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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:41 PM

Stuart G (7,659 posts)

Employee Issued 5 Page Reprimand for Farting at Work

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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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21 replies	Author	Time	Post
Employee Issued 5 Page Reprimand for Farting at Work (Original post)	Stuart G	Dec 2012	OP
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
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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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:43 PM

BigDemVoter (732 posts)

1. I wonder how they knew he was the culprit?

And I also wonder about others who let out the "silent but deadly" ones that cannot be traced!

HOWEVER--disturbing in light of the recent reductions in rights of workers. . .

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:58 PM

targetpractice (2,529 posts)

7. Right? Usually, whoever smelt it...

...dealt it.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:44 PM

Cooley Hurd (20,632 posts)

2. Silent, but repremandable...

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Thu Jan 3, 2013, 03:16 PM

Stuart G (7,659 posts)

20. Arn't farts...kinda natural??? nothing new I might add......

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:45 PM

TwilightGardener (39,679 posts)

3. My husband has to sit next to a coworker who deliberately

farts and then giggles like a 12 year old about it. He claims he's lactose intolerant.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:52 PM

NRaleighLiberal (28,584 posts)

4. ...one of the joys of working from home!

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:53 PM

Jumping John (930 posts)

5. Flatulence Deodorizer Pad for

the culprit:

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/flat-d_2237_3537626

Product Description
The Premium - Flatulence Deodorizer Pad instantly neutralizes unpleasant gas odor without anyone knowing it.

The Premium is the same cloth pad as the regular reusable. However it is sewn all around the edges and has a polyester strip up the middle where you attach the tape.

The Premium Flatulance Deodorizer Pad is a thin pad (amazingly only 1/16 of an inch!) containing highly activated charcoal that is placed in your underwear (men or women) where it is held securely in place with a strip of double face tape which are provided. The pad is totally inconspicuous totally washable, and reusable (20 double- face tape strips included). With normal use you can use the pad for as long as three weeks or more!

Hey, isn’t it time to stop the release of unpleasant pungent gas odors? Our exclusive doctor recommended Premium pad instantly clears and sanitizes the air when gas is expelled… Without the tell-tale lingering odor that can instantly put you in a very awkward situation.

http://www.flat-d.com/flatdpremium.html

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Thu Jan 3, 2013, 09:03 AM

yurbud (31,396 posts)

14. does it have a sound barrier too? Hearing before seeing is like a shark fin in the water

the anticipation is probably worse than the actual bite.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:55 PM

RKP5637 (25,589 posts)

6. "Warning!!! Fart Range!!! No Open Flames!!!" n/t

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 03:17 PM

meow2u3 (13,860 posts)

8. Dear Supervisor: He who smelt it dealt it

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 03:46 PM

customerserviceguy (14,704 posts)

9. Anyone else see the irony in this being from "The Smoking Gun"? n/t

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 05:24 PM

LeftofObama (2,426 posts)

10. OMG!!

I wanna work there! I have always thought farts were hilarious, especially when they slip out unintentionally. They still make me laugh like a school kid.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 09:46 AM

jsr (3,497 posts)

11. This is a keeper

LOL

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Thu Dec 27, 2012, 02:04 PM

libodem (11,814 posts)

12. Get him that fart pad

And stifle that laughter. I have a weak stomach. I don't think I could take from a coworker what I have dealt with from doing direct patient care, on patients. I don't know why but it is different.

We had a smelly group working down in our industrial laundry. They were eastern European refugees. It is hot in the laundry and they did not use deodorant. When they would bring the clothing racks up to the floor, the hallways would reek of BO. It lingered. And OMG it was strong and wretch inducing.

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Thu Jan 3, 2013, 09:06 AM

yurbud (31,396 posts)

15. I have heard that this is why Americans are so obsessed with bathing:

all our different ethnicities eat different diets, and so our BO stands out to each other more.

Once an individual or group starts eating our typical American crap, they smell like us so we don't notice as much.

On a similar note, I worked with a bunch of college friends in a cannery in Alaska one summer, and we all bathed once a week (at most) and ate drank and pretty much bathed in salmon. A friend came up to visit us for a few days and said he almost fainted from our BO, but we all smelled fine to each other.

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Thu Jan 3, 2013, 12:05 PM

libodem (11,814 posts)

17. This is gross

But having done the amount of hands on custodial care, I've done, it was easier if you ate the same breakfast and lunch they did. So the smells were similar. Yes, gross.

I've heard we smell like butter.

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Thu Jan 3, 2013, 12:19 PM

yurbud (31,396 posts)

18. I would have expected lard

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Thu Jan 3, 2013, 01:29 PM

libodem (11,814 posts)

19. true

Animal fat.

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Thu Dec 27, 2012, 04:56 PM

JustABozoOnThisBus (9,915 posts)

13. A five-page reprimand is just what's needed ...

... to use as a fan, in certain situations.

Since the worker was an employee of the Social Security Administration, I'm sure he (or she) can get "uncontollable flatulence" recognized as a disability worthy of a pension.

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Thu Jan 3, 2013, 09:08 AM

yurbud (31,396 posts)

16. this would make a great DRAGNET skit:

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Fri Jan 11, 2013, 06:30 PM

Stuart G (7,659 posts)

21. Now they have done it...The Feds have...backed off.on their gas against gas..see leatest news:

Last edited Fri Jan 11, 2013, 06:34 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)

See for yourself...how can this be????See the latest news here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014365262

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