12/16/2008

I was just drinking with a few executives of a major Japanese bank last night, I asked them, “What ever happened to retirement parties?”
In the past I would attend many such parties during the year but for the past couple years, most Japanese retirements have been early and forced and the tossers in management don’t seem to want to “participate” for some reason.

Man thrown into air at retirement party dies after colleagues fail to catch him
Mainichi Japan–December 16, 2008
KUSATSU, Shiga — A 60-year-old man who was thrown into the air in celebration at a farewell party for his retirement died after his colleagues failed to catch him and he landed on the floor...more...

Photo thanks to DannyChoo.