Finnish Taxman Lies Dead at Desk for Two Days Before Co-Workers Notice

An auditor who died at his desk in the Helsinki tax office went unnoticed by co-workers for two days, the BBC news reported today. Fellow employees assumed the man was "silently poring over returns" all that time, according to a personnel officer quoted in the article. "He was very much working alone and often visiting companies, while his friends and colleagues who used to have lunch or coffee with him were busy in meetings or outside the office at the time," she explained. Shades of George Turklebaum!