Tom has a cat that he just loves. It's like family to him. But Tom has to go on vacation so he asks his friend take to care of his cat while he's gone.
While on vacation Tom gets a phone call from his friend who says "Your cat died". Tom is just devastated and breaks down. It's several minutes before he regains his composure enough to pick the phone up again.
Tom says "How could you be so cruel? How could you just call me up and say 'your cat died'?"
Tom's friend is like "Well, what did you want me to do?"
Tom says "You could have sent me an email saying "Tom, your cat is on the roof."
Then after a couple of days another email saying "Your cat fell off the roof."
Soon after another email saying "the vet is doing everything possible for your cat."
Then maybe you could call me to say my cat is dead. At least then I would be prepared for it.
Tom's friend then says "sorry, maybe I didn't handle that as well as I could have."
Then a couple of days later Tom gets an email. It's from his friend. The email says "Tom, your mother is on the roof."
