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Retired teacher’s pension stopped as provider refuses to believe she is not dead (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] SpicyAnt@mander.xyz 83 points 11 months ago (12 children)

“In November I had received two letters from Teachers’ Pensions asking me euphemistically if I was dead,”

I am curious about how one euphemistically asks someone if they are dead. Any guess?

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

Is anybody there?
No.
Ok, that’s good. For a moment I thought there could be a could be a stabby knife murderer hiding in the closet.
Nope, there’s no one here.

You can guess how the story ends…

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