A deputy head teacher (vice principal), at a school in England, lost her £1 million lawsuit over a chair that made farting noises.

Sue Storer, 48, said the chair she was given to use, at the Bedminster Down secondary school in Bristol, let out a humiliating noise every time she sat down, which she frequently had to apologize for to parents, colleagues and students… for 4 years. She also claimed the farting chair was part of a sexist bullying campaign because the other two deputy heads were both given brand new chairs and they were men.

“The chair was very embarrassing to sit on,” Storer said. “I asked for a chair that didn’t give me a dead leg or make these very embarrassing farting sounds.” She claims she was horrified that no one would give her a new chair after she requested one, but didn’t have the brains to go buy a new one on her own.

Storer voluntarily left her £48,000 a year job in 2005, claiming sexual discrimination, and based the £1 million suit on the 17 years of lost wages and pension revenue she lost by quitting.

I’m sure the arguments she had with herself must have been quite amusing.

Oh, this bloody awful chair is so embarrassing. Why won’t they give me a new one? Maybe I should pop on down to the store and buy one myself. But that’s not fair, why should I have to buy my own chair? All this laughing really is so embarrassing though, I’m not sure I can take it anymore. Okay, I’m not really sure how many more years of this I can stand. Buy a chair myself or let these sexist men laugh at me? I just can’t decide. Oh God, I just can’t take it anymore. I’ll quit my job and sue the school for a million pounds, that’s what I’ll do. Surely having all of this brought out in public and ending up on the Internet where millions of people will read it won’t be as embarrassing as sitting in this bloody farting chair every day.

Her claim was dismissed.

Here’s a fun little prank for all of you that work at places with other employees. Slip a whoopie cushion under the cover of someone’s seat and see how long it takes them to quit and sue your employer. Don’t worry. If they get a new chair, just slip in another whoopie cushion. Oh, and you might want to make sure it’s someone you don’t like.

Source: Guardian Unlimited

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