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To support such a claim , a party must demonstrate a " difficult or unpleasant working conditions that a reasonable person would have concluded that he or she had no choice but to resign " ( Martinez v State University of New York , 294 AD2d 650 , 651 ) . If reasonable persons could differ as to the propriety of the action taken by the trial court , then it cannot be said that the trial court abused its discretion . At the very least , we believe that reasonable persons could disagree on the ruling of the trial court , and we do not , therefore , find an abuse of discretion in granting joinder . To all reasonable persons it will be sufficient to say that the fervid , hearty , free-spoken songs of Cowley and of Donne - - more especially of Cunningham , of Harrington and of Carew - - abound in precisely similar things ; and that they are to be met with , plentifully , in the polished pages of Moore and of Beranger , who introduce them with thought and retain them after mature deliberation . The implication of support for a ceratin candidate or membership in a political party would not be highly offensive to a reasonable person . A reasonable time depends upon the circumstances of each case and is judged by an objective reasonable person standard to be applied by the trier of fact on a case-by-case basis . " Whatever the deterrent value of capital punishment - - an issue upon which reasonable persons can disagree , it is surely diminished with the passage of time caused by endless appeals , " he wrote . Only when reasonable persons could arrive at but one conclusion may the court determine the question as a matter of law . " Judicial discretion is abused only if no reasonable person would take the view adopted by the district court . The ' reasonable person ' test is appropriate in determining whether a staff member has behaved in an objective manner .