Is it ok to admonish a stranger for farting in public

[Anonymous]

Hands down this is the funniest thread I have ever read. And, I'm surprised at most of the responses. I don't think what was said tl o the farter was that bad at all. Regardless of the reason, medical or otherwise, people are well within their right to be disgusted.being forced to smell air rushing past someone's shit .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did the guy react (to your terrible rudeness)?

OP here. I was wondering if anyone would inquire.
He had a sheepish grin across his face and he mumbled 'oh sorry'

[Anonymous]

OP, you should stay home until you've read The Miss Manners Guide to
Excruciatingly Correct Behavior. Judith Martin will teach you what your mother didn't. Don't go out in public until you have learned.

[Anonymous]

Just had to laugh at this thread as my dog has been farting all day and really doesn't care how disgusting she is!

I worked with a lady that farted alot. One day I heard her call her Doctor's office about her flatulance problem. We were glad to know she was solving the problem.

[Anonymous]

I must admit it, I've been guilty of crop dusting while shopping. Sometimes the feeling hits so suddenly and there's nothing you can do to hold it in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I must admit it, I've been guilty of crop dusting while shopping. Sometimes the feeling hits so suddenly and there's nothing you can do to hold it in.

with crop dusting, the key is that you, as perpetrator, are in continuous motion as the noxious gas is released. Experts say this motion has the effect of dispersing the emissions over a large area and therefore reducing the concentration of odor in any one are.

It is also generally recognized as a 'stealth' form of passing gas and therefore contains an implicit admission of wrongdoing unlike an open and notorious faster standing in line.

[Anonymous]

If your stomach is so messed up that you can't hold your gas in when standing in line, you should go home and not subject others out in public. Crop dusting is more excusable, and if you're doing it right, you should be able to avoid a public shaming. If someone can tell you are ripping ass in public, then you deserve a scolding.

I think there's a special place in hell for people who fart on the elliptical machines/treadmills in gyms. Breathing heavily, trapped in place, and smelling that is THE WORST.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
In my experience, the worst offenders are teenage boys at sporting events. And you know they enjoy it.

yoga class

Downward dog and child's pose are a bitch.
If you're behind the offender, you're right in the antipersonnel zone.

[Anonymous]

Employment lawyer and one of my earliest cases was about a woman complaining that a coworker's constant farting "discriminated" against her and the company hadn't done enough to stop him (???). We argued that he was an equal opportunity farter.

We won.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your stomach is so messed up that you can't hold your gas in when standing in line, you should go home and not subject others out in public. Crop dusting is more excusable, and if you're doing it right, you should be able to avoid a public shaming. If someone can tell you are ripping ass in public, then you deserve a scolding.

I think there's a special place in hell for people who fart on the elliptical machines/treadmills in gyms. Breathing heavily, trapped in place, and smelling that is THE WORST.

I guess I am never going out in public then. I am apparently the farting ogre...a monster. I wonder my my lactose intolerant self can qualify for disability...as I can clearly not work.

[Anonymous]

Op - I actually don't think that your comment was out of line. In fact, if I was standing in a long line and suddenly had gas attack like that I would appreciate someone (quietly) offering to hold my spot in line while I ran to the bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op - I actually don't think that your comment was out of line. In fact, if I was standing in a long line and suddenly had gas attack like that I would appreciate someone (quietly) offering to hold my spot in line while I ran to the bathroom.

Which is not, of course, what OP did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

OP here: I should have been more specific. I didn't say something to express general disapproval, but rather to let him know specifically that since I was forced to stand behind him or lose my place in a long line, I didn't think it was nice for him to force me to breathe in his noxious methane emissions. I was polite: I said "oh my, are you feeling sick today? I can hold your place in line if you want to go to the men's room"

This is what Op said. Not sure if she said it in a loud way so that others could hear or if she was more discrete about it. Obviously she didn't appreciate being subjected to his bathroom smells.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it's horrible and I walk into the gas cloud or can't escape it I've been known to shout "omg, what a horrible smell or omg where is that horrible odor coming from?" As I gasp and attempt to flee. I'm not trying to shame the gasser, just in shock and trying to get away from the funk.

When someone pulls something like this I immediately think that they must have farted themselves and are trying to cover it up.

[Anonymous]

If you smelt it, you dealt it!