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Posted: 12/21/2012 2:07:41 PM EDT

Formal Reprimand Issued To Flatulent Federal Worker

DECEMBER 21--A federal employee was formally reprimanded this month for excessive workplace flatulence, a sanction that was delivered to him in a five-page letter that actually included a log of representative dates and times when he was recorded "releasing the awful and unpleasant odor” in his Baltimore office.

In a December 10 letter accusing him of "conduct unbecoming a federal officer,” the Social Security Administration employee was informed that

his "uncontrollable flatulence” had created an "intolerable” and "hostile” environment for coworkers, several of whom have lodged complaints with supervisors.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/coworkers-attacked-by-gas-645132

Yep, that's a pic of him with Pepe LePew.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:09:16 PM EDT

[#1]

shocking that he is fat.

Your avatar is appropriate here.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:09:51 PM EDT

[#2]

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:14:26 PM EDT

[#3]

Why...he looks like he is full of farts.

Good reprimand.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:14:47 PM EDT

[#4]

It seems that he was working in the right agency for that, a Social Security office. He should fit right in with all the old farts they deal with...

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:18:31 PM EDT

[#5]

Member Name

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:19:00 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:

shocking that he is fat.

Your avatar is appropriate here.

That isn't fat. That is beyond obese.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:21:35 PM EDT

[#7]

There is something I would turn over to the union

, of course his socialist brothers are swapping the letter around laughing at him

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:24:10 PM EDT

[#8]

FED ->

<-non FED

Ban Farts,; "It's For The Children".

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:26:43 PM EDT

[#9]

You mean he wasn't promoted?

Shocking.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:26:55 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
shocking that he is fat.

Your avatar is appropriate here.

That isn't fat. That is beyond obese.

Obesity is sometimes considered a disability, However, IT IS NOT protected under the ADA

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:30:30 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:

shocking that he is fat.

Your avatar is appropriate here.

That isn't fat. That is beyond obese.

Obesity is sometimes considered a disability, However, IT IS NOT protected under the ADA

That letter doesn't protect that guy.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:34:43 PM EDT

[#12]

Hilarious.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:35:28 PM EDT

[#13]

A fat and flatulent Federal administrator. Sounds about right.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:35:42 PM EDT

[#14]

The big question is were these farts silent? Or was he proud and loud to let them rip?

Good photo too, there is no way anyone would recognize him from the blurred feces.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:37:48 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

The big question is were these farts silent? Or was he proud and loud to let them rip?

Good photo too, there is no way anyone would recognize him from the blurred feces.

What you did there.........I see it.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:38:58 PM EDT

[#16]

He's going to bring in a doctor's note, ask for an ADA accommodation and they're going to grant it to him.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:40:00 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

Quoted:
shocking that he is fat.

Your avatar is appropriate here.

That isn't fat. That is beyond obese.

Obesity is sometimes considered a disability, However, IT IS NOT protected under the ADA

That letter doesn't protect that guy.

That's a guy that his boss has been trying to fire for a while.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:41:41 PM EDT

[#18]

I think I would die of embarrassment......or asphyxiation from uncontrollable laughter

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:46:34 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:

shocking that he is fat.

Your avatar is appropriate here.

That isn't fat. That is beyond obese.

Obesity is sometimes considered a disability, However, IT IS NOT protected under the ADA

That letter doesn't protect that guy.

That's a guy that his boss has been trying to fire for a while.

Its not the letter protecting him.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:48:36 PM EDT

[#20]

I used to fly with a Flight Engineer who would go out of his way to eat foods that made him gassy. People got so tired of him stinkin' up the flight deck that the squadron commander told him either knock it off or he would never fly again.

Posted: 12/21/2012 2:59:27 PM EDT

[#21]

He appears to be quite proud of being unpleasant as evidenced by getting a picture taken with PePeLePew, really? who does that so proudly?

Farts are airborne bacteria - most are normal bodily function, but this guy seems to get off on exerting his disgusting stink on others. I guarantee he's a registered democrat.

Posted: 12/21/2012 7:03:56 PM EDT

[#22]

I had a CO who banned burping and farting in the headquarters building.

Posted: 12/21/2012 7:08:06 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
There is something I would turn over to the union

, of course his socialist brothers are swapping the letter around laughing at him

Not to mention it was his socialist brothers that got him written up.

Posted: 12/21/2012 7:08:09 PM EDT

[#24]

It might lead to global climate change!

Posted: 12/21/2012 7:13:10 PM EDT

[#25]

"Formal Reprimand Issued To Flatulent Federal Worker"

Stay tuned. He will probably claim to be a, "citizen with a disability", and sue the Gov. for a million dollars and happily retire. Oh, and in the mean time he will be, "suspended with pay". Only people who work for the taxpayer get suspended with pay. Why is that?

Posted: 12/21/2012 7:14:48 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Posted: 12/21/2012 7:15:23 PM EDT

[#27]

We should elect him to congress just so the other politicians have to sit next to him.

Posted: 12/21/2012 7:22:07 PM EDT

[#28]

Shitty.

Posted: 12/21/2012 7:25:36 PM EDT

[#29]

I swear to you it wasn't me.

Posted: 12/21/2012 7:32:32 PM EDT

[#30]

All he has to do is visit a physician and get him to write out an explanation that's it's an involuntary medical condition. Then he will have the blessings of being a member of a protected class.

Posted: 12/22/2012 12:34:22 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
Obesity is sometimes considered a disability, However, IT IS NOT protected under the ADA

But I believe IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) is protected under ADA. I would have written a response claiming IBS discrimination, gotten everyone who complained fired, taken a large cash settlement, then retired on permanent disability. FSA FTMFW!!!

Posted: 12/22/2012 12:48:36 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
All he has to do is visit a physician and get him to write out an explanation that's it's an involuntary medical condition. Then he will have the blessings of being a member of a protected class.

Yep, and as another posted said...Lawsuit

Posted: 12/22/2012 1:52:41 PM EDT

[#33]

Funny- yet sad.

Posted: 1/11/2013 12:49:08 PM EDT

[#34]

Reprimand rescinded!

http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2013/01/11/16465654-flatulent-federal-workers-reprimand-is-rescinded?lite

It sounds like a "Dilbert" cartoon come to life, but the Social Security Administration has taken back a reprimand it gave to an employee who was written up for "passing gas and releasing an unpleasant odor" that created a "hostile work environment."

Posted: 1/11/2013 12:54:10 PM EDT

[#35]

Depending on what my schedule looks like, I sometimes plan my diet around these so-called "gassy" foods, myself. If I know I gotta get a lotta shit done on any particular day, I keep my personal workplace so hostile that nobody bothers me all fucking day...