Crass, bad taste is not limited to the USA

[SoCalDem]

makes me wonder if Jersey Shore & Jackass were translated into Swedish:(


http://www.thelocal.se/35804/

Care home staff placed bets on patient's death

Published: 27 Aug 11 22:37 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
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Three workers at a nursing home in Växjö in south central Sweden have been sacked after they were discovered to have placed bets on when one of the patients would die. The three staff members, one permanent, two temporary, were reported by another temporary worker at the home, which is run by Attendo Care. Apparently when the sick patient did eventually die the staff members involved then compounded the situation by mocking the victim and putting sunglasses on the corpse.

It was a temporary worker who was at the death bed of the patient that reported the incident to her superiors who then filed a police report, with the trio also having been reported to the police after admitting to their actions. Jonas Morian, press officer at Attendo Care, told Smålandsposten said that the three staff members admitted responsibility straight away.

”Yes, they admitted it, but there were varying degrees of how seriously they perceived it to be,” he said. Attendo Care has come under fire recently with a series of allegations made against the company for its treatment of patients at the homes it runs.

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[Syrinx]

1. oh they have horrible programs in that part of the world

Shitting contests and all kinds of freaky stuff. On broadcast.

[Quantess]

4. I don't watch too much TV

but I was irritated to see Dr. Phil on swedish TV with subtitles.
And yes, as a matter of fact I heard some young people mention the movie Jackass. TV here is very similar to American programming.

[Syrinx]

6. Dr. Phil would annoy me in any language

[SoCalDem]

8. Shame on Oprah for elevating him

I cannot watch him at all, and anytime I see him, I change the channel

[Syrinx]

9. I don't think he's even a real doctor

I think he was a jury consultant when Texas meat sued Saint Oprah.

[SoCalDem]

10. he has a phd in something..but not medical n/t

[Bonobo]

2. No, but is highly refined there. nt

[rucky]

3. I know this is pretty easy to be offended by, but...

what I've noticed from people who work in professions where they deal with death frequently, a gallows humor helps them get through the day. I was talking to the staffer of a cruise ship who told me they have a similar pool for passengers. If a passenger dies on board, they have a special freezer to store them in until they reach port. It happens pretty often.

So how do you remain cheerful around the living who expect you to be cheerful day in and day out?

[mazzarro]

7. Having to deal with such issue is no excuse for disrespecting the dignity of the dead

It is only decent to think in terms of the dead as a member of one's own family and accord them the respect they deserve. Anyone who cannot deal with it that way should be humane enough not seek the job. I find it hard to imagine being cheerful by mocking the corpse of the deceased.

[Rebubula]

5. Well..

...it would be silly, naive and rather ignorant to think otherwise.

The US does not have the market on crudeness, hatred, racism, violence, misogyny or any 'ism' you can think of....we just have a bigger market share of media coverage.

The rest of the world is just as ugly and violent as the US. Humans suck. Of course, we can be amazing animals at times as well...


I do, however, get bored with the myopic world view that would create the idea that the rest of the world is puppies and Benneton-style racial rainbows whilst the US rapes, pillages and murders everyone with brown skin...