J.O. Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 From the New York Times: Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to figure out why no one notice 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 at his desk 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 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. George was proof-reading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died. You may want to give your co-workers a nudge occasionally. The moral of the story: Don't work too hard. Nobody notices anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 This is Another Urban Legend http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/fivedays.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 Doh! I knew I should have checked there first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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