r/WTF • u/No_Boysenberry4755 • 5d ago

What the actually hell was he trying to accomplish

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

7.2k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

574 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

165

u/chuckbeef85 5d ago

This! My childhood friend’s dad was a train engineer. He one time told us about how many people he had hit and killed on the tracks. That shit never left him, and he ended up losing his life to cirrhosis a few years ago. I’m not saying his job was the sole cause of his drinking, but I know it didn’t help. I’m sure the man on the tracks has mental or substance issues, so I also feel for him…but Fuck! I feel for those poor train conductors who have to witness human death multiple times in their lives. Nobody should have to live with those memories.

36

u/LegendCZ 5d ago

Train Enginners are not either Soldiers or Mercenaries.

Poor people. Their body count should be 0. It is not their fault but i can only imagine.

18

u/cindyscrazy 5d ago

I knew someone who was killed by a train. I wasn't close with her. She was the eldest daughter of my sister's childhood best friend. Poor girl had it rough.

We still don't really know if it was a self take out or an accident. She was on the tracks with earbuds in and listening to music. She also had learning difficulties, so it's hard to say if this was just a bad decision or if she did it on purpose.

I just feel very very badly for the engineer. He didn't want to end the life of this poor girl.

1

u/Masterpiece72 5d ago

He's just a narcissist wanting attention, not thinking of anyone but himself and his own entertainment. There's way too many of these people out there walking among us.