No Spoilers

We all know that one person who gets upset when someone mentions the ending of a movie they haven’t seen or maybe even a game they haven’t played. Fred was this way. I remember one time when someone spoiled the ending of Sixth Sense for him. He flipped out and started cursing, claiming that he had only seen half of that movie and since it was spoiled there was no point in watching the rest of it. He could also be extremely petty when it came to spoilers. He would try to spoil the shows of those who spoiled things for him.

Unfortunately for him, his interests and theirs would often intersect so this would usually backfire and make him end up spoiling himself. The last time I saw him was at our annual office holiday get-together on the 24th. He didn’t show up to work on the 26th. I found out the reason for this was that he got into a head-on collision that he did not survive. The empty beer bottles found in his car made it clear what he had been doing while driving.

The other driver was lucky he didn’t perish in the wreck as well. Though, their survival could be attributed to the fact that they were using their seatbelt at the time, unlike Fred. While I can’t say we were inseparable his passing did sadden me greatly. I attended his funeral on the 2nd. During it, everyone was speculating why he would do something so foolish.