aem4162 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 WORKER DEAD AT DESK FOR 5 DAYS New York Times 1-22-03 Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for FIVE DAYS before anyone asked if he was feeling okay. George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proof-reader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a heart attack in the open-plan office he shared with 23 other workers. He quietly passed away on Monday, but nobody noticed until Saturday morning when an office cleaner asked why he was still working during the weekend. His boss Elliot Wachiaski said: "George was always the first guy in each morning and the last to leave at night, so no one found it unusual that he was in the same position all that time and didn't say anything. He was always absorbed in his work and kept much to himself." A post mortem examination revealed that he had been dead for five days after suffering a coronary. Ironically, George was proofreading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died. You may want to give your co-workers a nudge occasionally. *** Moral of the story: Don't work too hard. Nobody notices anyway. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lj300 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 poor guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eye_see_you Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 typical the hard workers always are over looked but the slacker is the one that gets all the praise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Although it's an amusing story, it is completely false... It originally appeared in the Weekly World News back in 2000. You can check out the details here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z1ppeh Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Without being sick on my part, how funny would it be to nudge your m8 sitting beside you and just watch him fall over... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMeK Veteran Posted June 6, 2003 Veteran Share Posted June 6, 2003 hehe keith101 u always where a bit weird in the head i think i'd find it funny tho :yes: i find most things funny tho :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikulka Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 nothing funny here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted June 7, 2003 Author Share Posted June 7, 2003 I thought it might be fake because SOMEONE would have noticed the smell, flies, decomposition...but I still got a kick out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpanda Posted June 7, 2003 Share Posted June 7, 2003 5 days!!tts crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
do_ob Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 the people around him are seriously dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmate15 Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 I thought it might be fake because SOMEONE would have noticed the smell, flies, decomposition...but I still got a kick out of it. lol what if he was like that every day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted June 15, 2003 Author Share Posted June 15, 2003 lol what if he was like that every day? you've worked with people like that too??? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceminess Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Without being sick on my part, how funny would it be to nudge your m8 sitting beside you and just watch him fall over... (Y) agreed for some reason i could picture that, and it makes me laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deimos Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 damn. poor guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezza Veteran Posted June 15, 2003 Veteran Share Posted June 15, 2003 Poor guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesardrgn Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 How can they not notice something like this... :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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