The dead ex-cw

[depechemodefan]

Every Friday we have a morning meeting at the library for the reference and support staff. It usually runs an hour because some people have to put their two-cents in, and it's not worth even 2 cents. But luckily the gabbers weren't in so it was a 20 min. meeting.

But some people were acting odd. They sat apart, so I thought they were going to speak. Finally, one of the people sitting apart was approached by another person. The woman gets up and whispers in our boss's ear. At the end of the meeting, the boss tells us the bad news that an ex-cw has passed away.

Some people mentioned they saw him the previous week and he looked terrible.

I said I would look for his obit, but I don't see one.

Now the person who knew the ex-cw best (at this most recent time) was the one who told the cw who told the boss he passed on. So everyone figured he must be dead, that his step-son didn't know who to contact at the library to let anyone know.

The dead ex-cw called latter that afternoon.

He's alive and well.

Seems someone in another dept (we don't know who) said he was dead, and it got passed along.

The ex-cw called to let everyone know he was alive and well, and then he came in on Sat.

[telecom_goddess]

say what? Why would someone say they were dead?

[teh_blumchenkinder]

the originator might have said that for a joke, or in a hyperbolic manner. ... which is kinda funny, but only in a "oh man, do you remember when...?" kinda way.

Is this a person better suited to being alive?

[MoonCat]

Unbelievable. You'd think they'd at least attempt to verify it first before passing that bit of news along.

[XCashier]

He got better!

[Iris Kojiro]

He got better!

*goes to TV Tropes*

Nooooooooooooo....*never returns* :P

[depechemodefan]

The ex-cw is maybe 72 or 77, I forgot how old, and maybe 5 or 6 years ago he had a stroke or a heart attack. It tooks months for him to recover. In fact, the person who verified he was dead was the person who helped him get back to health at the time. Where she got her info. that he died, who knows. But another cw tells me this woman must be going senile; she volunteers at the library and was discarding new books.

But the cw who wasn't actually dead didn't tell us how he found out he was reported dead. He looks pretty good, so I don't see him at death's door.

[lineswine]

...chucking away the brand new books as a mark of sympathy, or because she's batshit insane? (I'm going with the 2nd one...)

[Gizmo]

A colleague of my mothers years ago at a law firm had the receptionist tell her client X was on the phone. Colleague was having a bad day and jokingly told the receptionist to tell the client that she was dead. Unfortunately the receptionist didn't have a sense of humour and did...

[jedimaster91]

*goes to TV Tropes*

Nooooooooooooo....*never returns* :P

That site is a black hole that will steal your soul. But I lubs it.