Employee to Boss: “You stink!” Literally.

And you thought that the perfume your coworker wears was bad.

According to an article in the New York Post (which is clearly the bastion for journalistic integrity), a former employee of the Jewish Theological Seminary is suing her boss over flatulence, at least according to the title of the article, “Unholy ‘gasbag’ boss sued for reeking havoc.”

Of course, if you actually read the article, it turns out the lawsuit is because the 67-year-old employee was fired after her boss sent out a mass e-mail saying that Baby Boomers should retire because they create a “bottleneck in the work world. The frustration this poses for the young and talented should be obvious.”

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So the former employee is suing because she feels she was discriminated against because of her age. What the fact that the boss farts a lot has to do with anything, I don’t know.

Actually, I do. I bet the former employee is just taking out all her anger and listing all her possible grievances.

Now, we all know age discrimination is wrong. I’m not out to debate that.

What I find amusing is the claim that the boss stinks. Literally.

I’m sure as HR managers, you are called in to moderate a lot of bouts between employees, or listen as they air grievances. What do you do when someone brings something like this to your attention? Do you talk to the employee about it, or do you tell the complainer to just ignore it?

Anyway, let’s see who can top everyone.

What is the best/funniest/strangest thing that an employee has brought to your attention?

Because, no matter how much we kid ourselves, no one has really grown up since high school.