or whatever they call it - I just sort out the 'puters).

Admittedly he isn't a good friend, more of a acquaintance but I can't help but feel that if I'd just said the right thing to him when I was trying to console him a while back over his wife leaving him and walking out with his kid, and one of his family members dying (I forget which, see how bad is that! I can't even remember who died). Maybe if I'd been listening to him properly rather then exchanging furtive looks with lovely lady who was sat at the next table over, I could of thought of the right thing to say or do and he wouldn't be in the trouble he is now.

This was about a year ago now. So I suppose the good news is that he's attempting to get his life back on track. I just wish I could of prevented it from going off the rails in the first place.