George was proofreading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died

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> 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 own

>employees had been sitting dead at his desk

>for FIVE DAYS before anyone asked if he was

>feeling okay.

>

>George Turklebaum, 51, who was 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 on 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