"Greeneville" is like "Springfield". They're everywhere.
Since it's TN though, this phenomenon would probably be all the Cade's Cove lightning bugs getting recalled to their home planet before ours is slated for demolition.
Lol, I made a similar mistake asking for hot salsa at a restaurant. Mild salsa arrived warmed up from the microwave. Picante was what I should have used.
This is essentially the same story with my in laws. MIL is gone. FIL is getting angrier day by day without her to be his bullshit caller. He won't behave himself when he's 1 on 1 with my husband. It's tearing my husband to pieces.
And he's barely still able to live on his own. He's been hospitalized 3 times in the 10 months since MIL passed. I noticed that if we have more contact with him, he does better, we catch things and can intervene. But if we go low contact because of hateful behavior then we get blindsided by a hospital trip where we drop everything and screw our schedules all up to deal with his illness & recovery.
It fucking sucks. I think I've started treating him as I would a dementia patient just to be able to be around him. I like another poster's tactic of declaring something batshit "seems meanspirited". Maybe it will curb the worst of it. Who knows.
I'm sorry for you, me, anyone who struggles with whether to sever contact with a (formerly or currently) loved one.
I got a jury notice last week but on the envelope it only said "US District Court" and I had sudden chest-constricting panic at what have I forgotten to file or pay, and how much trouble am I in. Until I realized it wasn't sent certified, and I'm not in fact being subpoenaed.
In an ICU room. I was the visitor. The patient had dozed off. I had a client wanting reports for a board meeting. Finance does not pause for family emergencies.
If an accident has happened, the cars will get towed, either to the tow company's impound lot or to a repair facility.
If you mean someone has a medical emergency and no wreck has happened, then presumably you lock your car and take your ID and keys with you. If you're unconscious, then yes the paramedics will bag your wallet, phone, and keys, and that goes with you to the hospital.
Kitteh is deep in his cups