Passing Gas In Your Cubicle - Etiquette & Behavior

[Newell Steamer]

My thinking is as follows; it's my cubicle. I can fart any damn well time I please.

And, if you seem to be walking towards my cubicle and then hover over me, I will warn you.

I figure, it is a small space - pretty damn close quarters and you shouldn't really be in that space. Therefore, no reason to hold back.

WHAT SAY YOU!?






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[lozina]

It is never appropriate to pass your gas in confined public places.

 

[Slew Foot]

I find the OPs name hilariously appropriate

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Get up, walk to coffee/break area, fart there instead. It keeps your cubicle nicer and increases company productivity by forcing people away from the goof-off zones. Do it often enough and you might get a raise/bonus.

 

[lozina]

Get up, walk to coffee/break area, fart there instead. It keeps your cubicle nicer and increases company productivity by forcing people away from the goof-off zones. Do it often enough and you might get a raise/bonus.

This assumes that:

a) You share this information with your boss
b) Your boss is not a woman who would likely get disgusted
c) Your boss doesn't like to frequent the coffee/break area

 

[Genx87]

If you want to wallow in your own filth then go for it.

 

[NetWareHead]

I prefer to cropdust (aka take a walk and let them silently rip). I keep walking for at least 30 seconds after the last fart escapes since it tends to linger in the pants. I can stand my own stink; I just dont want someone to drop by to discuss something and have to breathe my gas. So I usually dont fart at my cubicle. I think if I had an office with a door I could close, perhaps I wouldn't bother to leave and just break wind inside there when needed.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

This assumes that:

a) You share this information with your boss
b) Your boss is not a woman who would likely get disgusted
c) Your boss doesn't like to frequent the coffee/break area

a) No need to share with boss, the boss will quickly hear about the person farting in the break area.
b) Don't work for a woman. That should be intuitive.
c) Your boss should have an area where they can drink coffee apart from the unwashed masses.

 

[Newell Steamer]

If you want to wallow in your own filth then go for it.

A fart is not a solid. Shit is a solid.

I am not shitting in my cube. I am pushing out gas that disperses.

Shit will not disperse unless you flush it down the toilet.

Do you pinch your nose when taking a dump??

 

[Newell Steamer]

Get up, walk to coffee/break area, fart there instead. It keeps your cubicle nicer and increases company productivity by forcing people away from the goof-off zones. Do it often enough and you might get a raise/bonus.

Crop dusting a public eating area over my own cube?

That's pretty fucked up.

 

[Newell Steamer]

Let's be clear; farting in someone else's office - no fucking way.

Crop dusting - GOD no!

This is about keeping it contained. No reason to subject others to your own farts.

 

[Markbnj]

A fart is not a solid. Shit is a solid.

I am not shitting in my cube. I am pushing out gas that disperses.

Shit will not disperse unless you flush it down the toilet.

Do you pinch your nose when taking a dump??

I'm not sure a fart can even be characterized as "filth." What's filthy about gases? The fact that they passed through an ass? Does each molecule of gas have a little filth molecule hanging onto it?

 

[NetWareHead]

Let's be clear; farting in someone else's office - no fucking way.

Crop dusting - GOD no!

This is about keeping it contained. No reason to subject others to your own farts.

What if someone walks into your cubicle after you jst let one fly? Has happened to me more than once and made me change my farting strategy.

Nothing wrong with cropdusting if you use the hallways for that purpose. I think entering a cafeteria only to fart while people are eating is rude.

 

[Newell Steamer]

What if someone walks into your cubicle after you jst let one fly? Has happened to me more than once and made me change my farting strategy.

Nothing wrong with cropdusting if you use the hallways for that purpose. I think entering a cafeteria only to fart while people are eating is rude.

I warn people when I've farted in my cubicle; Hey, you may want to give this area a few minutes,...

I don't agree with cropdusting, unless it's an emergency.

Also, agreed on that last sentence.

 

[Newell Steamer]

I'm not sure a fart can even be characterized as "filth." What's filthy about gases? The fact that they passed through an ass? Does each molecule of gas have a little filth molecule hanging onto it?

Gas is not filth - agreed.

Would burping be filth as well? No, of course not.

 

[poofyhairguy]

It is never appropriate to pass your gas in confined public places.

damn

 

[Humpy]

A fart is not a solid. Shit is a solid.

I am not shitting in my cube. I am pushing out gas that disperses.

Shit will not disperse unless you flush it down the toilet.

Do you pinch your nose when taking a dump??

It is all ass matter.

There is no use in differentiating between gas, liquid or solid ass matter based on how it is dispersed. If you think about it, forcing yourself or others to breath in your farts is really no different than pooing in their mouth.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

My cubicle neighbor burps loudly in his cube on a reg. basis. I would think if every one of his farts were silent, he'd do the same. My farts usually don't stink and are silent so I do it wherever I please. If I know it's gonna be a stinker, I'll take it outside or to the restroom. Sometimes I'll cropdust but not very often.

 

[preslove]

It depends on the where your ass is pointed. We have a shared space, but with real big dividers, and everyone's ass is pointed to a wall. I fart away.

 

[lozina]

My cubicle neighbor burps loudly in his cube on a reg. basis.

You fell for that ruse? He just forced loud burps to cover his farts! :biggrin:

 

[glenn1]

My thinking is as follows; it's my cubicle. I can fart any damn well time I please.

And, if you seem to be walking towards my cubicle and then hover over me, I will warn you.

I figure, it is a small space - pretty damn close quarters and you shouldn't really be in that space. Therefore, no reason to hold back.

WHAT SAY YOU!?

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[dave_the_nerd]

Yeah, I hear a fair number of burps and audible farts over the course of a day. Most people don't seem to care.

Given the amount of bar food that gets consumed at lunchtimes, I can only assume there's a lot more going on that I hear.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

You fell for that ruse? He just forced loud burps to cover his farts! :biggrin:

Lol yea I guess he could be doing that. If he is, they sure don't stink because he does it constantly and haven't noticed any odors ever!

 

[William Gaatjes]

Long ago, at my second job, there was this hallway that had a door on either side. What i always would do is fart in that hallway and keep both doors closed.
Then leave and keep the door closed. From my desk/working space i would have a good view at that door. When someone would pass through the hallway and come out the door, he or she would usually have a weird facial expression. :biggrin:

That is the best way top get rid of farts. Or be a normal guy and fart only at the toilet but as loud as possible to hear other people grinning and laughing.

 

[Newell Steamer]

On a related note; I work with a guy, that when he enters the bathroom stall, it sounds like he is wrestling a gorilla.

There is tons of huffing, grunting, shuffling and heavy breathing.

He is not obese, but, he is fat.