Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 22:51:36 -1000
From: Steve Wright <sjwright-AT-vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Subject: DISGRUNTLED -- ASK GRUNTY


Hmm - perhaps I spoke too soon. If the following excerpt is typical, then maybe we haven't 
quite got "_PW_ on the net" after all. Still, it's an intriguing phenomen, this disgruntled 
site.

Steve

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http://www.disgruntled.com/ask.html

excerpt follows . . .

A Shitty Problem 

Dear Grunty:

I have ulcerative colitis and need to go to the bathroom on a regular basis, which my boss 
cannot
understand. She tells me "to hold it", but I CAN'T.

Should I shit on her and teach her a lesson?

Always On The Run 

Dear Always 

Grunty knows of what you speak because he has Crohn's Disease, a related ailment. 
Fortunately,
it has allowed Grunty to quietly contemplate your problem uninterrupted.

As tempting as it might be to "teach her a lesson," I'm afraid your teaching methods might 
go
against acceptable office etiquette. The good news is that the law should be on your side. 
Our
friends with legal degrees assure us that the American with Disabilities act was designed to 
protect
people like you. You might not think of yourself as "disabled," but having an uncontrollable 
need
to go to the bathroom a dozen or so times a day buts you into the ballpark. Unfortunately, it 
won't
do anything to get you a parking spot close to the store.

Grunty suggests you go to your human resources department and explain to them that you 
suffer
>from colitis. Don't be confrontational, just remind them that they have a legal obligation to
reasonably accommodate you. That doesn't mean getting you a porcelain desk chair or 
putting a
telephone in the bathroom, but it does mean not hassling you. Tell them you would be 
happy to
make up any lost time from work as a result of your bathroom breaks.

If they still give you a hard time, you always have your back-up plan. 

Grunty
posted 2/24/96





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