Quote:It's true, though.  She had no idea what would set him off.  If someone kills themselves after they get fired and had showed signs of depression, is it the fault of the person who fired them?

 

 You might say that she should have gotten him to seek help.  We don't know if she did or not.  I don't think she is responsible for him getting help though.  Especially considering China has a terrible Mental Health Care system with far too few physicians available.  Not to mention that the suicide rate in China is nearly twice that of the United States (per 100,000).  China only has 1.46 psychiatrist per 100,000 people.  Ideally there should be 1 psychiatrist per 10,000 people I believe. Which is about a tenth of what there needs to be.

 

Should she have treated him better?  Absolutely.  Does that make her partly to blame? I don't think it does.  

 

I disagree. Even if she couldn't have actually gotten him the help he needed, she could have avoided being part (don't interpret this as "the worst person in the world", bchbunnie4) of the problem. The firing thing is different than a loved one treating the person like nothing more than a pack mule. After five hours of shopping and too many bags to carry, wanting to go home is reasonable and someone insisting that you stay and claiming that you hate Christmas is likely to at least anger even sane people.

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