# Bye Celia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988 "2001-07-18T23:23:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/1 "2001-07-18T23:23:13Z")
At work I sit next to a nice older woman named Celia. When I saw her this morning, she was her usual happy self, wishing me a good morning and offering me a cookie to go with my coffee. She always offers, I always decline. She always teases me that if I took a cookie, I might not look so grumpy anymore. 🙂 Right before my lunch break, I saw her get up and I just kinda figured she was going the bathroom or something. She never came back. She had a heart attack and died, just like that… From what I heard, she was washing her hands and just collapsed. There were other women in the bathroom, and they called for help. One of the guys is a volunteer EMT, and he tried his best to help her, but she was gone. I feel just awful. It was so weird looking over at her desk…the framed, smiling faces of her grandchildren, the alway-full candy dish… You were a good woman, Celia. We’ll all miss you. And I promise to keep the candy dish full for you. Love, Rose ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/2 "2001-07-18T23:46:26Z")
☹ Sorry to hear that, **Blu**. Sounds like a great coworker, and a friend. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/3 "2001-07-18T23:58:56Z")
oh my. rose, i’m so sorry. at my office this happened to a coworker. unfortunately he was on the street on the way home for lunch when he collapsed. i understand the shock and absolute disbelief you are going through. keeping her candy dish full will be a great way to keep her memory alive. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/4 "2001-07-19T01:36:08Z")
She sounds like an absolutely lovely woman. I hope she didn’t suffer too much pain (and it sounds like it was too quick for her to suffer). Where I used to work, they sometimes offered grief counseling in situations like this. Maybe they will offer that where you work. My sympathy to you and your co-workers. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/5 "2001-07-20T04:24:25Z")
{{{{{Blue}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/6 "2001-07-20T05:45:30Z")
☹ {{{{{{Rose}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/7 "2001-07-20T06:02:35Z")
I’m sorry to hear that, **Wicked Blue**. She sounds like she was a wonderful person who will be missed by many people. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/8 "2001-07-20T06:10:17Z")
Now I want to cry.☹ Please accept this hug, as it is the only thing I can offer at the moment. {{{Blue}}} ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/9 "2001-07-20T07:49:51Z")
Oh, what an absolute sweetheart she sounds like. I’m so, so sorry Blue. ☹ (((Blue))) (((Celia’s family))) ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/10 "2001-07-20T11:00:01Z")
Thanks for the hugs everyone. I appreciate it. 🙂 The strangest thing happened yesterday… Now, I’ve been working there over a year, and every once in a while Oracle or Notes will go down, and we have to work on a paper back up system. Yesterday, not only did Oracle _and_ Notes go down, but we _also_ lost the phones for nearly two hours. No one knew what to do, we’d never lost the phones before. Hee, can’t do much work in a call center with no phones. 🙂 We all sat around talking, and we joked it was almost like Celia knew none of us felt much like working, so she gave us a break. Thanks, Celia 🙂 Rose ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-celia/72988/11 "2001-07-20T11:26:19Z")
Its the way things happen. No one ever leaves as long as they’re remembered.