PeopleNews Sad Man: Warren

Warren Schmidt is a man without resources. He has no intellectual curiosity. May never have read a book for pleasure. Lives in a home "decorated" with sets of collector's items accumulated by his wife, each in the display case that came with the items.
On his retirement day, he is left with nothing but time on his empty hands. He has spent his entire life working at a job that could have been done by anybody or, apparently, nobody. He goes to the office to see if he can answer any questions that the new guy might have, but the new guy doesn't. In a lifetime of work, Warren Schmidt has not accumulated even one piece of information that is needed by his replacement.
Thoreau famously observed, The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
· Quiet desperation [TimesUnion]