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(78,249 posts) Thu Dec 19, 2013, 08:25 PM Dec 2013

Young Woman Dies After Tweeting That She Worked 30 Hours Straight [View all]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/young-woman-dies-tweeting-she-162556504.html

Mita Duran, a 24-year-old woman who worked as a copywriter in Indonesia, slipped into a coma on Sunday after tweeting that she had worked for 30 hours straight. She died not long after.

Duran often kept herself awake by drinking Kratingdaeng, better known as Thai Red Bull, writes Lee Moran at the New York Daily News, while working late into the night at Young & Rubicam, an ad agency owned by multinational advertising and public relations company WPP.

Duran's Twitter feed shows that she often tweeted about her heavy workload:

"Haven’t slept since Saturday and I have 30 more copy lines to go and a plane to catch tomorrow afternoon," she said on July 8.

A white-collar sweatshop.

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Young Woman Dies After Tweeting That She Worked 30 Hours Straight [View all] KamaAina Dec 2013 OP

We have that here. Phlem Dec 2013 #1

In the telecommunications industry, I used to go 2 & 3 days with 1 to 2 hrs. of sleep loudsue Dec 2013 #2

I had it before I got into the industry, PTSD. Phlem Dec 2013 #3

I think I have a share of PTSD, too Aerows Dec 2013 #7

I'm sorry. Phlem Dec 2013 #9

Probably Aerows Dec 2013 #6

Ouch. Yes the last straw, I feel ya. Phlem Dec 2013 #8

You're a techie? KamaAina Dec 2013 #31

I am Aerows Dec 2013 #34

Same here and being on call 24/7 in telcom is a nightmare there is no such thing as REM sleep Drew Richards Dec 2013 #21

I once -- once -- got a sysadmin job that was... wait for it... hourly and non-exempt Recursion Dec 2013 #41

I don't want to discuss how long I've been awake Aerows Dec 2013 #4

My sister's in the same boat. Phlem Dec 2013 #13

If someone finds out you know UNIX Aerows Dec 2013 #15

That's insane. Phlem Dec 2013 #18

Grep Aerows Dec 2013 #22

Nice Aerows! I'll pass this along. Phlem Dec 2013 #23

I'm barely over 40 Aerows Dec 2013 #24

That's awesome! Phlem Dec 2013 #26

I adore hardware Aerows Dec 2013 #27

That's why I like doing FPGA and PCB work now Recursion Dec 2013 #46

UEFI seems like a great place to be a part of, too Aerows Dec 2013 #47

Meh. I still can't figure out what problem UEFI solves Recursion Dec 2013 #48

Deal with multi-terabyte solutions Aerows Dec 2013 #51

Linux has pretty much killed off the old proprietary Unices Recursion Dec 2013 #50

Solutions for Aerows Dec 2013 #52

Yep. At least we don't have beepers anymore. Recursion Dec 2013 #42

I flushed one down the toilet one time "accidentally" Aerows Dec 2013 #45

Ha! Recursion Dec 2013 #49

Gone 2 minutes in RESTROOM. Aerows Dec 2013 #53

I used to sail and when they tried to give me a beeper hollysmom Dec 2013 #58

Your job sounds a lot like my son's. Auntie Bush Dec 2013 #59

It was bound to happen. Ken Burch Dec 2013 #5

Problem is, there can be no efficiency in those working hours. nt Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #10

They don't care. Phlem Dec 2013 #12

But all you're going to hear from the corporatists is how awful and unqualified American workers are loudsue Dec 2013 #39

Have a good paying job? Aerows Dec 2013 #44

Hell yes and another Phlem Dec 2013 #55

+1 Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #60

Unfettered free market ... when the job market has you working for free. WowSeriously Dec 2013 #11

Exactly! Phlem Dec 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2013 #16

Many people are awake that long. Wonder what she died of? n-t Logical Dec 2013 #17

I would venture pro longed exposure to this environment. Phlem Dec 2013 #20

I would guess that all that red bull she was drinking contributed, at the very least. possibly her niyad Dec 2013 #30

Exactly! Phlem Dec 2013 #56

Twitter? Sounds like a case of slacking on the job. JVS Dec 2013 #19

sorry but I know people who routinely work that many hours and more Skittles Dec 2013 #25

I've done that and more Aerows Dec 2013 #28

I live off vending machines Skittles Dec 2013 #62

How much blame on the individual vs employer ? karadax Dec 2013 #29

Uh, 50 Red Bulls would kill anyone Aerows Dec 2013 #32

Actually, it would take roughly 100 cans to kill someone. Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #57

"I'm certain. . ." really?? perhaps you ought to read some of the posts in this thread alone. and niyad Dec 2013 #33

It really isn't Aerows Dec 2013 #37

water, a whole heck of a lot of drinking in a short amount of time, it will kill you. Phlem Dec 2013 #35

"I'm certain her employer didn't hold the proverbial gun to her head and force her to stay awake." Phlem Dec 2013 #36

Man, that's just cold. loudsue Dec 2013 #40

I'm not surprised. RandySF Dec 2013 #38

$10 on heart condition plus cocaine. LeftyMom Dec 2013 #43

therefore...Tweeting kills Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #54

Wow KamaAina ...this yuiyoshida Dec 2013 #61

A similar death occurred in London KamaAina Dec 2013 #63

They been trying to stop this in Japan as well for years... yuiyoshida Dec 2013 #64