The 4th floor men's washroom, surrounded by labs and grad student offices, now has a poster for a suicide prevention hotline. That doesn't seem like a good sign.
Maybe the poster people have a quota. 16 Suicide Hotline and 12 "Don't Walk Away From Your Drink" per building. It always seemed that way at UW, anyhow.
Really? My mom told me scare stories all the time about why I should never leave a drink unattended at a bar or a party. It's why you'll A) almost never see me put a drink down when I do have one, and B) pretty much only drink when I feel safe and that there are a lot of people around that I trust, ex. Nerdvana parties.
One time I met up with someone new for tea, ended up needing to use the restroom partway through my time with them, and didn't touch my drink after I came back to the table. *shrug* It's kinda paranoid, but I'd rather err on the side of safety.
I don't think I would even have thought of that unless the person seemed hinky. (that's my word-of-the-day, apparently: "hinky") I don't generally drink out of a can I've left behind on a table at the Center, either, especially if I'm not there with someone.
A poster about drink/driving would probably save more people. I've had one close student friend suicide, and one academic/postdoc at my uni suicide, but can think of about five or eight ex classmates/acquaintances be injured or die in car accidents involving alcohol.
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One time I met up with someone new for tea, ended up needing to use the restroom partway through my time with them, and didn't touch my drink after I came back to the table. *shrug* It's kinda paranoid, but I'd rather err on the side of safety.
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