When the work place stinks...

Seriously.  

When the workplace stinks because of a co-worker's flatulence, what WOULD you do?  When I read this article on HRM Asia, I could not help but laugh aloud.  This guy who has what he claims to be a lactose intolerance, giving off gas in his work place?  Could he not just run down to the men's room before the release of noxious gas that irritated his co-workers no end?

To think that his co-workers had become infuriated with the flatulence problem, even to the extent of making a log of the date and time of the noxious gas release was really funny.  You would have imagined that it posed a health hazard to his co-workers.

So the question is: what would you do if you had a co-worker who has a gastrointestinal problem which results in him or her releasing gas in the work place? Would you complain to your supervisor or HR manager?

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