Message-ID: <2710199.1075848285711.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 06:09:00 -0700 (PDT) From: jennifer_lamprecht@oxy.com To: andrew.h.lewis@enron.com, caroline_champion@mhhs.org, richadr@texaco.com, elamprecht@encompserv.com, chis.gales@compaq.com, susan.hadix@elpaso.com, ian_johnston@nexeninc.com, jeff_chapman@mentorg.com, chelle1911@aol.com, rwalls@lgl.ci.houston.tx.us, rena_f_mobley@reliantenergy.com, sheri.thomas@enron.com, tkuyken@enron.com, derek_hawkins@oxy.com, gail_rudloff@oxy.com, gordon_wilkinson@oxy.com, jerry_lanier@oxy.com, jim_lipka@oxy.com Subject: FW: Nudge your co-workers! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: X-To: Andrew.H.Lewis@enron.com, caroline_champion@mhhs.org, richadr@texaco.com, ELamprecht@encompserv.com, Chis.Gales@Compaq.com, Susan.Hadix@elpaso.com, Ian_Johnston@nexeninc.com, jeff_chapman@mentorg.com, chelle1911@aol.com, rwalls@lgl.ci.houston.tx.us, Rena_F_Mobley@reliantenergy.com, sheri.thomas@enron.com, tkuyken@enron.com, Derek_Hawkins@oxy.com, Gail_Rudloff@oxy.com, Gordon_Wilkinson@oxy.com, Jerry_Lanier@oxy.com, Jim_Lipka@oxy.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Andrew_Lewis_Nov2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: LEWIS-A X-FileName: alewis.nsf > > 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. > > > > And the moral of the story: Don't work too hard. > > > > Nobody notices anyway. > >