Tallie2's Cup-Of_Coffee
WORKER DEAD AT DESK FOR 5 DAYS -- New York Times
Managers 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 proofreader 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 coworkers a nudge occasionally.
MORAL OF THE STORY::: DON'T WORK TOO HARD. NOBODY NOTICES ANYWAY!!!