A University of Pennsylvania professor died over the summer, but the university forgot to cancel his course. Students bought the books, showed up… and waited.
While waiting, they received an email from an administrator telling them their professor was dead.
They got the email while they were waiting in the classroom. Yup, they bought the books, showed up for class, and BAM, your Blackberry goes off with the news that the very guy you’re waiting for is dead and now you have the afternoon to go back to your dorm and think about your own mortality. That’s the worst part of this story — you can’t even go out and party after you get the news and be all, “Whoo-hoo class is canceled! Pack the bowl!” A guy actually died.
September 19th, 2011 at 9:38PM
Something more for Amy Gutmann to fix. You can’t make this stuff up.