I guess people with bad gas are a protected class now? Good to know.
I mean⌠I feel for the dude, I do. But he worked for a meat wholesalerâŚ
Iâm not sure that someone with âuncontrollable diarrheaâ should be working around case lots of meat⌠thats how we get health code violations.
And no, I donât know where he should work, this is why you guys need comprehensive health care and social safety nets.
I do. He should be a janitor and just stay there in the bathroom, cleaning up after himself and others.
Judge hasnât ruled yet, but donât let that stop you from ridiculing the very idea of accommodating the disabled.
Scene - Middle School Science class. Substitute teacher. Kid name Hogue was notorious for farting all the time and thinking it hilarious.
Teacher: What are we going to do with you, Hogue?
Me: Stick a Magic Mushroom up his ass!
Class: haha
Explanation for the young people.
Magic Mushrooms were this mushroom shaped air freshener similar to the Glade Renuzit.
Also on a serious note, they do make a charcoal filter underwear that supposedly works well.
A producer buddy of mine had a love for a particular sushi joint for lunch, but suffered terrible gas afterward. He was given a charcoal seat cushion for his office that seems to have changed his life.
I once âquitâ a job like that, too. One of my old employers fired people the passive-aggressive way, by giving you two options: quit honorably and be given a nice little goodbye party, or be demoted to a humiliating menial position and suffer.
Thereâs âaccommodating the disabledâ then thereâs âthe entire office literally smells like shit every dayâ. Especially at a food company! If I had to work next to him Iâd be filing a complaint or quitting too. The charcoal filters sound like a great idea.
Oh I absolutely agree. I donât think the ADA applies in this case - IANAL. But I donât like the way conservatives trot out the old har-de-har when the rights of the disabled are at stake. See also: every other minority.
jeez guys, all this odor shaming.
Yeah, geez, doesnât he know that the ADA is for people with respectable, traditional disabilities? Get out of here with your stupid âtummy problems.â Take those âautismâ and âdepressionâ and âPTSDâ people with you. Come back when youâve got a nice, dignified wheelchair.
More seriously, the ADA requirement is âreasonable accommodation,â and itâs not clear from the article that any of the parties involved sought that. A quick google suggests that there are various options (pills, deodorizing padsâŚ) available to deal with serious fart odor, and IMHO both the boss and the employee had a responsibility to investigate those. If the employee refused to trouble himself, and the boss refused to suggest solutions, theyâre both at fault.
Now, if they actually tried all of those things and none of them worked, I would have to agree that he was beyond âreasonable accommodation.â I think the classic example is that a small bar with narrow table spacing is not required to reduce their seat count to accommodate a waitress in a wheelchair.
Itâs George Lucas, right?
Despite my flippant original response, I 100% agree with you. We also obviously donât have all the facts with regard to this situation.
On the other hand with a title like âMan fired for farting too much?â are you expecting nuanced and informed commentary?
Why is his wife the one who is suing? Something about this doesnât smell right.
I see what you did there.
You must be a odor justice warrior.
I think he should work as a circus elephant dung catcher. Because he could blame all his maladies on the elephants.
Or he could drive the honey wagon! (Be a septic tank pump truck driver.)
I waitress in a wheelchair? HA.
Thatâs like having a blind barber
or a deaf piano tuner.
