WORKER DEAD AT DESK FOR 5 DAYS

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.
> >
> > Moral of the story:
> > Don't work too hard. Nobody notices anyway.

Once upon a time, there was a very strong woodcutter. He asked for a job
from a timber merchant, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were
the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do
his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was
supposed to work.

The first day, the woodcutter brought down 18 trees. The Boss was very much
impressed and said, "Congratulations, Go on that way!" Very motivated by the
boss' words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he only could
bring down 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he only could
bring down 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing down less and less trees.

"I must be losing my strength", the woodcutter thought to himself.

He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand
what was going on.

"When was the last time you sharpened your axe?" the boss asked.
"Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to
cut trees."

Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don't take time to
sharpen the axe. "In today's world, it seems that everyone is busier than
ever, but less happy than ever. Why is that?" Could it be that we have
forgotten how to stay sharp? There's nothing wrong with activity and hard
work. But we should not get so busy that we neglect the truly important
things in life, like our personal life, taking time to read etc.

We all need time to relax, to think and meditate, to learn and grow. If
we don't take time to sharpen the axe, we will become dull and lose our
effectiveness.

So start from today, think about the ways by which you could do your job
more effectively and add a lot of value to it.

redsinner

good anecdote to learn from....
as to remind ourselves each day dat we have to improve ourselves in order to get moving, instead of expecting things from the boss  

awang_askar

cite no.1 ...... mmg kurang sosiol tul la... sampaikan rakan sekerja mati 5 hari baru perasan

voizze

plakkkkk cam tu......

teky

KESIAN NYERR..............