An SSA Employee was recently handed a 5 page written reprimanded for "conduct unbecoming of a federal officer" --- for farting. The written reprimand details over 60 occurrences over 17 days of the "unbecoming conduct" in the agency's Baltimore office.
The manager supposedly wrote in the reprimand, “I asked if you could make it to the restroom before releasing the awful
and unpleasant odor. I informed you that the smell
from your being flatulent disturbed your co-workers and disrupted the
work environment."
According to the employee, his flatulence was linked to medical conditions. He provided documents to his manager, who in turn said, "nothing that you have submitted has indicated that you would have
uncontrollable flatulence. It is my belief that you can control this
situation.”
Apparently the employee's flatulence issue was causing other employees to not want to help him with work. The employee offered to turn on a fan to help the stench, to which his manager said, "turning on the fan would cause the smell to spread and worsen the air quality in the module.”
The employee is being represented by his Union.
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