# Missing Coworker, Part II **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741 "2003-06-18T17:16:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/141 "2003-06-19T00:45:03Z")
Well, I can’t go without saying: Luck on your trip Auntie Em, please come back to us. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/142 "2003-06-19T01:06:50Z")
From MC’s past weird-ass behavior, I really do think she thinks she can stroll back into her job and play “Miss Contrite, USA” for about five minutes, and then all will be just hunky-dory. I’m tellin’ ya…I _grew up with_ this person. (For folks late coming into this thread, not really, but she might as well be a clone of my idiot sister. Seriously.) Hell, mail her her check, with the termination notice and be shed of her. Of course, that would just ruin this thread, so feel free to ignore any advice in this post. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/143 "2003-06-19T02:12:51Z")
Have fun, **auntie em** , and be safe! And if MC comes back while you’re away, I will **scream**. Not at you, just in general. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/144 "2003-06-19T03:01:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > \*\*Auntie em = Halle Berry. > > It’s true! But Auntie makes better burgers (yeah, I’ve tried Halle’s. Prove me wrong!)\*\* It’s true, if you can accept my obviously unbiased opinion. Except, oh yeah, **auntie em** is BETTAH than Halle because _my_ fiancé has long hair. I can’t say much about the burger comparison, but since **em** makes a wonderful curry shrimp, I don’t care what kind of cooking (stop it!) Halle can do. (Of course, to be fair, I’m pretty sure I’ve never looked at Halle and thought, “Wow, Baby! You look like you can whip up a mean mussel stew with pineau des charentes!”) Looks thrown Halle’s way are normally instilled with thoughts of a different kind of cooking all together. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/145 "2003-06-19T04:40:51Z")
Hi all, I just discovered this thread about (20) hours ago and have been reading it non-stop… thanks to Auntie em for treating us with such a fascinating story! As for the story, I don’t think MC can neccessarily be regarded as “safe”. Although if she was receiving a wire transfer. then over physical danger is less likely, as someone holding a gun to her head would not be able to make it unnoticed inside a bank or a Western Union or wherever it was. However, it is not entirely impossible that there is a threat of force being used (by trucker guy, boyfriend, brother?), possibly against her, or possibly against someone else. Imagine trucker guy getting upset that she has this husband, and then kidnaps her, telling her that if she escaped, trucker guy would kill hubby? This part has me confused, as I’m not sure if trucker guy IS her husband. Anyway, MC could also be threatened by blackmail of some sort, or she could be on the run after witnessing something (too hollywood, i agree) or running away from trucker guy. Or maybe she is Kaiser Soze. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stranger\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@The\_Stranger\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stranger_1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/146 "2003-06-19T04:42:34Z")
Damn, now I am staying up late reading this thread… Hi **Salem**! ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/147 "2003-06-19T05:10:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by koeeoaddi \* > \*\* > Tongue Lady - Piper Laurie > \*\* That’s exactly who I pictured in the part, too! ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/148 "2003-06-19T06:04:59Z")
How have I missed this until now? Dammit, I’m supposed to be working on my thesis, and instead I’ve been spending way too long reading this! I hope MC’s all right, but I also really, really hope that if she’s crazy enough to think she still has a job after all this, **auntie em** gets to be there to witness the fireworks when she shows up. (I hope that sentence made sense) ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/149 "2003-06-19T06:30:24Z")
> [@](#): > > How have I missed this until now? Dammit, I’m supposed to be working on my thesis, and instead I’ve been spending way too long reading this! My thoughts exactly. And I won’t have reliable access to a computer for at least a few days after I’m done fooling around here tonight! The frustration! Oh, the humanity!! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/150 "2003-06-19T07:21:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Windwalker \* > \*\*This part has me confused, as I’m not sure if trucker guy IS her husband. \*\* Yes, he’s the guy she supposedly married. Emphasis on “supposedly”. ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/151 "2003-06-19T12:14:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*Yes, he’s the guy she supposedly married. Emphasis on “supposedly”. \*\* Too right **Rilchiam**. Everyone’s just taking it for granted that what she told Friend is true and that she did get married. I definitely think that anything MC says can be safely taken with a large grain of salt! Also I have to agree with the person who said that the phone call she made for money to be wired could have been made by someone being held to ransom!:eek: (Sorry I can’t remember who said it and no time to look back through posts - need to get this out before it becomes redundant) BTW I couldn’t believe it when I arrived into work this morning - loads of new posts, then a new THREAD with NEWS and 3 pages!!! - Godd\*mn time zone differences! Oh well… And as for cliffhangers - noooooo I’ll be away from Saturday till Tuesday and will probably miss all the action ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/152 "2003-06-19T12:30:05Z")
Well, keep in mind, guys, that **auntie em** has about as much information as she’s probably going to get for now. Unless her missing co-worker actually comes back in to the office, surfaces as a homocide statistic, or another friend/acquaintance of hers pops up with either new anecdotal of verfiable information about MC’s whereabouts, the updates will be pretty much slim to none. Keep in mind that, if it is a case of possible foul play, these investigations can take a long while with no new information coming along for great lengths of time. Also, if the evidence leads the police to believe MC is off galavanting around the world on her own volition, they’ll probably just push the disappearance to the side and work on more important matters; after all, MC is a grown (if not nutty) adult who doesn’t, realistically, have to report in to anyone. Co-workers and family members’ concerns aside, obviously. Which isn’t to say that **em** won’t be back in this thread after this weekend to fill you in on, well, anything that may have happened, but unless MC shows back up, **auntie em** will have nothing to give you. You’ll find yourself starving again. 😉 (Especially since **auntie em** doesn’t have internet access on the weekend.) I know, I know: I’m a downer. But _someone’s_ got to play “Bad Cop” in this thing. And **auntie em** ’s too cute for that role. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/153 "2003-06-19T12:38:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by koeeoaddi \* > \*\*Okay then **Watcher**. > > Concerned Friend - Aida Turturro > Daughter - Janeane Garofalo > Blackjack Dealer - Robert DiNiro in a cameo > > er, > Tongue Lady - Piper Laurie > Elmer (_Elmer_?) - Don Knotts \*\* Wow - Just catching up on the thread, and I just had to say that I too cast Piper Laurie as the Tongue Lady in my head. Unbelievable - must be the Twin Peaksishness of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/154 "2003-06-19T12:43:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gary T \* > \*\*When people call to have money wired to them, there’s usually a sense of urgency and despair involved. When they call maybe sounding kinda funny and don’t say where they are and don’t call back like they said, it suggests the call was made under duress. One possibility is duress caused by a jerk standing next to them with a loaded pistol. > > This could be a relatively benign situation, but I sure see lots of red flags. \*\* That was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/155 "2003-06-19T13:11:56Z")
And now we enter the quiet time. No news. No Hope Only silence. Can the loyal Dopers survive the information starvation? Without Auntie EM to feed our souls with her saga of love, loss, and insanity how shall we go on? How many Dopers will fight the urge to fly to Kansas and harass all truckers they see _"Where IS SHE, WHERE IS OUR MISSING CO-WORKER!)_ shall be they rally call. Shall they flock in by the droves, swarming the countryside like locusts? Will any minister be safe from their wraith? Will Non-profits bar their doors? only time shall tell But whatever the outcome, the MonkeyMule, the Teller of tales shall gallop around the camp fire spreading the word, all will know the saga of Auntie Em, and the Missing Coworker ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/156 "2003-06-19T13:24:35Z")
I’ve opened a related thread: [Held hostage: what do you do?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=191902) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/157 "2003-06-19T13:26:02Z")
Prison Marriage? Same-sex marriage? Joined a cult? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/158 "2003-06-19T13:31:03Z")
I miss **auntie em**. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/159 "2003-06-19T13:47:26Z")
Sheesh, I had to work yesterday, I missed all the news when it was happening. Now I have to wait until Monday??? I am going to spend all weekend wondering about MC. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741/160 "2003-06-19T13:55:36Z")
Have we cast the role of the cancer-smelling coworker? I’d choose the guy who played Cliff from _Cheers_. Is there another part for Norm? The two of them could sit around the office throwing out wild theories (in other words, they would be the SDMB surrogates). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-coworker-part-ii/182741.md?page=9)