Man Saws Off Foot To Avoid Work In Austria

VIENNA (Reuters) - An unemployed Austrian man sawed his foot off, apparently to avoid being found fit to go back to work.

Hours before an appointment on Monday for the labor office to check on his health, the 56-year-old man held his left leg against an electric saw in his home workshop and severed his foot just above the ankle, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported.

Bleeding profusely, the man from the province of Styria then threw the foot into an oven, hobbled to his garage and called an ambulance. An emergency operation was unable to reattach the foot, ORF said.

(Reporting by Angelika Gruber; Writing by Michael Shields, editing by Paul Casciato)

Comments

[Eggo]

10:28 AM on 04/02/2012

He was so tired of looking for work that he really thought this time . . . He needed to get his foot in the door! To keep a job.

[wonderfullone]

12:53 AM on 03/30/2012

My only question is if the malingerer put salt and pepper on his foot before he threw it into the oven.

[giftoflife898]

01:12 AM on 03/29/2012

They must have great unemployment benefits.

[Dalek Exterminate]

08:14 PM on 04/02/2012

No, probably not....
But I can bet he got a good "severance" cheque....

[giftoflife898]

10:42 AM on 04/03/2012

LOL

[MediaWatchDawg]

10:39 PM on 03/28/2012

Confucius say man's amputation force government to foot the bill.

[Dalek Exterminate]

07:48 PM on 03/28/2012

Hmmmm......
Foot for thought....

[Vowel Movement]

04:51 PM on 03/28/2012

This incident metaphorically is sort of like what Obama does all of the time. The exception is that Obama sticks his foot in his mouth after cutting off his legs of all creditably.

[noahmarder]

03:21 AM on 03/29/2012

I'm no fan of Obama, but that was pretty weak.

[wonderfullone]

12:55 AM on 03/30/2012

I would say it was very lame.

[TeeSC]

01:41 PM on 03/28/2012

Jeez.

[evilbug72]

05:48 AM on 03/28/2012

With cooked foot is it red wine or white that goes with it?

[reader110]

03:09 PM on 03/28/2012

Red, obviously.

[oldwolf49]

05:45 AM on 03/28/2012

Idiot.

[thejoonya]

01:24 AM on 03/28/2012

I've come up with some lame excuses for missing work (like when each of my 6 grandmothers died.) I'd never have the cajones to go this far though. The guy committed. Gotta admire the dedication.

[rewith85man]

01:24 AM on 03/28/2012

At least he did not commit suicide. But, if there was a competition between he and me regarding the hatred of our job, he sure would had been the winner.

[atheistsunite]

11:51 PM on 03/27/2012

Okay.............but in the man's defense, the job that awaited him was to clean all the pidgeon crap off of the Arnold Swarzennegger statue. With his tongue!

[rewith85man]

01:25 AM on 03/28/2012

That would be a good job for the sickos out there.

[Odette Bardina]

07:21 PM on 03/27/2012

Does anyone realize this dude has a SERIOUS mental illness.....HOLY!
He needs to take long vacation to therapy land.

[booker52]

04:43 PM on 03/27/2012

Is this person going to collect for losing a foot or his mind?

[James Paul]

03:10 PM on 03/27/2012

Gosh--talk about having a don't-work-ethic!