Mental illness is a very serious and sad topic. 1 in 4 people will experience it at sometime in their life!!!
If Humps is suffering with any such condition, then that would explain his change in strategy over a number of years, as paranoia is a very prevalent part of many mental illnesses. It would also be understandable that someone with such wealth and responsibility, could find themselves at sometime, affected by the pressure of such circumstances.
Even more likely, is that Humphs / Samuel Smiths Brewery may have on numerous occasions, been taken advantage of. Some people wrongly believe it justifiably to 'rip off' someone who is wealthy. Again one could envisage an increased paranoia over a period of time, which could become progressively worse (without the right support and management), fuelled by the response to initial actions.
Mr Smith would certainly appear to be a different man, with a different management approach to what he was say 10 years ago. And so a positive point is that with the correct support and condition management, there is no reason why Mr Smith couldn't make a recovery, and then find a means to delegate some of his pressures elsewhere - but of course suitably supervised (even covertly monitored) so as to ensure that Mr Smith / the company, isn't being unduly taken advantage of, or exploited.
I can understand the anguish and even anger of those staff and customers who directly or indirectly suffer from the current brewery regime, and I can also understand people directing that disappointment or even anger towards Mr Smith. But it's possible that the biggest victims to the situation at the moment, is both the Sam's business, and Mr Smith himself.
I hope Mr Smith has got the full support of his family, and if there is still trust there, maybe they could help some more with some of the workload?
If Mr Smith is using the services of the NHS to deal with a mental disorder / disability - whilst I admire him for using the same facilities as us commoners - I would strongly suggest that the company pays for their principal to receive the very best of care, towards a speedy recovery. In other words, go private - not because there's anything wrong with NHS practitioners - it's just that they don't have the facilities to do the job as well, or in a reasonable time, as in the private sector.
I'm speaking from personal experience, as a past sufferer of a mental illness, who whilst getting partial help from the NHS over a period of a few years, finally regained full control after spending a relatively small amount of money in the private sector.
You can't put a price on your health. If any of this is applicable to Humphrey - I hope he gets full support, and gets the best mental health management and recovery that money can buy - and of course makes a speedy recovery. I'm sure even he would prefer to be the head of a business, where all of his staff have the utmost respect for him, and enjoy working for the business. Happy workers, and happy customers = a more successful business.
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