# Can you fart in front of your coworkers with impunity? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 27, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122 "2006-10-27T14:50:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/1 "2006-10-27T14:50:38Z")
Can you get away with dropping ass around your fellow coworkers? Or is your work situation that where you either shouldn’t or couldn’t get away with it. I can drop in front of the immediate group of guys and they will casually accept it knowing that the favor will be returned and payback is usually a bitch. But once I leave the comfy confines of my fellow male coworker and wander out into the realm of the cubicle world,-- all bets are off. I’ll resort to a keen sense of my surroundings and a time-release activated sphincter control sensory feedback mechanism to allow adequate release of gas without drawing attention to myself. How happy-go-lucky is your ass dropping at work? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/2 "2006-10-27T14:54:11Z")
Boys are weird. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/3 "2006-10-27T14:57:19Z")
Ditto. And no. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/4 "2006-10-27T15:00:14Z")
[QUOTE=LunaV] Ditto. And no. [/QUOTE] You are allowed to give details, such as why or why not. 😉 And yes, boys are weird. But these are grown men were dealing with. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/5 "2006-10-27T15:03:34Z")
No, of course I don’t, and it may be grown men, but it’s a boyish thing to do and talk about. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/6 "2006-10-27T16:33:38Z")
It’s just another of those Mars/Venus things. Men tend to be fart-embracing, women tend to be fart-denying. To answer the OP, I’m within earshot of mixed company and the big Kahuna, so I must keep them under within-earshot decibel levels. However, I have my own cubicle with few visitors, so can fart with a fair amount of impunity, if there is such a thing. But this is my last day at this office; I’m taking another position within the company where things might change. I’ll be the new guy, so I shan’t fart with impunity until I’m more familiar with the um, atmosphere. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/7 "2006-10-27T16:34:12Z")
Considering I do not suffer from flatulence, the very _idea_ of ‘"lettin’ 'er rip" in front of my colleagues is simply beyond comprehension. 😉 Honestly. Were you raised in a barn? Do you spit loogies on the floor too? Do you scratch your testicles in public? When my husband was in the Navy, the submariners used to rate each other’s “emissions” based on bouquet, loudness, and lingering effect. Ivylad’s claim to fame is that he managed to clear the sonar shack one day. Ditto three. Boys are weird. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/8 "2006-10-27T16:51:16Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] It’s just another of those Mars/Venus things. Men tend to be fart-embracing, women tend to be fart-denying. [/QUOTE] I don’t deny my farts, anymore anyway. I’m human, it happens. I just don’t revel in them, as though it were some sort of symphony. I don’t find fart jokes particularly funny, the one exception perhaps being the Blazing Saddles skit. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/9 "2006-10-27T16:53:24Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] No, of course I don’t, and it may be grown men, but it’s a boyish thing to do and talk about. [/QUOTE] [Tell that to this lady.](http://www.thepeevery.com/2006/05/thats_right_ano.html) > [@](#): > > I had a farting boss… **she** would just let em rip and wave a hand around to share the joy while she continued her conversation. Never walk up stairs behind her… [Or this girl.](http://www.dooce.com/archives/daily/03_08_2006.html) > [@](#): > > As my arms came up over my head to complete the 14th crunch the urge that I had tragically ignored gave way to The World’s Loudest Fart, an expulsion of air so quick and violent that it ricocheted off the vinyl seat and shook two 40 lb weights hanging behind Jon’s head. [Mr. Man-ners says this…](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:B_4eJJJwAOUJ:www.thosebastards.com/keyword/Humor+farting+in+front+of+coworkers&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=8) > [@](#): > > I say if your girlfriend wanted a hairless man she should be a lesbian! Don’t do it. Next she’ll want you to stop farting and burping. Be a man–just say “no”! [Or this girl, who actually farts in her sleep –_GASP_.](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Qm7rjJcTB6cJ:www.supinefever.com/archives/2005/05/+farting+in+front+of+coworkers&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=11) > [@](#): > > Speaking of farting, it is an ongoing discussion between John and I now. The second time he stayed over at my apartment, we were just falling asleep and he was like, “Did you know you fart in your sleep?” Thank god the room was pitch black, because I think I blushed from head to toe. But I’m cool, you know; I played it off. [Here’s possibly the clear winner.](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:WIqVYYV_iGEJ:humanwrites.blogspot.com/+farting+in+front+of+coworkers&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=14) > [@](#): > > I think it would be silly to retroactively apologize or beg forgiveness for a butt bomb you unleashed several days ago. “Hi, um remember that fucking nasty rat I cracked in your cubicle about five or six days ago? Yeah, well, I had a pretty gross quesadilla for lunch that day and, um, what I guess I’m trying to say is, um, I’m sorry. You women aren’t the innocent little windbags you’re cracked up to be. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/10 "2006-10-27T16:55:31Z")
I don’t even fart in front of my husband! It simply isn’t done! (He farts enough for everyone). I wouldn’t EVER fart in front of a co-worker. No fuckin’ way. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/11 "2006-10-27T16:58:03Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Do you scratch your testicles in public? [/QUOTE] Yikes!! No-one I know actually scratches their testicles. Maybe the surrounding material, but not the actual testes. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/12 "2006-10-27T16:58:57Z")
**Uncommon Sense** , none of your links are from Dopers. They are all from other, _less refined_ boards. I maintain that we Lady Dopers do not have “emissions.” ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/13 "2006-10-27T17:02:27Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I don’t even fart in front of my husband! It simply isn’t done! (He farts enough for everyone). I wouldn’t EVER fart in front of a co-worker. No fuckin’ way. [/QUOTE] [From here.](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:WIqVYYV_iGEJ:humanwrites.blogspot.com/+farting+in+front+of+coworkers&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=14) > [@](#): > > After all, is a union where bodily functions like burping and farting are suppressed the kind of relationship you want to be tangled up in? You may want to re-consider Mr. Perfect… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/14 "2006-10-27T17:03:32Z")
No, those in my immediate area are not what I would consider friends outside of work, which they would need to be for me to feel comfortable doing so. This forces me to let them rip silently, then make the “what is that smell” face. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/15 "2006-10-27T17:09:41Z")
[More, this time with tears in eyes.](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:j1Ari4Sk8uYJ:divide.wordpress.com/tag/fart/+farting+in+front+of+coworkers&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=17) > [@](#): > > Sometimes (actually quite often), I fart at work. Sometimes I eat cheese with lunch. I’m lactose intolerant. Cheese for a lactose intolerant is like fuel for a fire. Instead of just farting, I fart foul, disgusting odors. If farts were visible and had a color, these would definitely be green. Sometimes I wonder if my coworkers notice. Do they sit at their desks and think, “Oh there it is again, that disgusting, vile odor. He thinks we don’t know who it is, but oh do we know.” I wonder if people walk by my office area and question where the smell is coming from. Actually, read that whole page if you have the time. It’ll bring you to your knees. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/16 "2006-10-27T17:33:27Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] [From here.](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:WIqVYYV_iGEJ:humanwrites.blogspot.com/+farting+in+front+of+coworkers&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=14) You may want to re-consider Mr. Perfect… 😉 [/QUOTE] Oh my god…that is some beautiful fart work in that link. It’s like poetry! I wonder if **Lieu** is writing under a pen name. I still ain’t fartin’ in front of anyone. Not even the cats. ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/17 "2006-10-27T18:02:22Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I don’t even fart in front of my husband! It simply isn’t done! (He farts enough for everyone). I wouldn’t EVER fart in front of a co-worker. No fuckin’ way. [/QUOTE] I have to agree. I just don’t do that in front of my husband nor at work. I don’t burp or drop ass in front of him nor do I do that at work. If I’ve really got to burp and it’s unavoidable, I’m as discreet as possible and don’t make a show about it. My husband has little compunction about getting into burping contests with the eldest **Silverjunior,** but he does not drop ass in front of any of us. I guess it’s just a thing about the **Silver** family. Not including the juniors - they will drop butt bombs with the utmost pride. They sometimes even fall over each other trying to claim responsibility for the latest and greatest fart. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/18 "2006-10-27T19:25:23Z")
**Can you fart in front of your co-workers with impunity?** Truthfully, I don’t know. If they realize who is to blame, they’re not saying anything about it. However, if you rewrite the question as “Do you fart in front of your co-workers without acknowledgement or compunction?”, then the answer is “yes”. Dung Beetle, lactose-intolerant female ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/19 "2006-10-27T19:27:10Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I still ain’t fartin’ in front of anyone. Not even the cats. [/QUOTE] Oh, you should definitely fart in front of the cats. In fact, the best time to let one rip is while you’ve got a cat purring in your lap. You’ll know it was a quality effort if the cat wrinkles up its nose, then gets up and starts scratching like it was in a sandbox. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122/20 "2006-10-27T19:31:20Z")
I am sure I could get away with it, but I have to agree with some of the ladies here…you guys are weird. HOWEVER, in the Marines it was fair game for everyone. Since some people are mentioning the marriage thing here, my wife and I have never, ever passed gas in front of each other. Strange? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fart-in-front-of-your-coworkers-with-impunity/378122.md?page=2)