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Re:Forgotten Employee (2002) by wahnfrieden on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @01:44AM (#6088426)
It seems to be an embellishment for the sake of the story. He mentions in the original thread that he's pursuing a 3rd degree, has spent time writing short stories and is in the middle of a novel, and spends time in the lower rungs of professional racing and writing a biography about that.

He also reportedly claims to have made it all up but I couldn't find the source.

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Re:Forgotten Employee (2002) by chaostheory on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @03:49AM (#6088716)
Yes. I remember the original author admitting that this was really just a short story for practice.
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Re:Forgotten Employee (2002) by johnward on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @08:14AM (#6089495)
Stop. I want to believe this is real.

edit: Actually working in corporate America I can believe this is real aside from the nobody knowing you. You can have a manager and they can know you do nothing but they can't get rid of you.

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Re:Forgotten Employee (2002) by chaostheory on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @10:56AM (#6090375)
I'm sure it's happened in real life before, but I strongly feel that this particular story was just an exercise in creative writing. Just pay closer attention to the writing style vs other personal accounts.
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Re:Forgotten Employee (2002) by johnward on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @11:34AM (#6090648)
Oh I know. This story had me hooked. I couldn't stop reading it.
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Re:Forgotten Employee (2002) by ExpendableGuy on Thursday July 25, 2013 @12:54PM (#6103401)
I was buying it until the part about him catching a VP in the act.
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Re:Forgotten Employee (2002) by Andrenid on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @08:51AM (#6089664)
Yeah, even though I also can't remember/find the source, I remember reading ages ago that he admitted it as just a practice short story.
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Re:Forgotten Employee (2002) by FLUX-YOU on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @08:40PM (#6093847)
If memory serves (i read the original plus a mirror on github), this originated from the somethingawful forums.

I'll see if I still have those bookmarks at home and throw them in a website archivist.

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