Sad Sunday story...

"On the afternoon my mother died, she left work early. Her day as a computer programmer at Chase Manhattan Bank had skidded to an abrupt stop courtesy of a systemwide computer failure, and all employees got the afternoon off." ... Two Decembers: Loss and Redemption New York Times (registration required) January 29, 2006

"On the afternoon my mother died, she left work early. Her day as a computer programmer at Chase Manhattan Bank had skidded to an abrupt stop courtesy of a systemwide computer failure, and all employees got the afternoon off."

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Two Decembers: Loss and Redemption New York Times (registration required) January 29, 2006