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liberaltrucker

(9,168 posts)
54. Doesn't matter to me
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 10:52 PM
Dec 2011

When I die, I'm dead. Period. I don't give a rat's ass whether I get
a royal funeral or a pauper's grave. As far as someone looking for
me, probably not. That doesn't matter, either. I'll be dead.

Game Over.

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Wouldn't the employer notice? treestar Dec 2011 #1
No..not from work....they would classify it as Job Abandonment and fire the person HipChick Dec 2011 #5
"Dying without permission" --- Just cause for termination. lpbk2713 Dec 2011 #7
lol treestar Dec 2011 #31
Whoah treestar Dec 2011 #30
Doesn't have to be a lone family survivor either NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #8
Post behind the front door muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #13
In the UK, the Royal Mail puts the letters inside a flap on the front door..no mail box to speak of HipChick Dec 2011 #16
I admit.. I haven't spoken to my brother for 8rs...his wife is a witch HipChick Dec 2011 #18
There's a lot in the Guardian link; it sounds like she wasn't working muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #12
Not in my house. Even if I WAS dead, somebody would be expecting me to get up and do something. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #2
LOL! Same here! n/t Little Star Dec 2011 #14
Yep ... my death would not be allowed etherealtruth Dec 2011 #34
Same here, except that it's because I couldn't afford it. gtar100 Dec 2011 #55
That, too etherealtruth Dec 2011 #58
Jesus, me too. When they noticed not a damn thing was getting done and they did not want to do it, Nay Dec 2011 #41
Three reasons why Jesus was a woman eridani Dec 2011 #46
Similar to this (very sad) story from July: Blue_Tires Dec 2011 #3
Bill collectors... hlthe2b Dec 2011 #4
Speaking of bills, what of rent or mortgage? treestar Dec 2011 #32
Wow. How can something like this happen? 3 YEARS and no one notices? cleanhippie Dec 2011 #6
How sad. 2bfree Dec 2011 #9
We had one near home sharp_stick Dec 2011 #10
3 years and the TV is still on? RC Dec 2011 #11
All the bills were paid via direct debit.. HipChick Dec 2011 #15
A housing association (ie non-profit) bedsit muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #17
In the UK, housing associations on co-ops may not exist.. HipChick Dec 2011 #20
No, it was a housing association muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #21
Sad, but I imagine people die all the time unnoticed. closeupready Dec 2011 #19
ex teacher of mine was dead for pretty much an entire winter before anyone noticed themadstork Dec 2011 #24
I was thinking more in terms of homeless people or the mentally ill. closeupready Dec 2011 #33
Sad and strange story. bluedigger Dec 2011 #22
Isn't that a pre exsisting condition? Lint Head Dec 2011 #23
Three YEARS? If I don't answer my phone in three MINUTES all hell breaks loose. PassingFair Dec 2011 #25
Here's a link to a story of man dead for 20 years and no one noticed. Swede Dec 2011 #26
three years of not paying rent and--how could the TV still be going after three years? WI_DEM Dec 2011 #27
It was all paid for...by Housing Association HipChick Dec 2011 #35
Broadcast TV in an apartment, sure, why not? ThomWV Dec 2011 #53
only my condo assoc when i didn't pay the quarterly maintenance. eom ellenfl Dec 2011 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #29
interesting dembotoz Dec 2011 #36
I did notice a kind of rotten smell but the bins downstairs are strong and the stairwells smell HipChick Dec 2011 #38
a couple of years ago JitterbugPerfume Dec 2011 #37
This happened in my family on the east coast in the 80's, Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2011 #39
I worry about this myself. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #40
Why worry? I don't see how it matters. aletier_v Dec 2011 #45
It just seems so sad. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #47
Sad. I've had thought a landlord, or lender would come looking if a rent or mortgage payment Liberty Belle Dec 2011 #42
Nikki on lunaticunderground.com / godlikeproductions.com aletier_v Dec 2011 #43
Your creditors would notice. thescreaminghead Dec 2011 #44
If you had read the articles linked tammywammy Dec 2011 #49
once again - the TV still on. Another death not discovered for years - the TV was still one. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 #48
Yes, I think people would notice tammywammy Dec 2011 #50
you have an interesting definition of successful pitohui Dec 2011 #51
I am retiring at the end of the month, so I will have no employer to notice my absence. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2011 #52
You have cats?? liberaltrucker Dec 2011 #56
Doesn't matter to me liberaltrucker Dec 2011 #54
longest i'd sit is two days, three absolute tops fizzgig Dec 2011 #57
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