20-01-2004, 11:20
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Nobody loves the taxman
Even his own colleagues. From todays Telegraph.
Dead taxman is sorely missed
A Finnish taxman dropped dead at his desk - and nobody noticed for two days.
The newspaper Ilta-Sanomat reported that none of the 30 people who were in the same department as the 60-year-old auditor realised that he was not just silently poring over papers in the Helsinki office.
Anita Wickstroem, the director, said: "He was working alone and his friends and colleagues who used to have lunch or coffee with him were busy."
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20-01-2004, 11:27
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
strange that
as you would have thought that someone would have given him a prod
or something
if they assumed he was asleep
at home time or break or something
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20-01-2004, 11:33
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
I can think of several jokes at his expense but then I think of his family 
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20-01-2004, 11:35
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
That link doesn't work for me (comes up in the browser as http://dead%20taxman%20is%20sorely%20missed/)
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20-01-2004, 11:37
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
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Originally Posted by Ramrod
I can think of several jokes at his expense but then I think of his family |
Must admit, my feelings where a bit ambiguous, don't they have office cleaners in Finland.?
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20-01-2004, 11:39
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
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Originally Posted by danielf
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Sorry, wasn't supposed to be a link, I pasted the text complete with header, didn't spot it was a hyperlink.  That is all that was printed.
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20-01-2004, 12:11
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
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20-01-2004, 12:13
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
Sad news for his Family but I'm sure they won't be reading this, so going to take the risk and post my first thought on seeing this article.
Quote:
Members of staff later offered sincere apologies saying:
"They will in future ensure the appropriate death duty is levied on time and they now realise that just because he was a member of staff this should not have given him any special privileges in this regard". 
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20-01-2004, 12:14
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
I think the only time people do love the tax man is when they get a rebate!! 
Must admit it is a very sad state of affairs that colleagues and family were unaware that he had died at work.
It's a sad reflection on the high pressure conditions that some people have to work under.
I'm sure many forum members would join me in sending condolences to his family through this forum.
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20-01-2004, 12:17
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
Well said ntluser.
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20-01-2004, 12:54
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
Did they dock his pay for the 2days 
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20-01-2004, 13:04
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
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Originally Posted by luftys
Did they dock his pay for the 2days |
They should have done, the slacker!
Damn! couldn't resist 
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20-01-2004, 13:30
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
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Originally Posted by Ramrod
They should have done, the slacker!
Damn! couldn't resist |
maybe he should have had overtime for being at his desk
for that extra time
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20-01-2004, 13:33
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
Wasn't there a guy in america, open plan office, died about lunch time thursday, found by cleaners on the sunday?
No one noticed he'd died at his desk
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20-01-2004, 13:50
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Re: Nobody loves the taxman
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Wasn't there a guy in america, open plan office, died about lunch time thursday, found by cleaners on the sunday?
No one noticed he'd died at his desk
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I can't help thinking of this story...
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