WAUNAKEE, Wisconsin — Some 20 employees at the office of Wesley Plastics and Electronics were recently diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to veteran employee Brent Standish's inability to stop talking about PTSD, members of the staff report.
According to multiple co-workers, Standish, a self-proclaimed "dysfunctional veteran" who demands to be left alone, has been traumatizing his office mates daily for the past five years. His ceaseless advocacy for PTSD, combined with random outbursts over perceived slights to veterans, reportedly sent his co-workers into a downward spiral of depression and psychosis, including administrative assistant Elizabeth Brody.
"Whoever said 'PTSD is the silent killer' never met Brent because that is all he talks about," said Brody, who recently returned to work after suffering her second nervous breakdown. "Plus I can't even call people 'rock stars' or, God forbid, 'hero,' because then I will never hear the end of it."
In between manic bouts of brooding in silent rage and four-hour diatribes about how he can't go to malls and sporting events, Brody says that Standish drove his colleagues into a deep state of apathetic rage by being evasive and cryptic whenever asked about his service.
