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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:41 PM Dec 2012

Employee Issued 5 Page Reprimand for Farting at Work [View all]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/22/federal-employee-issues-reprimand-flatulence_n_2352022.html?utm_hp_ref=business

A Social Security Administration employee was formally reprimanded earlier this month for for excessive workplace flatulence, according to a Dec. 10 letter obtained by The Smoking Gun.

The 38-year-old, who worked out of a Baltimore office, was hit with a five-page letter detailing the dates and times of his noxious offenses. The letter informed the worker that his “uncontrollable flatulence” created an “intolerable” and “hostile” environment for coworkers -- many of which had lodged complaints.

also other strange reasons for warning and fireings..in this article...


something to think about among our current glum news...interesting
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I wonder how they knew he was the culprit? BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #1
Right? Usually, whoever smelt it... targetpractice Dec 2012 #7
Silent, but repremandable... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #2
Arn't farts...kinda natural??? nothing new I might add...... Stuart G Jan 2013 #20
My husband has to sit next to a coworker who deliberately TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #3
...one of the joys of working from home! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2012 #4
Flatulence Deodorizer Pad for Jumping John Dec 2012 #5
does it have a sound barrier too? Hearing before seeing is like a shark fin in the water yurbud Jan 2013 #14
"Warning!!! Fart Range!!! No Open Flames!!!" n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #6
Dear Supervisor: He who smelt it dealt it meow2u3 Dec 2012 #8
Anyone else see the irony in this being from "The Smoking Gun"? n/t customerserviceguy Dec 2012 #9
OMG!! LeftofObama Dec 2012 #10
Are you a guy? Laffy Kat Jan 2017 #22
This is a keeper jsr Dec 2012 #11
Get him that fart pad libodem Dec 2012 #12
I have heard that this is why Americans are so obsessed with bathing: yurbud Jan 2013 #15
This is gross libodem Jan 2013 #17
I would have expected lard yurbud Jan 2013 #18
true libodem Jan 2013 #19
A five-page reprimand is just what's needed ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2012 #13
this would make a great DRAGNET skit: yurbud Jan 2013 #16
Now they have done it...The Feds have...backed off.on their gas against gas..see leatest news: Stuart G Jan 2013 #21
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