Short scary stories

Appointment with death

Once there was a man in his fifth year as an accountant. One morning the man went to fax some documents (even though it was 2013, and who the hell still faxes?) when he saw the Grim Reaper... Death himself! As the man stood there, Death beckoned to him.

The man was so terrified that he ran all the way back to his desk (which wasn't that far away, but when you have to walk back and forth to the machine all day it adds up).

"I must escape Death," he thought. So he took one of his five vacation days and drove out into the country.

It seemed to have worked because Death did not come for him.

But a few days later the man was copying the contents of one excel sheet and pasting them into another (but in a slightly different orientation) when he once again saw Death.

Steeling himself, the man yelled at Death, "Have you come for me?"

"Hmmm, what?" said Death.

"Are you here to take me?" the man asked.

"Oh. Oh, no," said Death.

"Oh," said the man, "then why are you here."

"I just like to come around every once in a while," said Death, "You know just to see what you're up to. Looks like Excel. Cool stuff."

"Not really," said the man.

"Oh," said Death, "I just assumed that you enjoyed it, since this is not the kind of work people will remember you for."

"No," said the man.

"So I just figured you must be doing something you enjoy, otherwise all this work feels like a bit of a waste," continued Death.

"Ah," said the man.

"Aaaanywho," said Death, "I better get going. But I'll be back every once in a while just to remind you that everyone eventually dies, and make you question whether the thing you're doing now is REALLY important. Y'know, In the grand scheme of things."

"Oh," said the man.

"See you later!" said Death.

AND HE DID SEE HIM LATER! MANY TIMES!