An Australian Engineer Sued His Ex-Boss For Repeatedly Farting On Him
AAP/Ellen Smith/Herald SunDavid Hingst leaves Melbourne’s Court of Appeals in the midst of his fart bullying case.
In March, a Court of Appeal in Australia mulled over a peculiar case that involved an employee who claimed that his boss’ constant farting was a form of bullying. The court had to decide whether or not flatulence could indeed be considered harassment in the case of 56-year-old David Hingst, who quit his job at Construction Engineering because of the stinky treatment.
In his 2017 lawsuit against his former supervisor, Greg Short, the engineer accused Short of routinely farting on him throughout the week. Hingst referred to his alleged bully as “Mr. Stinky,” and said Short regularly “thrusted his bum” at him and passed gas.
“I would be sitting with my face to the wall and he would come into the room, which was small and had no windows,” explained Hingst. “He would fart behind me and walk away. He would do this five or six times a day.”
To counteract the attacks, Hingst said that he would spray aerosol deodorant at his bully. The suit, which also claimed Hingst received bullying phone calls from other coworkers, sought damages of 1.8 million Australian dollars or $1.28 million.
But every case has two sides and Short retorted that his alleged serial-farting was meant in a humorous way. Short alleged that he “may have done it once or twice, maybe,” and claimed it was not “with the intention of distressing or harassing” Hingst.
Whether the fart attacks were meant to be harmful or not, we’ll never know as the Court of Appeal ended up dismissing the case.
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