The retired claims adjuster succumbed to extreme ocular desiccation rather than concede visual dominance to a senior sales director.
Arthur Higgins, 71, died Tuesday at an Orlando Wyndham Destinations sales office after refusing to blink for 214 consecutive minutes during a high-pressure vacation ownership presentation. Higgins, a retired claims adjuster who held his subdivision's record for disputing a single Comcast surcharge across three fiscal quarters, reportedly locked eyes with a regional sales director at 9:15 a.m. and chose to let his corneas completely desiccate rather than concede visual dominance during a pitch for a Cabo San Lucas property.
He always taught the boys that the first man to hydrate, smile, or look away leaves the room with a $40,000 mortgage and a floating week in February.
He is survived by his wife, three adult children, and a set of complimentary theme park hopper passes he successfully secured prior to expiring. Services will be held Thursday; in lieu of flowers, the family asks that you firmly decline a free breakfast buffet.