Man found dead in bar....

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Man found dead at Marietta bar

From staff reports

A Marietta man was found dead early Wednesday in a Greene Street bar, but police don’t suspect foul play.

As a precaution, the body of Leonard W. Martin, 58, of 223 Greene St., was sent to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office for an autopsy.

“The death appears to be from natural causes,” said Marietta Police Capt. Jeff Waite.

Martin’s body was discovered about 1:30 a.m. by a patron at the Four Seasons Bar, 131 Greene St.

This is at the bottom of an article about someone being charged in an underage drinking case.

This is sad. A man goes into a bar, sits down, and no one notices he died until it was time to close. And, on top of that, he doesn't even get his own article in the paper, but rather a blurb at the bottom of another one.

Have we become so jaded that something like this doesn't shock or surprise anyone?

In response to Deni's question:

He sat there for hours before anyone noticed. If you click the link, you would notice that this happened on a Wednesday--not exactly a busy day for bars.

The news isn't that he died--but that NO ONE NOTICED.

http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/st...1200774531.asp

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Great. You guys prove my point about how we don't give a fuck about our fellow human beings.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Denicalis

I don't see how you can seriously think that every death should be front page news, Lekk. Thousands of people die from natural causes every day, and we're supposed to place all of them as serious news? How and why?

I never said he should get a fucking headline above the fold, now did I? What pisses me off is the whole "oh, by the way, before I forget to mention" attitude I get from the whole article--which is about sentencing someone for permitting minors to drink. The two are not even related--except for alcohol on premises.

Instead of doing that--a simple obituary would have been better.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Denicalis

First off, it was an oh-by-the way because somebody died in a bar of natural causes, and that doesn't happen every day. If he'd died in the parking lot, you'd never of heard of it. The minors drinking is breaking a law, this is just some dude who had a heart attack in his chair and went quietly. That isn't news. At all.

So why put it there? The two aren't even related.

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Secondly, you know how you get an obit? Your family pays for one. You don't just get one when you die. The paper would be 100 pages long. Christ, I'm left wing, and you bleeding hearts are making me ill with your lack of logic.

Duh.

The news isn't that he died--but that he spent 5 hours in the bar and no one noticed. NO ONE. Actually, I take that back--yes, it is news that someone died of natural causes in that bar--instead of in a fight.

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Originally Posted by munchkin13

It is news, maybe not the death of the man as such, it is no big shock as death happens all the time, but it kind of reflects on the staff who were working that night and staff in general, who don't seem to pay attention to their customers.

THANK YOU for figuring out what I'm talking about.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Leonard was a friendly guy. And, to be honest, the way this bar is set up--you can't miss anything.

So, it's not just the staff--but the people who were there, too.

No one noticed that this man never went to the bathroom in 5 hours?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Go to hell, Deni. Yes, I notice people getting up all the time. I tend to sit there and LOOK at people. It's what I do. It's what I've always done. And the bathroom line was a joke.

For Christ's sake, if you don't look around the bar, you never know who is walking towards you, near you, or whatever. The phrase "excuse me" can start a fight because the other person is so drunk that they don't understand you.

So, you tell me to get a fucking grip. Get a fucking clue, and leave me alone.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Wojo

Hopefully you aren't looking at me when I'm going to the bathroom, creep.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

You know what I mean.

FELIPE NO

I give up.

I'm sorry I'm one of these people who thinks its a shame that we're so focused on ourselves that we ignore what's around us.

Sorry, Blah.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?