David Hingst is an
engineer from Australia. He had a serious problem in his workplace.
Hingst had a supervisor who would fart around him up to six times a
day. He had a name for his supervisor, Hingst called him Mr. Stinky.
He probably believed his supervisor had total control of his
flatulence and would only release his internal gas pressure around
him. Hingst felt he was being bulled by enduring so many supervisor
farts every day. The Australian court ruled this was not the case.
I now believe the American court system may be the second craziest
court system in the world.
Here are some excerpts
from the story with my valuable insights are in italics.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)
— An Australian appeals court on Friday dismissed a bullying case
brought by an engineer who accused his former supervisor of
repeatedly breaking wind toward him. The Victoria state Court of
Appeal upheld a Supreme Court judge’s ruling that even if engineer
David Hingst’s allegations were true, flatulence did not
necessarily constitute bullying.
Can you imagine going
to discuss this case with an attorney?
“Do you feel your
supervisor is unfairly using their position of authority over you?”
“Yes.”
“Is it sexual
harassment?”
“No, I'm being
bullied by my supervisor”
“How so?
“Well, he farts
around me all the time. He usually farts around me up to half a
dozen times a day. My work is suffering due to lack of oxygen. The
live plants on my desk have all died and even the plastic ones aren't
doing too good.”
The attorney rolls his
eyes and sighs.
“Can you pay for our
legal services?”
“Money is not an
issue.?
The attorney smiles and
becomes energetic
“Why, we'll sue that
flatulent bully of a supervisor. He can't stink up an office, damage
plastic plants with his stench and get away with it. He's going to
pay for those farts.”
Hingst said he would take
his case to the High Court, Australia’s final court of appeal.
The 56-year-old is seeking
1.8 million Australian dollars ($1.3 million) damages from his former
Melbourne employer, Construction Engineering.
He wanted a court to
award him $1.3 million for dealing with a farting supervisor? I
guess there is gold in them there farts. Who knew?
The appeal judges found
Hingst “put the issue of Mr. Short’s flatulence to the forefront”
of his bullying case, arguing that “flatulence constituted
assaults.”
The court found that Short
did not bully or harass Hingst. Hingst had failed to establish that
Construction Engineering had been negligent.
(Sarcasm Alert)
This guy Hingst tried
to make the case that he was assaulted by farts?
“Did he touch you?”
“No.”
“Did he hit you with
an object?”
“No.”
“Did he threaten you
with a weapon of some kind?”
“No.”
“How exactly did he
assault you?”
“He, he, he farted at
least half a dozen times around me daily. The stench was so awful, I
felt light-headed and nauseated. It was worse than listening to a
song sung by Yoko Ono.”
“We'll arrest that
flatulent jerk. He can't assault our citizens with his rogue
farting.”
He argues he was bullied
in the workplace until his job was terminated.
Construction Engineering
argued his job was terminated because of a downturn in construction
work due to the global financial crisis.
I can just imagine
filling out forms for unemployment.
Question: What was the
reason you were let go from your company?
Answer: I had a
flatulent supervisor who bullied me with his farts.
I suppose it is good
that Hingst didn't try to get workman's compensation for having a
condition called “Flatulent Sensitivity Syndrome” (FSS). I know
there is no such thing, but I'm sure it may be just a matter of time
before FSS is considered a real condition that prevents people from
having a job.
The world is a crazy
place.
Here is a link to the story.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/farting-bullying-court-work-australia-verdict-damages-a8844971.html
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