Fun with Elevators

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A Chinese food delivery man was found trapped in a broken elevator Tuesday, more than three days after he was reported missing, police said.

Ming Kung Chen, 35, who worked for the Happy Dragon restaurant in the Bronx, was reported missing late Friday when he did not return an hour after setting out on a delivery.

Police said he was found about 6 a.m. on Tuesday and was hospitalized with dehydration.

Police were unable to question him immediately because he did not speak English.

Newspapers had reported the Chinese community feared that Chen, who is from Fuzhou province in China, might have been a victim of robbery or foul play by immigrant smugglers.

The question I have is - were the restaurant workers incredibly stupid or were the NYPD totally inept? How hard could it have possibly been to look up his last delivery address and check the elevator? I should change careers and become a detective.

P.S. I'm guessing he was probably hospitalized with dehydration because he got hungry and ate his own MSG-laden food.