Blob co-worker refused to work unless he was given 5XL My company provides us with work uniforms, at the start of our employment we are issued the following: A few years ago when he was hired, the 5'9" blobby weighed around 350 lbs, so naturally he was issued the largest sized items, and they [surprisingly] fit, until last week. His fatass is now over 450 lbs so his work uniform busted at the seams. The company ordered a few 4XL-5XL sized items to accomodate him (and a few other blobs but he's the blobbiest), but 5XL jackets were in short supply so he was SOL for the time being. Then we were hit with crazy rain last week and he blew a gasket. Yelling at supervisors for not giving him a 5XL jacket to protect him from the rain, so he sat his fatass down in the lunchroom and refused to work. Here's the kicker: his job is to drive, to sit in the company truck for 8 hours and drive. He'd have no reason to get out unless it was for the loo. Supervisors offered him an umbrella but he didn't budge. I started my shift at that point and didn't care what the outcome was afterward. FYI, we're unionized, so it's not in the interest of lowly supervisors to fight stupid stuff like this. Too much of hassle. The pros and cons of unions. TL;DR 450 lb blobby coworker, whose job is to sit in a truck and drive, needed a 5XL jacket because of a rainy day, but there were none left, so blobby refused to work and refused the umbrella supervisors offered him.