will_doyle
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story is abit old
funny thou
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Subject: Fw: Look out for your coworkers
In the Birmingham Sunday Mercury (7th Jan 2001):
Worker dead at desk for 5 days
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.
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[Edited on 12-12-2008 by will_doyle]
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Graham88
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dannymccann
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Surely thats not possible, 5 days 
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Jamie
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Dont see how this is funny?
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Huwsi
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surely he would look a bit od being dead for 5 days?
A bit pale, at least  
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will_doyle
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie
Dont see how this is funny?
the fact the no1 noticed he was dead....
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deano87
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That has got to be a story for April 1st surely?!
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DannyB
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After 5 days the skin would have changed colour from the blood draining to 1 part of the body, rigor would have set in, it would smell pretty bad and probably have started to decompose, personally I think 5 days is bullshit, but hey, if it's on the intenet then it must be true.
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Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
Surely thats not possible, 5 days
No, it sounds about right. Once you're dead you stay dead.
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charlessurr
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Would someone not have given him new work or asked what the hold up was?
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DannyB
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It's on urbanlegends, I doubt very much that it's true.
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SVM 286
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If that's true I think it's far from funny.
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by DannyB
It's on urbanlegends, I doubt very much that it's true.
I thought I was the only one that'd picked up on that one
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