Social Security Administration: 'Passing gas' = 'hostile work environment'

[MisterCreosote]

The SSA officially reprimanded a guy in its Baltimore office because he couldn't (or wouldn't) stop farting at his desk, and the resulting odor created a "hostile work environment." The reprimand has been rescinded after it was posted on The Smoking Gun.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/01/10/management-backed-off-social-security-worker-after-flatulence-reprimand-went-public/

I wonder what this guy's octave range is ...

 

[Mark2010]

Well, fart on them, too. This sort of thing is a medical issue and more akin to, say, coughing or burbing than smoking.

 

[murphyc]

That stinks.
Hey, someone had to say it. ;D

 

[Bob Cook]

 

[Captain Obvious]

The guy better not be eating a massive burrito for lunch and then claim it's not his fault.