Scarborough woman wants answers after being told she is dead

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68818509

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22 Comments

  1. “Ah, yes, you need to go and have a chat with our specialist. Down the hall to the right – chap with the scythe, you can’t miss him.”

  2. Express-Doughnut-562 on

    >”I need to find out why it happened, how and by whom,” she said.
    “And that person, whoever has pressed a button, shouldn’t be working wherever they are.”

    I mean look, you’ve been mildly inconvenienced I get that and by all means they should investigate the system failure that allowed this to happen…but to call for someone to be sacked? Get a grip.

  3. Lower_Possession_697 on

    “Oh sorry Mrs Johnson, it looks like someone made a mistake on your records. It should just say that you’re *brain*-dead.”

  4. >Husband Bob was “angry” when he heard what had happened and took Mrs Johnson for a coffee to calm her nerves, she said.

    God, I would’ve loved to have heard that conversation..

    _Am I dead Bob? You would tell me if I was wouldn’t you?_
    _Yes dear, drink your coffee_
    _Would i know if I was?_

    Glad they got it all sorted out though, it’s a funny story to tell in the future at least.

  5. KoffieCreamer on

    She wants the person fired? Get a life, mistakes happen. People like this is just desperate to get a big payout for being mildly messed about. Most people would laugh this off. Stupid woman

  6. I’ve lived in Scarborough, some of the residents could pass as dead easily enough.

  7. I don’t know what I was expecting of the afterlife, but I definitely wasn’t expecting it to look like Scarborough.

  8. Afriendlywoodpecker on

    If someone promised me I was dead and it still felt like living, I’d be pissed too

  9. holdingoutforafearow on

    Surprisingly easy mistake to make on the GP admin side.
    You get a list of patients who need to be removed from your system, which you have to deal with one by one. You press the deduct button, then are given an option for left or one for died, both next to each other and if you click the wrong one it’s really easy to press OK on the next screen by muscle memory.
    No “you didn’t enter a cause of death” warning box, poof, gone, that’s it. Probably a beleaguered, underpaid admin doing their 100th pointless deduction whilst also being screamed at for a decision made by a partner earning four times their salary. Annoying situation for the patient certainly, but a bit of understanding please

  10. DeadZone2021 on

    At the beginning, I was just thinking I wouldn’t even know how to break that news to someone, and then came “Ooh you’re dead”.

    I’m not sure “I’m dead” is an appropriate expression for how amused I am (even though I shouldn’t be).

  11. She could be like the rock star in the restaurant at the end of the universe who is spending a year dead for tax purposes

  12. Thin-Cut5637 on

    Someone probably took her identity, took our life insurance in her name.

    The fraudster would assign themselves (or some other fake identity) as the beneficiary, and then faked her the death, and got the money.

  13. Don’t worry. Rishi will have you back to work in the afterlife in no time.

  14. GrandOldFarty on

    When I die, I will be saying the exact same thing to whomever is in charge. “I want some bloody answers.”