The Food Delivery Guy Who Jumped in a River After a Bad Review: How Easy Is It to Break an Adult?
Difficult tasks and the right things to do are often the same thing.
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A netizen posted a video, saying they witnessed a life disappear. It was a normal night in Chicago on June 6th. A food delivery guy, tired after a long day, found he’d received a bad review. Without a second thought, he climbed over a railing and jumped into the fast-flowing river. Everything happened so fast. By the time bystanders reacted, he had vanished into the night. Some people didn’t understand: “It was just one bad review. At worst, they’d dock his pay. Was it worth losing his life over?” What made him leave so decisively wasn’t just that one bad review. I remembered something that happened to me years ago. One weekend, I went to work overtime even though I was sick. The printer acted up, ruining my documents over and over. I was struggling alone in the office. I finally finished and handed the copy to the client. On the bumpy bus ride home, feeling dizzy, I got feedback from the client. They trashed my work completely. The driver slammed on the brakes, and I lurched forward. My bag of…