Stanley didn't seem to be getting the message that The Narrator was trying to get across to him. Stanley also didn't seem too concerned with the fact that he was keeping his beautiful loving wife waiting at home.

Stanley it's your anniversary. Don't you want to go home to your wife? She's cooked your favorite.

You can't honestly tell me that you love pushing buttons more than you love your wife, do you?

Clearly, Stanley wasn't feeling well, and having some of his wife's INSERT FAVORITE FOOD HERE would help Stanley feel better.

Perhaps it was possible to work too hard, even when you're an expert at pushing buttons, like employee Four Two Seven was.