Random morbid question for BiB
Discussion
Having spent a pleasant journey on the A50 in the pouring rain at the weekend (you know BMW welded to rear bumper, lorries pulling out without indicating etc), I started having the following morbid thoughts...
What would happen if I was involved in an accident & got killed? Now obviously the BiB will be able to identify me from the car registration & my credit cards, but how do they go about finding my next of kin etc?
Now, I live on my own so there will be no-one there if anyone comes knocking. My girlfriend will probably assume that I've dumped her if I don't call for a few days but I assume they'll get concerned at work if I don't turn up for a bit.
I just wondered what the BiB would actually do to track down my nearest & dearest...
What would happen if I was involved in an accident & got killed? Now obviously the BiB will be able to identify me from the car registration & my credit cards, but how do they go about finding my next of kin etc?
Now, I live on my own so there will be no-one there if anyone comes knocking. My girlfriend will probably assume that I've dumped her if I don't call for a few days but I assume they'll get concerned at work if I don't turn up for a bit.
I just wondered what the BiB would actually do to track down my nearest & dearest...
It really is quite the most unnerving 'routine' job. We'll get your address then go round to your flat and then sort though your correspondence, diary, etc. When you are doing it you get to know the deceased quite well and, if they are the same age as you, you will know whether you would have got on with them. You then have to make a decision as to whom you contact. The aged and infirm mother might be the nok but they are probably not the person to approach first of all.
The worst is when the phone rings in the room. Do you answer it? It is probably the person they were en route to wondering where they are.
When I was younger, an old PC - a bit younger than I am now - made the bed of a youngster and tidied up the bedsit so that his mother wouldn't be shocked.
And it's jobs such as these, especially when it's a result of an RTA, that make police officers so grumpy when, due to lack of concentration, you manage to drive into Woolworths.
So, if you wouldn't mind, I'd appreciate it if you didn't die in an accident on the road.
The worst is when the phone rings in the room. Do you answer it? It is probably the person they were en route to wondering where they are.
When I was younger, an old PC - a bit younger than I am now - made the bed of a youngster and tidied up the bedsit so that his mother wouldn't be shocked.
And it's jobs such as these, especially when it's a result of an RTA, that make police officers so grumpy when, due to lack of concentration, you manage to drive into Woolworths.
So, if you wouldn't mind, I'd appreciate it if you didn't die in an accident on the road.
Derek Smith said:
And it's jobs such as these, especially when it's a result of an RTA, that make police officers so grumpy when, due to lack of concentration, you manage to drive into Woolworths.
So, if you wouldn't mind, I'd appreciate it if you didn't die in an accident on the road.
Are you suggesting that we should drive into our local branch of woolworths rather than die in an accident on the road? Or we should avoid Woolworths when crashing and maybe die on the pavement instead?
Or maybe we should avoid crashing the pavement into woolworths when i have had this much beer...
I'll get my coat.
For gawdsake Jimbobs let someone know who you next of kin is.
Otherwise if no one is found and distant relatives hold back for the local Council will be finacially responsible for putting you in your final resting place. used to be called the Paupers Grave.
Scheme up north where personal details including NIK etc are written down and put in a small glass jar and stored in the fridge.
Bit like the Medicalert system.
DVD
Otherwise if no one is found and distant relatives hold back for the local Council will be finacially responsible for putting you in your final resting place. used to be called the Paupers Grave.
Scheme up north where personal details including NIK etc are written down and put in a small glass jar and stored in the fridge.
Bit like the Medicalert system.
DVD
Peter Ward said:
...Scheme up north where personal details including NIK etc are written down and put in a small glass jar and stored in the fridge...
DVD
Why on earth in the fridge? Do personal details go off? Better in the freezer then.(Well I thought it was funny)
Whats the coldest place in a house and most unlikely to burn out in a fire??
We still use coal fires up North.
DVD
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