MUScoop
MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: Not A Serious Person on March 29, 2019, 03:39:05 PM
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Pull my finger ...
Flatulence in the workplace is not a form of bullying
https://www.foxnews.com/world/flatulence-in-the-workplace-is-not-a-form-of-bullying-australian-appeals-court-rules
“He would fart behind me and walk away. He would do this five or six times a day,” Hingst said outside court.
Short said he doesn’t remember breaking wind in Hingst's office, “but I may have done it once or twice.”
But flatulence isn’t the only form of bullying alleged by Hingst, adding that Short was also abusive over the phone, used profane language and taunted him.
Rather than focusing on more recognized forms of bullying or harassment, the judges said that Hingst “put the issue of Mr. Short's flatulence to the forefront” of his bullying case.
The court found that Short didn’t bully or harass the employee, with Hingst failing to establish that his former employer had been negligent.
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In certain professions, it is an art form.
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Hehe. Someone in my office printed that article out yesterday and passed it around the offense. We were joking that it was only a matter of time until we would get a complaint like that
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Alpha move, I like it. Good for every manager to have this in their repertoire.