European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Ann Landers july 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers i am one of Mil Lions who contemplate death every Day of their when things suicide pops into my head As the easiest Way i have come to death As an alter a live to suffering and it is Only a matter of time before i will do suicide is not an easy thing to talk i blame my friends who tune out be cause of their inability to discuss it makes them nervous and people think if one avoids talking about suicide it will go it suicide is a cry for help a Hope that someone will care enough to ignoring the plea will cause the suicidal person to become More acutely aware of his the Pic Ture becomes even is death really the answer even though i have decided it is the Best alternative for i know it is Many innocent peo ple will be Hurt and the guilt of those left behind weighs heavily on family and this is not what i i have a few words of advice for those who suspect someone they know is contemplating dont ignore the con front them and let them know you want to a few simple such you Are a valuable i care about will do make him under stand that everyone is unique even though he might not think Tell him to Morrow May be too dear you Are sending mixed in one breath you say it is Only a matter of time before you end it in another breath you plead for someone to i urge you to get counselling at there Are numerous support groups that can offer you the help you look in the phone Book for the Samaritans crisis Call emergency at the nearest Hospital and i am deeply depressed and thinking about Call the family service look under mental crisis or suicide in the yellow and for heavens talk about your feelings of isolation and despair with you will be sur prised at How Many people dear Ann Landers i wish i had taken your advice to the lady who had a cigarette butt thrown at you dont tangle with Strang at this very moment i have Beefsteak on two Black eyes because i made the mis take of Yelling a smar Taleck remark to a woman who almost ran me Down in a shopping Center parking she jumped out of her punched ripped my Blouse and knocked me out thank heavens a kindly observer intervened and drove me to the nearest Emer gency there Are an awful lot of nuts running Loose these and the women May be armed As Well As the you can be sure the next time a stranger does something rude or yells an obscenity at me ill pretend i didst hear and keep my Cousin says this is what do you say Mexico Reader dear new Mexico cowardly not to respond to vulgarity from a person who May be armed and crazy to Boot not on your in with emergency room nurse Speaks out about patients its my turn to retaliate for All the harsh words spoken against the army health clinics in i started working in the health clinics emergency room shortly after i got the first few months we rent too but since then it has just gone our clinic serves a Community of to we dont have the medi Cal staff to serve a Community As Large As the appointments for the month Are usually filled 1 i weeks after the books Are so Pur emergency room doubles As an outpatient some people dont even Call for an appoint ment on the Chance that there might be a cancellation before they come to the Ive read All the in the paper in the past three years and i know the people May think their problem is an but to us it May not come use your a problem that has been going on for More than two or three Days is not an a child that Falls and scratches his knee can be taken care of at the parents can do the same thing we would do Wash it and put a Banda id on women who have female problems for weeks or months before they show up in our or make it hard to have compassion for its hard to keep my perspective of my Job after seeing 60 to 70 people in an eight hour we have people that Pace the hallway or stand in front of the door staring at or the people who come in every is minutes and ask How Long be fore be the doctors and physician assistants work at their own Pace in order to give these people the Best care they can and what the doctors and Pas get in return is a lot of some people think that every time they step through the door they deserve to have an whether they need it or some people think they should be seen by the Doc Tor ahead of everyone even though they have Only a there Are the people who complain when the doctor sees someone be fore someone who is sicker than they there Are the people who complain be cause they have to even though there is a real emergency going my biggest pet Peeve of All is the Active duty people who come in 30 minutes or one hour after sick Call for a complaint they have had for Days or because they were too Busy to come during sick Call to be then we have the people who come in or bring their kids in for colds that they have had for Days or when we ask them what they have taken or Given their they say there is cold Medicine for the asking at its nothing to these same people to come in at 3 or 4 because they had to bring their spouse in for an so they thought they would just come on in while they were on and of course there Are the people who come to the or for every Little complaint after a while we know their social Security number and unit by there have been Many Days and nights when i have not had a Chance to eat or go to the but it Doest seem to bother these these Are not Days that happen once every two or three but Days that i have at least three or four times a if not it might bother the people if they realized that they Are the ones paying for my Over there Are Many Days and nights when the doctors and Pas have to eat Between seeing patients or not at and when they do leave the or to take a few minutes to eat or relieve the people Are up immediately wanting to know where the doctor went and How Long until cafes explains rain Check policy reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be we do not read unsigned but we will withhold your name on request and protect your i recently went to an Exchange to Pur Chase an item that had been advertised on there was Only one of the items left and was not the size i it was not a limited quantities item so i asked the manager for a rain the manager told me that they didst give rain that Only the larger exchanges gave rain is this True it Doest seem fair to those who live far from the larger and location withheld editors note master Bruce customer relations Public affairs replies education the key in your paper the other you ran a letter by a woman who seemed very upset with the system of hiring dependents in eur although she never stated anything in regard to her qualifications for the Job that she and others had applied my ques Tion is not about How to obtain a Job but just May be How to obtain a better Job in one Way is with education Many family members arrive in Europe after their spouses and never know about some of the benefits of their local education among other things your education Center has applications for the Pell drop pick one it is a Way of obtain ing Federal funds for it does not have to be then you can build your skills for the so when you apply for a Job when you will not be turned most education Counselor will be More than delighted to sit Down with you to explain the form and answer in bring a Friend with you have everything to and nothing to Morris Germany it not Only Doest seem the response you got just Doest hold the cafes rain Check policy is designed to be fair to whether youre living in Moehringer or heres How it works the stores that take part in the cafes Sale promotion program in Europe those listed on Page two of the weekly tabloid make it their goal to have every advertised item Avail Able during the Sale if for any reason an item int in the participating store will offer a comparable item at an equal or greater percentage or offer a rain Check for later Purchase at the Sale understand that items marked limited Quantity or special Are just that and dont fall under the rain Check smaller stores Are required to offer Mer Chandise at the Sale Price for All items stocked in that store and certainly should Issue rain checks when de Mand exceeds pen pals i would like to correspond with people in other i am 24 years by bbl spencers Croft Essex pm 18 6js England i would like to have pen pals in other i am 18 years my favorite sports Are bad Minton and Lawn i also like Interior dancing and Rubia Sario rub la san Jose Negros Philippines i am 18 years old and would like to have pen i am a roman Catholic and my hobbles Are writing and doing household Una Embalsado Barangay bag Cav Luis Amistad Dumaguet Philippines i am a 42yearold woman with a 13yearold i would like to have a pen i enjoy All music and i love to dance and Scott 146 main 2 Tell 47586 be the doctors and Pas Are come give me a break think about us once in a after All you arc paying our and if we Are tired and Burnt out then what kind of care will you get 1 know people will read this and say to themselves that i have a lot of and i believe i know both sides of the being a dependent wife and prior i used to visit the or would get upset when 1 had to i would get the scolding from the medics and nurses for not getting an then i became a nurse and saw the other Side of the maybe if some of these people would work or Volunteer in the emergency would see what really goes All i ask is that parents and patients ask is this an emergency can it wait for an appointment if you were not would you pay be fore entering the or door for a medical problem would you Wake your civilian doctor at 4 because your child has a cold All we ask is the same its not too much to i know the medical care is free but that Doest mean it should be if abused you May end up paying for it even though you or your spouse is in the Ive done my time at this clinic and suffered for it for three now its time to let someone have the stress and the headaches to go with the i just Hope that people will look at the other Side of the Story or at least part of name and location withheld the european edition capt Dale us editor in chief cmdr Jeffrey us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell Proctor Mcdermott production manager managing circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views or endorsed the the department of defense or the european the appearance of advertising in this including inserts or does not constitute endorsement by the department of or the stars and stripes of the products or services everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for or patronage without regard to National marital physical political affiliation or any other no Merll Factor of the or military address the stars and Apo 092 International mall the stars and 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