THE FART CONFLICT: Last fart at the Swedish national bank Hanne Dankertsen 29.08.03 10:42 Fart costs bank 100,000 dollars There is no more farting amongst the staff in the Swedish national bank. " We do not have a specific fart ban, but we have ethical guidelines and naturally, farting is simply not done here", said Staffan Folke at the bank's work environment office. Yesterday computer technician Göran Andervass told Aftonbladet how he was exposed to a colleague's farting when working for the national bank. The incident accelerated into a serious work conflict. Andervass was fired, took legal action and finally received NOK 850,000 compensation from the bank. The fart was indeed the start of the conflict and Andervass wrote in a statement to the court: "Provoked by a disgusting fart - a right stinker - at 7.30 am in my office". The farting colleague is not keen to talk at the moment and refuses giving any comments to why he walked into Andervass's office and farted, saying: "Staffan Folke will comment on behalf of the national bank on this matter". "But what do you have to say about the fart?" "I say that Staffan Folke has all details", he told Aftonbladet. Staffan Folke, who is responsible for the bank's work environment, claims he was not involved in the incident when Andervass was exposed to the fart. Folke points out that it is not acceptable for an officer of the Swedish national bank to run into a colleague's office to fart. [snip!] Krister Skoglund in the human resource department warns staff about farting too obviously near others: "If this happens on numerous occasions it will be perceived as a violation", he said. Even if only one single fart is in question, the leadership will react, according to Skoglund: "If it is done with bad intentions, that someone comes in to an office and does something like this, the boss needs to take action. That is important. Then a conversation with the person is needed, to explain to the member of staff that we do not do such things here", he said. ---- And THEY think American's are weird? --Orson
Moral = if one must fart, fart in Norway: "PRICE CUTS: Cheaper gas as of today 05.09.03 12:20 The price of gas is on it's way down again in Norway...."
See, except for the wee little LBK, the Lutherans in Sweden are the liberal type, so this is what happens. Serious gutbucket Lutherans don't mind an honest fart. Es war einmal...when the local princeling-thug was over for dinner at Doc Martin's, and the meal was wineding down, and Doc Martin was apparently imitating a couth person, Katharina (Mrs Doc) asked, "Why aren't you burping and farting, Martin? Was something wrong with the dinner?" This is most certainly true.
According to an article once published by the United Auto Workers Union in 1998, a Ford assembly line worker was suspended for three days without pay for farting in a car on the assembly line. His supervisor immediately reported him to the shift manager and the employee was sent home. A grievance was filed by the worker several days later. The union claimed that it was in the worker's best interest to release his gas in the car. Otherwise the line worker would have had to leave the assembly line to do his "business" elsewhere and ther result would be "5 minutes of lost time". The grievance was eventually dismissed and the company's management decided to pay the worker for the three days of lost wages. A few weeks after the decision a banner was placed in the men's washroom that read: *Beans, Beans are good for your heart *The More you eat, the more you fart *The more you fart, the more your boss will whiff *So eat your beans before your next shift
