Who would you want to notify your S.O. if you died? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

12Packaday · 12-23-2009, 12:29 AM

Today at work I had to fill out an emergency contact form. One of the sections in there was "List department members you would like to accompany a chief officer to make the notification"
My Angel doesn't know any of the current brass very well and the thought of her having to hear about my demise from one of them ..........
So I chose a couple guys on the department I want to be there if it happens, they are friends I've worked with and partied with for about ten years now and she knows them pretty well. I just don't know if I could do it for them!

Vigilante · 12-23-2009, 12:58 AM

Her dad. That's who I would want to tell her.

highthief · 12-23-2009, 06:23 AM

Wolf Blitzer.

wooÐs · 12-23-2009, 06:32 AM

My Mom

Giant Hamburger · 12-23-2009, 07:52 AM

A giant head, floating in the sky with a British accent.

Xerxys · 12-23-2009, 08:46 AM

Ohh man, I can't even imagine any of my family members breaking the news. My mom and both sisters are all the most blunt people you have ever met in the world.

Shell · 12-23-2009, 09:27 AM

I don't think I'd pick my sister. She thinks everything is hilarious. When everyone was congratulating me for landing a new job at the hospital she shook my hand and said "wtg, knock'em dead"

LoganSnake · 12-23-2009, 10:11 AM

I don't have a SO, but if it came to that, I'd want somebody close to her to break the news.

Bill O'Rights · 12-23-2009, 11:46 AM

She'll figure it out on her own, after I start haunting her.

The_Jazz · 12-23-2009, 11:54 AM

She knows most of the guys in the office, but there are two that I'd like to break the news since she knows them well and likes them.

If we're talking outside the office, then one of her friends. She delivers bad news for a living.

Fotzlid · 12-23-2009, 01:19 PM

It would probably be the police.
If I was sick, she'd obviously know about it and would be there. If someone had to tell her, my demise would have been an accident or act of violence of some sort.

lostgirl · 12-23-2009, 01:23 PM

My parents I guess, but I have a feeling he would know first.

Willravel · 12-23-2009, 01:51 PM

Edward James Olmos.

snowy · 12-23-2009, 02:01 PM

My pastor/boss. She is experienced in this sort of thing, and quite good at it.

SSJTWIZTA · 12-23-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights

She'll figure it out on her own, after I start haunting her.

yes, yes! i'm leaving it to my spirit.

my SO would know something is wrong if we went more than a few hours without talking. its been like that for about 4 years now. I'd leave it to whoever wants to tell her. she's going to be devastated either way.

genuinegirly · 12-23-2009, 03:53 PM

I would want him to be the first person to find out. If that isn't possible, I think I'd prefer the first person to realize I'm dead to inform him immediately - a doctor, a nurse, a highway patrol officer... I have his name saved in my phone under "A husband" and under his name, the very first in my directory and frequently the last number called. I would hope that it would be only natural for someone to choose to inform him first.

I dislike the thought of my co-workers, my parents, his parents, or siblings finding out before he does.

SSJTWIZTA · 12-23-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by genuinegirly

I have his name saved in my phone under "A husband" and under his name, the very first in my directory and frequently the last number called.

you could save him under I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) if you want to be super cautious. A lot of EMT's / Police look for this if they find your phone after an emergency.

genuinegirly · 12-23-2009, 04:33 PM

Thanks, SSJTWIZTA, I will do that!

12Packaday · 12-23-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SSJTWIZTA

you could save him under I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) if you want to be super cautious. A lot of EMT's / Police look for this if they find your phone after an emergency.

I've had to call dozens of people from victims cell phones and have never looked for ICE. We just look for the pet names, "Pookie", "Puppy", "Baby", "Sweetheart" or mom, dad and Jr are good tells. If all else fails speed dial starting at #1 and going down the list until somebody answers.

Shauk · 12-23-2009, 04:50 PM

I don't have an S.O.

Nobody will miss me that way.

Jetée · 12-23-2009, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Giant Hamburger

A giant head, floating in the sky with a British accent.

Would this be Zordon?

Daniel_ · 12-23-2009, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetée

Would this be Zordon?

I was thinking this:

SSJTWIZTA · 12-24-2009, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by 12Packaday

I've had to call dozens of people from victims cell phones and have never looked for ICE....

maybe you should have. might have saved you some time.

seems as if it's more popular in Europe and Australia, but has started to grow in North America. thats what wiki says anyway.

noodle · 12-24-2009, 05:32 AM

Some cell phones have a thing that you can fill in that shows your ICE in red and first on the list. I'm with GG... he'd better be the first one close to me to know. I'd rather him hear it straight from emergency personnel or whatnot.

percy · 12-24-2009, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by highthief

Wolf Blitzer.

It couldn't be Anderson Cooper because he would show up early and be waiting on breaking news that is about to happen

Reese · 12-24-2009, 12:18 PM

The Family Guy doctor..

YouTube - Family Guy - Peter goes to the doctor for a check-up

savmesom11 · 12-26-2009, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Vigilante

Her dad. That's who I would want to tell her.

Brilliantly spoken....my father passed in July but I can't think of anyone better to have to receive such news from....

Sue · 12-26-2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by savmesom11

Brilliantly spoken....my father passed in July but I can't think of anyone better to have to receive such news from....

I second that motion. My dad passed in 2003, but he would be the only one I could think of, if he were still alive.

Grasshopper Green · 12-27-2009, 11:28 AM

If he died, I'd want a police officer/doctor/other civil servant type to notify me, assuming I wasn't there with him. I couldn't tolerate his family's BS drama at such a time.

If I die and he is not with me, I'd want my dad to tell him. I don't think my mom would be fit to deliver such news.

Salem · 12-27-2009, 12:11 PM

Wow.. What a hard question! I think I'd want her mom to tell her. Either her mom or our Bunny, but since he has very interesting forms of communication, I'd rather it be her mom. She has the "mom" voice, of being compassionate and understanding while freaking out all on her own. I think I'd want her to do it.

genuinegirly · 12-27-2009, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Salem

... Either her mom or our Bunny, but since he has very interesting forms of communication...

12-23-2009, 12:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
12Packaday Upright Location: I get alot of mail in St. Louis, so I guess St. Louis	Who would you want to notify your S.O. if you died? Today at work I had to fill out an emergency contact form. One of the sections in there was "List department members you would like to accompany a chief officer to make the notification" My Angel doesn't know any of the current brass very well and the thought of her having to hear about my demise from one of them .......... So I chose a couple guys on the department I want to be there if it happens, they are friends I've worked with and partied with for about ten years now and she knows them pretty well. I just don't know if I could do it for *them!*

12-23-2009, 12:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Vigilante Broken Arrow Location: US	Her dad. That's who I would want to tell her. __________________ We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -Winston Churchill

12-23-2009, 06:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	Wolf Blitzer. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.

12-23-2009, 09:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
Shell Cheers Location: Eastcoast USA	I don't think I'd pick my sister. She thinks everything is hilarious. When everyone was congratulating me for landing a new job at the hospital she shook my hand and said "wtg, knock'em dead" __________________ ..."Say what you think. Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" ~ Dr. Seuss

12-23-2009, 10:11 AM	#8 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	I don't have a SO, but if it came to that, I'd want somebody close to her to break the news. __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

12-23-2009, 06:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
wooÐs Sitting in a tree Location: Atlanta	My Mom

12-23-2009, 07:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
Giant Hamburger Gastrolithuanian Location: low-velocity Earth orbit	A giant head, floating in the sky with a British accent.

12-23-2009, 08:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
Xerxys Junkie Location: My head.	Ohh man, I can't even imagine any of my family members breaking the news. My mom and both sisters are all the most blunt people you have ever met in the world.

12-23-2009, 11:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	She'll figure it out on her own, after I start haunting her. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

12-23-2009, 11:54 AM	#10 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	She knows most of the guys in the office, but there are two that I'd like to break the news since she knows them well and likes them. If we're talking outside the office, then one of her friends. She delivers bad news for a living. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

12-23-2009, 01:19 PM	#11 (permalink)
Fotzlid Junkie Location: Greater Boston area	It would probably be the police. If I was sick, she'd obviously know about it and would be there. If someone had to tell her, my demise would have been an accident or act of violence of some sort.

12-23-2009, 01:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
lostgirl lightform Location: Edge of the deep green sea	My parents I guess, but I have a feeling he would know first. __________________ We're about to go through the crucible, but we'll come out the other side. We always arise from our own ashes. Everything returns later in its changed form. - Children of Dune

12-23-2009, 01:51 PM	#13 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Edward James Olmos.

12-23-2009, 02:01 PM	#14 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	My pastor/boss. She is experienced in this sort of thing, and quite good at it. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

12-23-2009, 03:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	I would want him to be the first person to find out. If that isn't possible, I think I'd prefer the first person to realize I'm dead to inform him immediately - a doctor, a nurse, a highway patrol officer... I have his name saved in my phone under "A husband" and under his name, the very first in my directory and frequently the last number called. I would hope that it would be only natural for someone to choose to inform him first. I dislike the thought of my co-workers, my parents, his parents, or siblings finding out before he does. __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

12-23-2009, 04:33 PM	#18 (permalink)
genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	Thanks, SSJTWIZTA, I will do that! __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

12-23-2009, 04:50 PM	#20 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA	I don't have an S.O. Nobody will miss me that way.

12-27-2009, 11:28 AM	#29 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	If he died, I'd want a police officer/doctor/other civil servant type to notify me, assuming I wasn't there with him. I couldn't tolerate his family's BS drama at such a time. If I die and he is not with me, I'd want my dad to tell him. I don't think my mom would be fit to deliver such news. __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa

12-27-2009, 12:11 PM	#30 (permalink)
Salem Psycho Location: Canada	Wow.. What a hard question! I think I'd want her mom to tell her. Either her mom or our Bunny, but since he has very interesting forms of communication, I'd rather it be her mom. She has the "mom" voice, of being compassionate and understanding while freaking out all on her own. I think I'd want her to do it.