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Dignifiying a dead dishwasher's life
From the St. Petersberg Times, a lovely portrait of Neil Alan Smith, a dishwasher at the local Crab Shack who was struck by a car while riding on his bike:
Shortly after the St. Petersburg Times announced Mr. Smith’s death on its website, a reader posted a comment stating the following: A man who is working as a dishwasher at the Crab Shack at the age of 48 is surely better off dead.
Web editors removed the comment, deeming it an offensive and insensitive insult to a dead man’s friends and family. Though hardly unusual — check out the comments beneath stories about any recent tragedy — this one spurred the Times to make Mr. Smith the subject of this story, as a reminder that every life matters.
A beautiful piece of writing.
(Thanks to @sct)
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