Man amputates his own foot to avoid work

[Lee]

An unemployed Austrian man has sawed off his left foot, apparently to avoid being found fit enough to go back to work.

Police said the "desperate" 56-year-old man deliberately sliced it off above the ankle with a mechanical saw and threw it into an oven.The man, from Mitterlabill in southern Austria, then hobbled into his garage and called an ambulance.He sliced his foot off just a few hours before he was due to have a health check with the labour department on whether he was fit to work, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported.When police arrived, the man was still conscious but had lost a lot of blood, local police chief Franz Fasching said.Emergency services "looked in the oven and were able to recover the foot," Mr Fasching said."The foot was taken the hospital but it was so badly burned that it cannot be sewn back on."

The man was flown to hospital in Graz, where he was said to be in a stable condition

Source:http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16196733

The things some people will do, they say he was desperate though so I wonder why...

[Jazz]

wow how stupid..

[Chris]

What the hell? I've heard people go to extreme measures to avoid work, but this takes it to the next level. 0_0

[Lee]

ikr, makes you think that maybe there was something else going on at work which he couldn't take anymore...

[Paige.]

omg this makes me sick i physically couldn't do that...

[Chris]

ikr, makes you think that maybe there was something else going on at work which he couldn't take anymore...

Either he has mental issues or he's just plain lazy. Either way, why lose a foot over work? :|

[MotorStefan95]

Why would you cut your foot off just so that you don't have to work? I would rather work and get paid than cut off my foot.

There must have been something seriously wrong with this man or maybe it was something at work that he couldn't take anymore.

[cocaine]

ikr, makes you think that maybe there was something else going on at work which he couldn't take anymore...

There must have been something seriously wrong with this man or maybe it was something at work that he couldn't take anymore.

you do realise he could have just changed jobs?
i'm suprised that this hasn't happened in britain yet.

[MotorStefan95]

you do realise he could have just changed jobs?
i'm suprised that this hasn't happened in britain yet.

Yeah, but some people don't think of easy things like that and believe that other options are the only way forward.
I also agree with your second statement. The amount of people not wanting to work makes you surprised that this hasn't happened here yet.

[Accipiter]

He was possessed