WORKER DEAD AT DESK FOR 5 DAYS New York Times

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WORKER DEAD AT DESK FOR 5 DAYS New York Times

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.

[bfez1]

My mouth is still wide open. That is unbelievable. Poor guy!

[JCooper]

Even at our office this is a shocker... imagine no one checking on you or talking to you (or attempting to) for 5 days... damn i have pms sometimes but they never ignore me that long

[vbhoutex]

:o If this is for real, then it is REALLY SAD!!!! I just can't believe no one would not find a person in the same position for 5 days odd. A person has to move to go to the bathroom, get food at lunch etc.??????