Murder on Yale Campus

I found this article at on MSNBC's website today. I had seen a few clips about this on the news, but I haven't really been following it, until now. They have finally charged the co-worker, Raymond Clark III, with the murder of Annie Le.

They are calling it workplace violence. My initial reaction to this, is sadness, for the poor girl, and all the families and friends involved. Then I also have fear. Fear that this could happen anywhere, even where I work. It makes me think, how many people do I interact with daily, that are mentally or emotionally unstable? Or what about the people my husband works with? My kids co-workers? It really scares me to think about something like this.

How does one go about protecting themselves from workplace violence? Well, I would say, you have "to go along to get along", but when you are dealing with unstable people, you have to wonder Would that really work?

I know I'm going to show my age here, but this story reminds me of the postal workers who, several years ago, just came to work with a gun and started shooting co-workers. What is wrong with people? How can this happen in a county such as ours? How have we, as a society, managed to raise our children with out coping skills? It's just awful.

Here's to hoping that none of you ever have to deal with workplace violence, directly or indirectly.